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Hurricane Harvey Slams Texas With Devastating Force

Catastrophic flooding triggered by Tropical Storm Harvey inundated Houston, forcing residents of the fourth most populous U.S. city to flee in boats or hunker down in anticipation of several more days of "unprecedented" rainfall.

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Hurricane Harvey Slams Texas With Devastating Force

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  1. Hurricane Harvey slams Texas

  2. A rescue helicopter hovers in the background as an elderly woman and her poodle use an air mattress to float above flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey while waiting to be rescued from Scarsdale Boulevard in Houston, Texas. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  3. Residents use a truck to navigate through flood waters in Houston. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  4. The Duong family walks along Interstate 45 while escaping flood waters in Houston, Texas. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  5. People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey on an air boat in Dickinson, Texas. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  6. Interstate Highway 45 is submerged in Houston. REUTERS/Richard Carson

  7. Area residents use a kayak to rescue motorists stranded on Interstate Highway 45 in Houston. REUTERS/Richard Carson

  8. A Texas National Guard soldier carries a woman on his back as they conduct rescue operations in flooded areas around Houston, Texas. 1Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD/Texas Military Department/Handout via REUTERS

  9. Jesus Rodriguez rescues Gloria Garcia after rain flooded Pearland, in the outskirts of Houston. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  10. Evacuees are transported to the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

  11. Evacuees Danielle White and her husband Lorenzo White wait to get into of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

  12. Sterling Broughton is moved from a rescue boat onto a kayak in Dickenson, Texas. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  13. Flooded downtown is seen from JP Morgan Chase Tower after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Texas Gulf coast with rain causing widespread flooding, in Houston, Texas. Mandatory credit: Christian Tycksen via REUTERS

  14. People walk through water to a staging area to evacuate in Dickinson, Texas. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  15. Flooded downtown Houston is seen from a high rise along Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas. Mandatory credit: Twitter/@caroleenarn via REUTERS

  16. Texas National Guard soldiers arrive to aid residents in heavily flooded areas from the storms of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas. Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD/Texas Military Department/Handout via REUTERS

  17. The downtown skyline is reflected in the flood water at Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston, Texas. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

  18. Jesus Rodriguez rescues Gloria Garcia after rain flooded Pearland, in the outskirts of Houston, Texas. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  19. A woman carries her dog into a collector's vintage military truck to evacuate from flood waters in Dickinson, Texas. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  20. A stranded motorist escapes floodwaters on Interstate 225 in Houston, Texas. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

  21. Texas National Guard soldiers search by boat for stranded residents in Houston, Texas. Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD/Texas Military Department/Handout via REUTERS

  22. Texas Guardsmen from the 386th Engineer Battalion pick up large debris in Victoria, Texas. U.S. Army National Guard/Capt. Martha Nigrelle/Handout via REUTERS

  23. Texas National Guard soldiers aid residents in heavily flooded areas in Houston, Texas. Lt. Zachary West, 100th MPAD/Texas Military Department/Handout via REUTERS

  24. A woman uses a coat hanger to try and retrieve an item from a destroyed house in Fulton. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  25. A man walks through water and onto the main road after surveying his property in Rockport. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  26. Lisa Rehr holds her four-year old son Maximus, after they lost their home to Hurricane Harvey, as they await to be evacuated with their belongings from Rockport. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  27. An abandoned Hummer is covered in floodwaters on Interstate 610 after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Texas Gulf coast with rain, in Houston, Texas. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

  28. Julie holds her dog Pee-wee as they stand in line to be evacuated to Austin after losing their home to Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  29. Housing surrounded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey is seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, Texas. U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland/Handout via REUTERS

  30. People stand on a sinking boat awaiting rescue from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, after Hurricane Harvey passed near Port Aransas, Texas. U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory Mendenhall/Handout via REUTERS

  31. Boats are seen destroyed in a storage facility hit by Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  32. A man waits in a wheelchair in a hurricane shelter after Hurricane Harvey struck Rockport, Texas. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  33. An abandoned vehicle is covered by flood waters on Interstate 610 in Houston, Texas. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

  34. A condominium complex reduced to rubble in Rockport. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  35. Richard Hardy looks over damage from a tornado that spun off of Hurricane Harvey in Katy, Texas. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

  36. Damage left behind by a tornado that spun off of Hurricane Harvey in Katy, Texas. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

  37. Tim Freiberg moves through what was his garage in Rockport, Texas. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  38. A car surrounded by floodwaters in Point Comfort. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  39. A wall of the Fairfield Inn is seen partially missing in Rockport. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  40. Dead cows killed in Hurricane Harvey lie on highway 35 near Fulton. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  41. Business owner and resident Carlos Lopez assesses damage after arriving at his electronics repair shop in Rockport. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  42. A damaged oil tank near Seadrift. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  43. A plane lies upside down at the airport near Fulton. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  44. A resident picks up debris from the road the morning after in Rockport. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  45. Boats pushed ashore in Port Lavaca. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  46. A ranch house surrounded by floodwaters near Port Lavaca,. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  47. A collapsed overhead gantry lies across Interstate 37, blocking the highway, in Corpus Christi, Texas. REUTERS/Mohammad Khursheed

  48. A car crushed by a huge tree in Rockport. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

  49. Women are illuminated by the light of a smart phone as they seek refuge in the Good Samaritan Rescue Mission in Corpus Christi. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

  50. A man assesses damage to the First Baptist Church in Rockport. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

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