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TUESDAY 77 71 Rain continues WEDNESDAY 8170 Rain continues Monday August 28, 2017 Statesman Weather App: Live radar, weather news and alerts. usttn talesman statesman.com mystatesman.com MONDAY 7671 Rain continues AtnericanS BEYOND ANYTHING 9 EXPERIENCED BEFORE HOUSTON CENTRAL TEXAS GULF COAST Catastrophic flooding kills Much more rain predicted Dozens survive wild night at least five, taxes rescuers for Austin, counties to east in hard-hit Port Aransas BBBBBBBBBBBBa BBBIBBBBBBBBBf BL" BBBBBBBBBBBBnuln -Tr BBBBBBBBBBBBBBkSt -irjgTTrjBTiiBi Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Phamand her 13-month-old son, Aiden, after rescuing them from their flooded home Sunday in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into the city late Saturday and into Sunday. Rising water forced thousands of people to move onto rooftops or higher ground, david j. phillip associated press CONTINUING COVERAGE TEXAS STORMS Central Texas isn't finished soaking By Chuck Lindell, Nolan Hicks and W.

Gardner Selby clindellstatesman.com nhicksstatesman.com wgselbystatesman.com HOUSTON Tropical Storm Harvey hammered the Houston area with wave after wave of pummel-ing rain Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and overwhelming rescue crews, which used helicopters, boats and anything else that floats to reach thousands trapped by rapidly rising water. Up to 27 inches of rain had fallen across a wide area since Saturday, flooding all 22 of Harris County's watersheds and leaving residents to struggle with an unprecedented disaster. Another 15 to 25 inches are expected over the next several days. "The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before," a National Weather Service alert Harvey continued on A7 COMPLETE COVERAGE FROM STATESMAN JOURNALISTS The American-Statesman newsroom has mobilized for in-depth coverage of Harvey online and in print. We had reporters and photographers in Corpus Christi, Port Aransas, Victoria, La Grange and Houston as the storm hit, with dozens more in Austin reporting on local effects.

Read the latest updates at statesman, com through the days and nights ahead and follow statesman on Twitter and on Facebook. EXPANDED COVERAGE Schools: ACC resumes classes but Texas State cancels. A4 Federal aid: N.Y. lawmaker brings up Cruz vote on Sandy. A5 Evacuees: In Austin, Gulf Coast evacuees await news.

A6 Animals: Baby squirrels, stray pets fill Austin-area shelters. A7 Gas prices: Harveytosend prices upward. A7 PolitiFact: Revisiting some fact-checks of past claims about hurricanes. Bl Sports: Astros-Rangers series in holding pattern. 1 MOREONLINE For more Hurricane Harvey news an th latest pdates, visit statesman.com hurricaneharvey.

NOTE TO READERS Storm damage and flooding may result in delivery disruptions of the American-Statesman in the coming days. If access is cut to your address, we will deliver your paper the next day that we safely can. Subscribers may access a digital replica of the paper at statesman.comepaper. INDEX Deaths B4 Austin360 Dl Sports CI Business B5 Classifieds CIO To subscribe: Call 5 1 2-445-4040 orvisitstatesman.comsubscribe 2017 Austin American-Statesman Vol.147 No. 34 65668 11 20202 1 1 No question Harvey will dump more rain, but where is unclear.

By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz, Ryan Autullo and Rachel Rice rhaurwitzstatesman.com rautullostatesman.com rriceacnnewspapers.com There's no question it's going to rain more in Central Texas this week it's just not clear exactly how much and where. The outer bands of rain and wind from the counterclockwise-spinning Tropical Storm Harvey bore down on the region for much of the weekend, especially to points east and south of Austin such as Bastrop, Caldwell and Fayette counties. Tens of thousands of customers lost power, scores COASTAL DAMAGE Warren and Denee Wehr walk to their flooded home on Northeast Seventh Street in Smithville on Sunday, jay janner American-statesman HARVEY-RELATED CANCELLATIONS Go to statesman.com to view an updated list of cancellations and postponements of events this week because of Hurricane Harvey. of roads were closed, flights were canceled, school classes were called off or delayed, and evacuations were ordered in some areas because of increasingly widespread flooding.

And because weather forecasting isn't an exact science, the National Weather Service was hedging at press time on the question of whether the epic storm would continue pinwheeling toward the southeast, away from Rainfall continued on A8 and Crocs, they had sidestepped downed power lines, the twisted remains of homes and businesses, and wounded boats that had been flung hundreds of feet by Hurricane Harvey's furious winds. They were exhausted, hungry, and in need of coffee and communication with loved ones. Zurawski, who moved to Port Aransas from Lake Travis eight years ago, asked to use a Statesman photographer's cellphone. It was her first contact with the outside world since Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 monster just north of Port Aransas, leaving some parts of Devastation, tears and relief in Port Aransas Survivor's assessment: 'Everything is gone, but we made it By Jeremy Schwartz jschwartzstatesman.com PORT ARANSAS A couple of hours after the sun rose Sunday, Melani Zurawski and Kathy Nei-hart burst into the Port Aransas Civic Center, the town's base of emergency operations. The pair had spent the past 48 hours in a Port Aransas that was no longer recognizable.

Wearing little more than T-shirts, shorts Many residents who emerged from shattered dwellings or were found by rescue personnel said they haven't received the help they need. Zurawski and Neihart said they were quickly told to leave the emergency operations center, where rescue personnel were arriving from a number of surrounding cities. "We went there for help, and they told us, 'You should have gotten off the Zurawski said. "There aren't buses off the island. They wouldn't even give Port Aransas continued on A8 the beach resort in ruins.

"It's it's bad," she said between sobs. "Can you call my mom and let her know we're OK? Everything is gone, but we made it through." The women were among dozens of Port Aransas residents who stayed behind and rode out the storm as best they could. At many points that night, Zurawski said she was sure it would be her last. As the worst of Harvey's winds raged, Zurawski, her husband and two friends cut up bed sheets to tie themselves together. "We tied it so people could find us afterward," she said..