Global & Disaster Medicine

Harvey-Houston Update

August 30th, 2017

CNN

  • A Houston curfew will be in place from midnight to 5 a.m. every day until further notice.
  • Authorities said 9,000-10,000 people had been rescued in the Houston region since Harvey hit – 3,000 by Houston police, 3,000-4,000 by the Houston Fire Department and 3,000 by the Coast Guard in Houston, Harris County and other parts of the region reeling from the storm.
  • The Toyota Center, where the Houston Rockets play, will be a second shelter for evacuees
  • At the George R. Brown Convention Center, more than 10,000 people are being sheltered

 

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