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
Transitioning into a snow mix later this evening and toninit. Weather today. Its currently gathering strength in the Southern Plains and looks to deliver showers by the mid morning with t storms also possible current temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. Theres a wind blowing in from the northwest between 5 and 15 Miles Per Hour which will school. Heres susan risisier with the details. The planned career academies for norfolk senior high students will require some renovations and expansion at the high school building. At monday nights meeting the board of education approved seeking bids for renovation of the Career Education facilities. A renegotiated lease between the Norfolk Airport authority and barnstormers restaurant is on hold while the state Auditors Office completes a review of the relationship between the twtw entities. Cityty attorney clinthukei says the auditor is expected to issue the report in the next few weeks. And friday is the deadline to nominate an individual, organiz
Doesnt mean people like electrician craig levine arent paying attention. Infact hes one of 134 who will speak in favor of the project on thursday. I just think that it would be good for the state of iowa, its a lot of good jobs and Dakota Access has done a very good job of keeping high safety records. Its a lot safer than the railcars that which are currently used and it is good for iowa, said levine. The utilities board has identified abother 143 people speaking against the project. Including Rosemary Partridge of wall lake. I just do not believe imminent domain for private land when its for a private companies profit. Thats pretty much it, said Rosemary Partridge. Dakota access has already contractors and a thirdparty firm has delivered metal pipe, anticipating that the state passes the plan. Energy transfer has projected 50 million in sales and 2 to 4 thousand jobs for iowans during construction. In sioux city, bria bell abc 9 news. Jessica rae if needed, the hearing could run throu
Nats candidates walking in. Or introductions. Etc the top eight polling republicans in milwaukee debating for the 4th time bush r president ial candidate i got about four minutes last debate im gonna get my question right now. The debate honing in on jobs, taxes, International Issues and the economy. Cruz there are irs code than there not one of them is as candidates minimum wage. Donald trump says no to raising it. Ben carson after supporting the raise at an earlier debate. President ial candidate every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases. Carson also making light of this past week of scrutiny over his life stories. Ben carson r president ial candidate asking what i said in appreciate that. The exchanges. Though. Heating up over immigration. Jeb bush and john kasich challenging undocumented gov. John kasich r president ial candidate we all know you cant pick them up and ship them back across the border. Trump i dont have to hear from this man trump a
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