MONSTER DEVOURS 47 BEFORE LEAVING
Rescuers continue plucking people from floodwaters across Texas as waters recede in Houston
Rescue work has intensified in Texas with officials launching search operations and saving people stuck in the receding floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, one of the most destructive storms in American history that claimed at least 47 lives.
Nearly a week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast, desperate residents remain stranded without food and water in the wake of unprecedented flooding. Authorities are searching for survivors and have made helicopter rescues from rooftops as the death toll from Harvey climbed to at least 47, the CNN reported.
Thousands of emergency rescue teams officials are helping people affected by the deluge. The officials are assessing the storm’s trail of destruction in Houston as the flood waters slowly started to recede in southeastern Texas. Brazoria County officials have warning that roughly 517 km of the county will be inundated with water from the Brazos River, which is projected to continue rising.
On Thursday, the Houston Fire Department had received 800 service calls, but only 22 were water-related, a spokesperson said. Houston remained flooded, and police continued rescuing people as officials searched homes looking for trapped residents.
Beaumont city in southeastern Texas, home to more than 118,000 people, 145 km away from Houston, woke up without drinking water supply on Thursday. The Baptist Hospital in Beaumont city is evacuating patients and shutting down emergency services because the city is without a working water supply. “Due to the failure of the city’s water pump, it is in the best interest of our current patients to transfer to other acute care facilities,” Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas said in a statement.