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.

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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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Residents use boats to evacuate flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey along Tidwell Road in East Houston.
(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)

Beaumont Place, Houston.
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A truck driver walks past an abandoned pickup while checking the depth of an underpass.
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A child makes his way through floodwaters while checking on neighbors at his apartment complex in Houston.
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People wait to be rescued from their flooded home.
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An elderly woman and her poodle use an air mattress to float above flood waters while waiting to be rescued from Scarsdale Boulevard in Houston.
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A man standing in the doorway of his flooded home responds to an evacuation offer in a Houston neighborhood.
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Alexendre Jorge evacuates Ethan Colman, 4, from a Houston neighborhood.
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Isiah Courtney carries his dog Bruce through flood waters in Beaumont Place, Houston.
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Shardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, held by Dean Mize, after being rescued. Mize and Jason Legnon used an airboat to help flood victims.
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A Texas National Guardsman carries a resident from her flooded home.
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A man helps children across a flooded street as they evacuate their home.
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Evacuees are airlifted in a Coast Guard helicopter.
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Residents embrace after being rescued in east Houston.
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Flood victims arrive at a shelter in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.
(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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