Historic Floods Hit Houston as Hundreds Rescued from Water
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Officials reported answering thousands of calls from people trapped in Houston on Sunday as torrential rain from deadly Hurricane Harvey caused “catastrophic flooding” in the city and across southeast Texas.
Published on Aug 27, 2017
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