Storm claims second fatality in Texas as floodwaters rise
Rockport, Texas
RESCUE crews raced against rising floodwaters on Sunday to pull hundreds of stranded residents from their homes in southeast Texas as Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit the state in more than 50 years, roared inland.
The storm has killed at least two people and Harris County sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on Twitter early on Sunday the death toll could rise, with his deputies responding to reports of submerged vehicles on Interstate 10, one of them possibly with a deceased woman and child inside.
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