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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2837707, member: 51347&quot;][USER=75525]@rrdenarius[/USER] </p><p>Gene:&nbsp; I just read this newsflash in my email today.&nbsp; I hope you and your Loved Ones are safe and well.&nbsp; Best, Brian</p><p><br /></p><p>CNN Breaking News</p><p>Flooding from Tropical Storm <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-landfall/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-landfall/index.html" rel="nofollow">Harvey is overburdening resources as authorities in and around Houston</a> scramble to save those trapped by the high waters.</p><p><br /></p><p>The National Weather Service calls the flooding &quot;unprecedented&quot; and warns things may become more dire if a record-breaking rain total of 50 inches falls on parts of Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before,&quot; the service said. &quot;Catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Several states and the US military are sending emergency workers and equipment to Texas.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Harris County, though, authorities are having trouble getting supplies and equipment.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;We&#039;ve requested boats, all the things that would normally happen in a well-planned response to an event like this, but they can&#039;t get here,&quot; Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said.</p><p><br /></p><p>Houston’s mayor warned the rain could exacerbate flooding for &quot;four to five days,&quot; and Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long said he expects his agency &quot;is going to be there for years.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/texas-harvey-latest/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/texas-harvey-latest/index.html" rel="nofollow">Latest updates:</a></b></p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>President <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/politics/trump-texas-tuesday/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/politics/trump-texas-tuesday/index.html" rel="nofollow">Donald Trump plans to travel to Texas on Tuesday</a>, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.</li> <li>The Houston Independent School District has canceled school for the week.</li> <li>Houston&#039;s William P. Hobby Airport is closed until Wednesday because of flooding, the Federal Aviation Administration said.</li> <li>Ben Taub Hospital is being evacuated after flooding in the basement &quot;disrupted the power source,&quot; Emmett said.</li> <li>Some 316,000 customers have lost electricity, Gov. Greg Abbott said.</li> <li>The storm <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/27/news/economy/tropical-storm-harvey-texas-oil-gas/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/27/news/economy/tropical-storm-harvey-texas-oil-gas/index.html" rel="nofollow">forced key oil and gas facilities on the US Gulf Coast to close</a>.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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