Houston's still-rising waters

Tropical Storm Harvey has dumped more rain on southeast Texas than most regions see in a year. And it's not done yet.

People wait to be rescued from their flooded homes after the area was flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas.
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(Image credit: (REUTERS/Adrees Latif)In the days since Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm, Houston and other parts of southeast Texas have suffered cataclysmic flooding. The storm has dumpe)

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(Image credit: (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)**Click here to find out how you can help Houston's flood victims.**)

Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

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