Harvey takes aim at Louisiana as Trump travels to survey stricken Texas

Source: The Washington Post




By Kevin Sullivan, Sandhya Somashekhar and Mark Berman August 29 at 10:51 AM

HOUSTON — The remnants of deadly Hurricane Harvey spun toward Louisiana on Tuesday with more potentially disastrous flooding and emergency evacuations as President Trump planned to survey the ongoing devastation in stricken Texas.

Trump’s scheduled visits Tuesday to Corpus Christi and Austin, the state capital, come after he pledged swift action by the federal government to provide relief to states affected by Harvey. The trip is also set to occur on the 12th anniversary of the last massive storm to pinwheel in from the Gulf with catastrophic damage: Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005.

The death toll in Texas had reached at least 10 people, officials said, but they warned it could rise as authorities pursue reports of people apparently lost in the torrential downpours unleashes by Harvey since Friday. In Montgomery County, northwest of Houston, police said a man was presumed drowned after attempting to swim across fast-moving flood wash.

Meanwhile, the storm clouds continue to drench the region with an unprecedented deluge — reaching 43 inches since Friday in south Houston and surpassing 40 inches in several other places in around the city, the National Weather Service reported.


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