Overnight, Tropical Storm Harvey dumped a biblical amount of rain east of Houston, with the cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur reporting record levels of rain and life-threatening flooding:
Flash flood emergencies in effect for areas near Beaumont & Port Arthur, TX. @BillKarins says it's as bad if not worse than Houston.
— Nadine Comerford (@NComerfordTV) August 30, 2017
Flash flood EMERGENCY continues for Beaumont and Port Arthur Texas.
— James Spann (@spann) August 30, 2017
According to preliminary reports, over two feet of rain fell in Beaumont “YESTERDAY”:
Sentence below sums up nicely our trip to Beaumont:
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 26.03 INCHES WAS SET AT BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR
YESTERDAY— Jeffrey Ray (@cbs11jeffrey) August 30, 2017
Needless to say, this was a record:
#Harvey at Beaumont, TX>>>Greatest 1 day total: 26.03"; Total since Saturday: 43.27"; Wettest year 86.82" #FirstAlertSETX pic.twitter.com/Vyu1geVzqH
— 12NewsNow (@12NewsNow) August 30, 2017
Here’s I-10 near Beaumont last night:
Interstate 10 at the Jefferson / Chambers county line. Waves with white caps on the interstate. #Harvey pic.twitter.com/GH79zIoQAk
— Dade Phelan (@DadePhelan) August 30, 2017
And here’s the radar loop from this morning:
Major flood emergency in #PortArthur & #Beaumont overnight. 30"+ rainfall. Water rising fast. Residents desperately seeking help. pic.twitter.com/oGPluWSMwO
— MPR Weather (@MPRweather) August 30, 2017
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Even a shelter in Port Arthur was flooded during the night:
People in #PortArthur evacuated #Harvey to Bob Bob Bower Civic Center
They are now being re-evacuated to the Carl Parker Center pic.twitter.com/U7Qp9hYz0O
— ???? ?. ????????? (@_JuanRodriguez_) August 30, 2017
People in Port Arthur are resting in their shelter beds at the Bob Bower Civic Center
Flood Waters nearly reach those sleeping pic.twitter.com/djL3imXoYy
— ???? ?. ????????? (@_JuanRodriguez_) August 30, 2017
Evacuees in Port Arthur wait to be moved to Lamar State College-PA after shelter floods https://t.co/ErZaHpBvUs #12NewsNowHarvey #SETXStorms pic.twitter.com/7svfhXjTng
— 12NewsNow (@12NewsNow) August 30, 2017
And the mayor of Port Arthur posted on Facebook that the city was using dump trucks to rescue residents as those were the only vehicles high enough to navigate the flood waters:
"Our whole city is underwater right now but we are coming! If you called, we are coming. "– Port Arthur Mayor Derrick Freeman #Harvey pic.twitter.com/JzPza37PdA
— 12NewsNow (@12NewsNow) August 30, 2017
Louisiana is Harvey’s crosshairs now:
#Harvey making landfall again just shy of 5am near Cameron, LA. Heavy additional rains to come! @NBC6 #NBC6 pic.twitter.com/HZiyP1GxWB
— Adam Berg (@AdamBergNBC6) August 30, 2017
Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall near Cameron, LA around 4 am this morning. Heavy rain threat remains over SE LA and SRN MS. #lawx #mswx pic.twitter.com/F0OkCJRFxC
— NWS New Orleans (@NWSNewOrleans) August 30, 2017
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