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Sun Aug 27, 2017, 07:01 PM Aug 2017

NWS has issued a Flash Flood Emergency for Catastrophic Life Threatening Flood"

for the first time in Houston, says Juanita Jean:
First time ever here, the NWS has issued a “Flash Flood Emergency for Catastrophic Life Threatening Flooding.”
The freeways are mostly underwater.
Thousands of homes are underwater.
The fire department and volunteers are actually running out of fuel performing water rescues.
The Coast Guard has announced it’s already performed 300 rescues.
The KHOU television station has flooded.

more:
http://juanitajean.com/catastrophic-life-threatening/

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