*** LIVE WIRE *** 'Harvey' Moves Back to Gulf, 100K+ Ordered Evacuated in Advance of River Flooding
Description: Tropical Storm Harvey is back in the Gulf of Mexico. Officials predict an additional 20" of rain in the Houston area over next 24 hours.
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# *** LIVE WIRE *** ‘Harvey’ Moves Back to Gulf, 100K+ Ordered Evacuated in Advance of River Flooding

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by Bob Price and Lana Shadwick 28 Aug 2017 0

28 Aug, 2017 28 Aug, 2017

## HOUSTON, Texas — As Tropical Storm Harvey marches back to the Gulf where it is expected to strengthen again, emergency planners in Houston’s neighboring Fort Bend County ordered the mandatory evacuation of about 110,000 people from areas that will be flooding by the Brazos River. The river is expected to hit a record 800-900 year flood mark at 56.1 feet — nearly two feet above the previous record set in the Memorial Day flood of 2016. The National Weather Service reports the deaths of five people in the wake of the former Category 4 hurricane.

UPDATES BELOW: All times are Central Daylight Time

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UPDATE 8:45 a.m.: Fox 26 Houston reporter Greg Groogan Tweeted a video of a man carrying his pet pig to safety.

> One loud and lucky pig rescued from #Harvey high water #Fox26 pic.twitter.com/DRxGaCsVvC

> — Greg Groogan (@GrooganFox26) August 28, 2017

Southwest Airlines helps out stranded customers.

> Southwest Airlines rescues stranded customers in Houston: https://t.co/pB5yj7LsyZ pic.twitter.com/Ay1vP6X1Ux

> — The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2017

UPDATE 8:35 a.m.: Television host Montel William praised Houston’s first responders for their heroic actions rescuing people from their flooded homes on Sunday.

> More photos of some pretty amazing citizens and HFD folks who rescued my wheel chair bound colleague Jacob in #Houston. #HoustonStrong pic.twitter.com/e9WhnFgWCE

> — Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) August 27, 2017

UPDATE 8:00 a.m.: U.S. Coast Guard video shows rescue of Houston-area man from the rooftop in a flooded subdivision.

UPDATE 7:45 a.m.: An insurance group says that the damage from Harvey could match Hurricane Katrina.

From Reuters:

> WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Flood damage in Texas from Hurricane Harvey may equal that from 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, said an insurance research group on Sunday.

> As heavy rain pounded Houston and Texas’s coastal counties, the Insurance Information Institute said it was still too soon to make precise estimates of the damage to homes and businesses.

> “It could be a flood loss like Katrina because of the amount of water that’s coming in … not as much wind as it will be water,” said institute spokeswoman Loretta Worters.

> Hurricane Katrina resulted in more than $15 billion in flood insurance losses in Louisiana and Mississippi that were paid by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a federal program that is the only source of flood insurance for most Americans.

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Lana Shadwick is a writer and legal analyst for Breitbart Texas. She has served as a prosecutor and associate judge in Texas. Follow her on GAB @lanashadwick and on Twitter @LanaShadwick2.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX, Gab, and Facebook.

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