In Houston a police officer drowned in an official car

Servant of the order couldn’t get out of the car.

In the U.S. city of Houston, Texas, the floods killed a policeman, said local authorities.

30-year-old policeman was caught in a trap due to a sharp rise in the water level and drowned in a patrol car on the way to work.

The mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner announced that the city will also open two or three large locations to accommodate evacuated due to flooding.

At this point in the Congress-center named George brown in Houston already placed more than 9,000 people, which is almost twice the amount that was originally planned to settle there.

We will remind that in the night of 26 Aug powerful over the past 12 years, the Harvey hurricane struck the Southeast coast of the United States (Texas).

Because of the storm in the U.S. city of Corpus Christi remained without electricity for 155 thousand. Elimination of consequences of hurricane Harvey was estimated at $ 40 billion.

Hurricane Harvey caused extensive flooding in Texas. According to weather forecasts, heavy rains in the near future will not stop, and flooding will only increase.

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