According to the Department of security and emergencies Harris County, from 30 000 to 40 000 homes in the Houston area was destroyed by tropical storm Harvey.
«There are people who are currently on the second floor of their houses; they climbed up and waiting for the water level will fall,» — said the head of ed Emmett. «The biggest problem is to return people to their homes. We should return these people to their normal life.»
In Harris County, which includes Houston, has dropped more than 50 inches of rain. He became the epicenter of extreme floods. From the hurricane affected thousands of people, at least 20 people were killed.
The chief of the Houston police Art Acevedo said that the number of calls made to the «rescue» 911 dropped to 40 per hour Wednesday morning. At the same time, representatives of the Coast guard to report that it still continues to take up to 1000 calls per hour asking for help.
