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Pool in north devon. And its war at Waterloo Station, in london, as signalling problems caused delays for commuters, for commuters, on the very day it fully reopened after a month of engineering works. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President donald trump has arrived in texas to assess the damage caused by storm harvey, as floodwaters across the state continue to rise. In houston, more than 30,000 thousand people have been forced from their homes due to the Tropical Storm, which has set a new record for rainfall in the state. The rain has been falling since last friday. Some places have seen more than a meter of rain. The greatest danger may be yet to come, with floodwaters rising in several rivers. A major dam to the west of houston has begun overflowing as harvey pushes the reservoir past capacity. Engineers have tried to prevent nearby communities from being inundated by releasing some of the water held by addicks dam. Around 160 kilometers west of houston is the Small Commun
Waterloo station in london as signalling problems angered commuters on the very day it reopens after weeks of engineering works. President trump has arrived in texas, to assess the damage caused by storm harvey, as floodwaters across the state continue to rise. In houston, more than 30,000 people have been forced from their homes. There have been record levels of rainfall, with areas sinking under a metre of water. But the greatest danger may be around the corner, with rising levels of several rivers. A major dam to the west of houston has begun overflowing, as harvey pushes the reservoir over capacity. Lets go live to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan whos at la grange in texas, about a 100 miles west of houston. Welcome to lagrange in texas, a Small Community reeling from the devastating impact of the flooding in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Its a microcosm of communities across texas. Whats happened is more than 300 homes were evacuated as the Colorado River broke its banks. Homes
We start in texas where President Trump has arrived to assess the damage left in the wake of hurricane, now Tropical Storm, harvey. This update has just reached us, from a Global Chemical company, they said they are evacuating remaining workers from their Chemical Plant in south east texas amidst the risk of an explosion. The storm continues to wreak havoc. Our north america correspondent, james cook, is there. In the chaos, some order, at last. The boats have come from all over the United States, and not a moment too soon. Its ok the operation was fast and smooth. Police, soldiers and civilians all working together. Were trying to get to a safe and dry place. Hows the baby . Hes fine, just scared. Are you scared . Just a little bit. From above, they can see the problem, and its a big one. A reservoir a few blocks away is overflowing. It was built 80 years ago to protect the young city of houston, but no one then imagined this. The pool of the reservoir is still rising, so flooding is
In singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and a ten injapan, singapore, midnight in london and a ten in japan, where singapore, midnight in london and a ten injapan, where they are able to sit for the first time a closer view of the missile that flew over their heads around the same time a day ago and 8am injapan. These are pictures released by north koreas central newsagency. Its not clear when they were taken the newsagency says it was in medium range, launched in a drill to counter recent military exercises by the south korean and us military. Earlier this month north korea threatened to fire four of these kinds of rockets into the sea near the us territory of guam. The agency says the launch was guided by kim jong un himself. That news came during a meeting of the Un Security Council, called to discuss the situation. Before the meeting the un ambassador to the Us Ambassador to the un said it was