Hurricane Harvey has caused terrible flooding in Houston. Citizens with boats assist authorities in search and rescue operations.

Flooding due to tropical storm Harvey is rampant in the fourth largest city in the country, prompting authorities to involve volunteers with boats to help rescue those who remained in homes and buildings.

The national weather service calls the flooding an "unprecedented" and warns that the situation could become more severe if in the next few days in Texas fall projected a record 50 inches of rain. In anticipation of the deteriorating situation in Dallas makes his main conference centre in the "mega-shelter", which can accommodate 5,000 evacuees.

"The breadth and intensity of this rainfall is higher than before," - said the weather service. "Catastrophic flooding is currently ongoing and is expected to rage for several days."

Authorities said the storm killed two people in Texas, and the death toll is likely to rise. More than 1,000 people have been rescued, and the mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner warned that some calls to the emergency services not be accepted, because the operators "preference for life-threatening challenges."

President Donald trump will travel to Texas on Tuesday, said spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
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