The city of Houston has imposed a night-time curfew on its residents in a bid to stop reported looting and robberies as the city begins to recover from the impact of Hurricane Harvey.
The storm, which dumped record levels of rain on the city causing widespread "catastrophic" flooding, has claimed up to 30 lives and left large parts of Houston underwater.
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