Welcome to bbc news. Ten of thousands of People Living in the us state of texas have been ordered to leave their homes, as flooding, caused by Tropical Storm harvey, continues to cause devastation. Its expected up to 30,000 people may need temporary emergency shelters, with more than two and a half feet of rain fallen on the city of houston alone. Unconfirmed reports suggest up to five people may have drowned, but Officials Say they cant confirm figures until the floodwaters recede. Thousands of people have had to be rescued, many plucked from rooftops by helicopter. What began as a category four hurricane in the gulf of mexico has become a Tropical Storm, meaning that the winds are much less than they were, but the rains are still causing devastation. 0ur correspondent Laura Trevelyan is in la grange, 100 miles west of houston in texas for us. Welcome to la grange in texas. Look at the water levels. You can just see how fast the water levels are rising here. The Colorado River has bro
Welcome to bbc news. Thousands of people have had to be rescued in and around the us city of houston as waters continue to rise in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The areas expected to have received a years rainfall within a week. Helicopters have plucked victims from rooftops as roads have been turned into rivers. And the flooding already described as catastrophic in texas is not only expected to get worse, its also expected to spread with concerns now for neighbouring louisiana. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. This disaster never seems to end. Three days after Hurricane Harvey smashed into their state, texans are still struggling in its wake. In this suburb of houston, they called for help all night, but no one answered. In the end, it wasnt police or Fire Fighters who came to the rescue, but some friends with a boat. They say they called 911 and there was no answer. But youve answered their call . Well, we just happened to be here, and we had a boat and a truck, so
Welcome to bbc news. Thousands of people have had to be rescued in and around the us city of houston, as waters continue to rise in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The areas expected to have received a years rainfall within a week. Helicopters have plucked victims from rooftops, as roads have been turned into rivers. And the flooding, already described as catastrophic in texas, is not only expected to get worse, its also expected to spread with concerns now for neighbouring louisiana. Lets crossed now to our correspondent, Laura Trevelyan, he was at the grange, in texas, in houston. Welcome to la grange. This isa houston. Welcome to la grange. This is a small tax on town of 500 people. Many homes have been evacuated. There is extensive, catastrophic, devastating flooding. The Colorado River, we can land, by the way, has broken its banks and is just about peaking at 55 feet. Normally the river level is about eight feet. Flooding level is 2a feet. More than double the normal flooding level
Lot of uncertainty about the details of the arrival of rain and the strengthening of the winds. Areas of low pressure heading our way will stop the south is more likely to develop into the nasty one that is going to bring watcher, windy weather. It may be more Showery On Monday For Scotland and Northern Ireland. Across the east midlands, east anglia and the south east, it may be dry and talk later in the day. The north, the rate could be persistent and heavy. Looks like it should sweep eastwards overnight and the winds really start to pick up. Nails lightly across a good part of a. Heavy rain across eastern areas of scotla nd a. Heavy rain across eastern areas of scotland and east england. Some showers follow with those blustery winds out of the west. A lot of uncertainty about the detail and timing. Stay tuned over next day or so. Hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. The headlines at 7 30. The Prime Minister has insisted that the conservative position on tax hasnt changed and