Officials in Texas' Brazoria County, 30 miles south of Houston, urged residents near West Columbia to "GET OUT NOW" after the Columbia Lakes levee was breached Tuesday due to unprecedented rainfall from Tropical Storm Harvey. Approximately 4,000 people live in the town.
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