After Hurricane Harvey made landfall late Friday, the winds calmed, but the rainfall kept up, dropping historic amounts of water on southeastern Texas—with even more predicted in the next few days. Rising floodwaters have forced tens of thousands to flee, overburdening emergency services and filling shelters. So far, at least five deaths have been blamed on the storm. State and local authorities, as well as countless volunteers, have been working hard all weekend to rescue stranded residents and offer assistance to those in need.
The Unprecedented Flooding in Houston, in Photos
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Read moreHouston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Connie Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on August 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. #
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Read moreA child makes his way through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey while checking on neighbors at his apartment complex in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreInterstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey seen during widespread flooding in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreTwo people walk down a flooded section of Interstate 610 in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read morePeople are rescued from floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey on an air boat in Dickinson, Texas, on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreArea residents use a canoe to rescue motorists stranded on Interstate highway 45, which is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreA boat lies tangled in pilings in front of houses after Hurricane Harvey hit Port Aransas, Texas, on August 27, 2017. #
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Read morePeople walk through the floodwaters of Telephone Road in Houston on August 27, 2017, as the city battles with Tropical Storm Harvey and resulting floods. #
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Read moreA graveyard floods during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Pearland, Texas, on August 27, 2017. #
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Read morePeople push a stalled pickup through a flooded street in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read morePolice block traffic following closure of the I-10 freeway leading into Houston after Hurricane Harvey caused heavy flooding in the city on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreA rescue helicopter hovers in the background as a woman and her poodle use an air mattress to float above floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey while waiting to be rescued from Scarsdale Boulevard in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreResidents use a truck to navigate through floodwaters in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreVolunteers and officers from the neighborhood security patrol help to rescue residents in the upscale River Oaks neighborhood after it was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreA Texas National Guard soldier carries a woman on his back as they conduct rescue operations in flooded areas around Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreFloodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey flow in the Buffalo Bayou in downtown Houston on August 28, 2017. #
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Read moreA car is submerged on a freeway flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey on August 27, 2017, near downtown Houston. #
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Read moreWilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on August 27, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreA charred, abandoned car sits in the middle of Interstate 610 North in Houston on August 27, 2017, as the city battles with Tropical Storm Harvey and resulting floods. #
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Read moreAndrew White helps a neighbor down a street after rescuing her from her home in his boat in the River Oaks neighborhood after it was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreA stranded motorist escapes floodwaters on Interstate 225 after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Texas Gulf Coast on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreWaters rush from a large sinkhole on Highway FM 762 in Rosenberg, Texas, near Houston, on August 27, 2017. Police say the sinkhole opened on the Texas highway as Harvey dumped more rain on the region. #
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Read moreVolunteers and officers from the neighborhood security patrol help to rescue residents and their dogs in the River Oaks neighborhood on August 27, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreA sunken boat lies submerged in front of an oil rig after Hurricane Harvey hit Port Aransas, Texas, on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreA man helps children across a flooded street as they evacuate their home in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreA resident of Bayou on the Bend watches the first floor flood as the Buffalo Bayou continues to rise on August 27, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreEvacuees are airlifted in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter after flooding due to Hurricane Harvey in Houston on August 27, 2017. #
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Read moreAlexendre Jorge evacuates Ethan Colman, 4, from a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on August 28, 2017, in Houston. #
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