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Texas hurricane aftermath12/27/2023 ![]() "This is a very serious storm, particularly in those areas that were so heavily impacted by Hurricane Ida," Edwards said.įorecasters warned people along the central Gulf Coast that up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) are possible through Friday in places across a region still recovering from Category 4 hurricanes - Ida weeks ago and Laura last year. John Bel Edwards warned people to take it seriously, even though Nicholas was no longer the hurricane that made landfall in Texas on Tuesday. Southeast Louisiana faced the biggest flooding threat, and Gov. (AP) - Nicholas weakened to a tropical depression as it crawled from Texas into southern Louisiana on Wednesday, unleashing heavy rain across a landscape where Hurricane Ida destroyed thousands of rooftops now covered with flimsy tarps.įorecasters said Nicholas would slow to a stall over central Louisiana through Thursday, with plenty of water still to dump east of its center, drenching the Gulf Coast as far as the western Florida Panhandle. ![]() They have had no running water since the hurricane, and collected 140 gallons of rainwater in two hours from the tropical storm, which they filter and pump into their house for showers. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sent more than 3,000 National Guardsmen to help with rescue efforts, while residents in Houston who own boats have taken to the streets to help out as well.Teenagers move barrels of rainwater they collected from Tropical Storm Nicholas, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in Pointe-aux-Chenes, La., on Tuesday. Some used inflatable toys to ferry their families out of inundated neighborhoods, wading through chest-deep water on foot while the region was under near-constant tornado watches.ĭonald Trump will be traveling to Corpus Christi, Texas on Tuesday with Melania Trump to visit some of the places most affected by the storm. Rescuers - in many cases neighbors helping neighbors - in fishing boats, huge dump trucks and even front-end loaders battled driving rains to move people to shelter. ![]() The full extent of Harvey’s aftermath started to come into chilling focus Monday in Houston and across much of Central Texas, as rain measured in feet, not inches, overwhelmed lakes, rivers and bayous, leaving several people dead and thousands displaced in a weather disaster described as 'beyond anything experienced.'Īcross the nation's fourth-largest city and suburbs many miles away, families scrambled to get out of their fast-flooding homes. Help was pouring in from swift-water rescue teams from around the country. ![]() Cox for Associated Press Houston and a number of cities and towns nearby are currently dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.Īs the Washington Post reports: In a sign of the magnitude of the disaster, more than 30,000 people are expected to be housed in shelters even as rescue officials were still piecing together the extent of the damage to homes and businesses, said William 'Brock' Long, admistrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Īuthorities also fielded scores of calls for help throughout the night from people stranded by water, though many areas had imposed curfew overnight Sunday in hopes of cutting down on the numbers in need of being rescued from vehicles. ![]()
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