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Harvey weakens and moves northeastward; pleasant Minnesota forecast
Tropical Storm Harvey has weakened, and is now a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph. As of Thursday morning, Harvey was centered 15 miles south of Monroe, Louisiana and was moving north-northeastward at 10 mph. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale forecast model shows how tropical depression Harvey’s rains…
As of Sunday evening, the three-day rainfall totals in parts of Houston, Texas have pushed past 21 inches. Much of southeastern Texas has seen epic three day rainfall totals from Hurricane Harvey, which became Tropical Storm Harvey as its winds weakened. Incredible flooding was already taking place in Houston Sunday morning: View of downtown Houston right…
Catastrophic flooding in Houston; Minnesota shower chance
Harvey’s torrential rains continue. Tropical Storm Harvey is bringing flooding rains to much of the southeastern part of Texas. This was how the floodwaters looked on the Interstate 610 highway in Houston Sunday morning: There are no words. pic.twitter.com/zbrFENCDsA — Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) August 27, 2017 Many areas in southeast Texas have already seen over…