Houston, the capital of the US oil and gas industry, was hit by “catastrophic” flooding over the weekend as Tropical Storm Harvey caused torrential rains across southern Texas.
Harvey weakened from a Category 4 hurricane to a Category 1 tropical storm after making landfall near the port of Corpus Christi on Friday night, but brought heavy rain to Houston 150 miles away to the north-east.
The US National Hurricane Center warned that 50 inches of rain could fall in some areas, which would be “unprecedented”.
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