The flood of a lifetime hits Texas - and there's another FIFTY inches of rain to come: Dramatic scenes across the state as Hurricane Harvey stalls over the state and dumps record-setting precipitation

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The flood of a lifetime has hit Texas after the violent winds of Hurricane Harvey began to die down, with the state expecting another 50 inches to pour down upon the region in record-setting precipitation.

The destructive path of the hurricane began to take shape on Sunday, with a striking collection of aerial photographs laying bare its damage for the first time. 

Highways lay submerged in water where abandoned cars bobbed alongside rescue boats taking residents to safety, as Galveston County estimates up to 1,200 people had to be rescued from the 'life-threatening' waters.

At least five people are dead and dozens are injured after 130mph winds and unprecedented floods swept through the southeast pocket of the state on Friday and Saturday.

There is even more rain on the way - a record-setting 50 inches - and emergency response teams have been stretched to their limit as the state was hit with 11 trillion gallons of water, according to reports.

On Sunday, as thousands fled their homes in kayaks and swam through the watery streets, FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, revealed it would take the area years to recover from the storm which is the worst this decade.  

Harvey has been downgraded from a Category 4 hurricane to a tropical storm but its threat is still imminent. Authorities are now fearing its second deadly phase - the floods.  

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An aerial photograph reveals the huge swathes of flooded land in Houston, Texas on Sunday. Hurricane Harvey blustered through the town on Friday and Saturday, bringing with it unprecedented downpour and triggering life-threatening floods

Rockport was one of the worst hit coastal towns by the Category 4 storm. Hurricane Harvey blustered through the town on Friday and Saturday, bringing with it unprecedented downpour and triggering life-threatening floods

A shocking view of Aransas County on Sunday shows chunks of roads lying underwater and buildings almost submerged 

Aerial footage in Aransas County, which sits along the coast, was ravaged with wind and rain over the weekend and is now swamped 

Houston's tall sky scrapers were among the only buildings that were safe from the devastating flooding on Sunday 

Flooded downtown is seen from a high rise along Buffalo Bayou after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Texas Gulf coast with rain causing widespread flooding in Houston

Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey seen during widespread flooding in Houston

The National Weather Service said: 'The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before. Catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days'. Pictured: Aerial image of Refugio

Aerial images show a trailer park that has been devastated by Hurricane Harvey on Sunday in Aransas, Texas

Thousands of people evacuated after floods swamped parts of the region, leading Dallas to announce it aims to open a 'mega-shelter' for 5,000 evacuees by Tuesday morning. 

The National Weather Service said: 'The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before. Catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days.' 

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said that as of 5pm on Sunday, Houston police and fire departments had received nearly 6,000 calls for rescues and had rescued more than 1,000 people. 

Turner said that so far only one fatality has been confirmed in his city — a woman who died Saturday evening after getting out of her car when it drove into a flooded street.

Turner said 22 aircrafts were working to help identify people stranded on roofs. Sixteen of those aircrafts are from U.S. Coast Guard.

In addition, 35 boats and 93 dump trucks were being used by the city for high water rescues.

The mayor also defended his decision not to order an evacuation.

'The decision that we made was a smart one. It was in the best interest of Houstonians. It was the right decision in terms of their safety... absolutely no regrets. We did what was the right thing to do,' Turner said. 

Residents in Houston abandoned their cars after becoming stuck in flood waters on Telephone Road on Sunday afternoon 

Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden to safety after rescuing them from their home 

An aerial view of Cove Harbor Marina in Rockport, Texas, on Sunday morning after the storm had passed

Salt Grass Landing Apartments in Rockport, Texas, were entirely destroyed in the hurricane. No residents were thought to have been inside the building when Harvey took hold 

A bird's eye view of Aransas Pass in Texas, one of the worst affected areas.  At least five people have died in Aransas County but officials say it is too early to confirm all of the suspected deaths

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said that as of 5pm on Sunday, Houston police and fire departments had received nearly 6,000 calls for rescues and had rescued more than 1,000 people. Pictured: Aerial image of Refugio

Thousands of people evacuated after floods swamped parts of the region, leading Dallas to announce it aims to open a 'mega-shelter' for 5,000 evacuees by Tuesday morning. Pictured: Aerial image of Aransas

The scene at Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston on Sunday morning where flood water is now covering entire portions of the city 

Jesus Rodriguez rescues Gloria Garcia after rain from Hurricane Harvey flooded Pearland, in the outskirts of Houston

Evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise in Houston Sunday

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said on Sunday afternoon he hadn't yet spoken to Democratic Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner — despite repeated attempts.

Abbott said he'd called Tuner's cell phone 'several times' to 'let him know that, whatever he needs, the state of Texas will provide.' Abbott said he'd yet to hear back. 

The governor and mayor clashed before Hurricane Harvey made landfall Friday, with Abbott suggesting people in Houston might want to evacuate but Turner saying fleeing unnecessarily would clog highways for those leaving other communities facing bigger threats.

However, despite the massive 'unprecedented' flooding, Turner argued that he stands by his decision not to evacuate, saying that it would have led to a worse outcome.

Turner added in a press conference:  'If you think the situation right now is bad, you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare. Especially when it's not planned,'

'If you do it or attempt to do it and it's not coordinated, not done right, you are literally putting people in harm's way, and you're creating a far worse situation,' Turner said. 

A woman is helped out of a Houston Police dive team boat after being rescued from the Meyerland area during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Sunday 

A group of young men removed their shirts to push a truck through the flood water in Houston on Sunday 

An abandoned Hummer sinks in floodwater on another section of the busy Interstate 610 in Houston on Sunday 

A family evacuates their home in a canoe, bringing their beloved dogs with them in Meyerland near Houston 

An eighteen wheel tractor trailer is stranded on Interstate Highway 45 which is submerged from the effects of Harvey

In residential areas of Houston, 4x4s floated in the flood water as yet more rain pounded the city 

A woman carries belongings from an apartment under water on Houston Avenue near Woodland Park after heavy rain from Hurricane Harvey fell overnight on Sunday

Two kayakers beat the current as they make their way along South Braeswood in Houston, Texas, on Sunday 

Wilford Martinez (bottom) grabs a median as he is rescued from his flooded car in Houston on Sunday. More than 1,000 rescues were made over Saturday and Sunday 

The main street is covered by flood waters from Hurricane Harvey in Dickinson, Texas on Sunday 

As the region braced itself for more devastation in the coming days, the president was upbeat in his analysis of the increasingly dire situation saying the 'good news' was there was 'talent on the ground' and congratulated 'all levels of government' for its strong response to the disaster. Pictured: Aerial image of Rockport

The coastal city was hit hard by the Category 4 hurricane that slammed into land with wind speeds of 130mph 

 

As the region braced itself for more devastation in the coming days, the president was upbeat in his analysis of the increasingly dire situation.

Tweeting from Camp David where he is spending the weekend with his family, President Trump said the 'good news' was there was 'talent on the ground' and congratulated 'all levels of government' for its strong response to the disaster. 

The president plans to visit Texas on Tuesday, the White House revealed on Sunday. 

'The President will travel to Texas on Tuesday. We are coordinating logistics with state and local officials, and once details are finalized, we will let you know.

 

'We continue to keep all of those affected in our thoughts and prayers,' a statement read. 

Trump tweeted: 'Great coordination between agencies at all levels of government. Continuing rains and flash floods are being dealt with. Thousands rescued.'

Trump continued: 'Many people are now saying that this is the worst storm/hurricane they have ever seen. Good news is that we have great talent on the ground. 

President Trump congratulated the orchestrated response of emergency workers and 'all levels of government' to the hurricane on Sunday

'I will be going to Texas as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption. The focus must be life and safety.'  

In the same flurry, he announced he would soon be returning to Missouri for a visit, taking the opportunity to remind followers that he won the state in the 2016 election. 

'I will also be going to a wonderful state, Missouri, that I won by a lot in '16. Dem C.M. is opposed to big tax cuts. Republican will win S!' he wrote. 

Around an hour later, he returned to his account to marvel at the size of the storm. 

'Wow - Now experts are calling Harvey a once in 500 year flood! We have an all out effort going, and going well!' 

He then complained about Mexico being 'one of the highest crime Nations in the world', pleaded again for 'The Wall' and then threatened to scrap the US's trade deal with the country and Canada. 

'We are in the NAFTA (worst trade deal ever made) renegotiation process with Mexico & Canada.Both being very difficult,may have to terminate?' he said. 

Later, Trump, who spent the weekend at Camp David with this family, participated in a teleconference call with Cabinet Officials to discuss the matter further. 

'President Trump continued to stress his expectation that all departments and agencies stay fully committed to supporting the Governors of Texas and Louisiana and his number one priority of saving lives,' a White House statement said.

'He reminded everyone that search and rescue efforts will transition to mass care, restoring power, providing life-sustaining necessities for the population that sheltered in place, and economic recovery.

'Last, he urged survivors impacted by the storm to continue to heed the instructions of their State and local officials. 

Water surrounds tombstones at a cemetery in Pearland, Texas, on Sunday 

A knocked over soda machine lies in front of a damaged car and ravaged main street in Port Aransas, one of the worst hit areas 

Sterling Broughton was rescued from her home in Dickenson, Texas, in a kayak, and was taken to safety 

Survivors cower from the rain under their jackets and life jackets after being rescued on a boat on Sunday in Houston 

An elderly woman is rescued by Precinct 6 Deputy Constables Sgt. Paul Fernandez, Sgt. Michael Tran and Sgt. Radha Patel near Brays Bayou 

Mikhail Bachynsky hugs her dog Lily after being rescued from their home in Friendswood. Neighbors used their own boats to transport people out of the area

Valerie Cross and her dog Boudreaux survived the storm. They are seen walking down a street strewn with toppled palm trees in Rockport on Sunday 

A preacher wades in to the water in Houston to check for trapped motorists inside submerged cars  

Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey seen during widespread flooding in Houston, Texas

Men wearing trash bags wade through the waist-deep water in Houston on Sunday 

The same two men were later seen dragging suitcases from cars as flood water rose around them in Galveston 

A man walks down the center of Interstate 225 after abandoning his car as flood waters rose on the street on Sunday 

Residents walk through high waters, the remnants of Hurricane Harvey, on Watonga Boulevard, Sunday, in Houston

A National Guard rescues two puppies from flood water (left) while a man approaches a car as he clutches an umbrella in Houston on Sunday morning (right). 

An abandoned car is submerged on water on the Interstate 610 on Sunday as flood waters covered the region 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to begin releasing water into Buffalo Bayou from two flood-control dams on the western outskirts of the city on Monday morning.

Col. Lars Zetterstrom said this was being done very slowly to prevent uncontrollable flooding of downtown Houston and the Houston Ship Channel.

Downtown Houston is 17 miles downstream from the dams, which were built during the 1940s in response to a 1935 flood that inundated much of downtown area.

Zetterstrom says the water contained by the dams is 'unparalleled in the dams' history.' The waters are rising about 4 inches per hour.

Zetterstrom says the dams will impound water for one to three months as water is gradually released. He adds that some neighborhoods on the fringes of the reservoir are likely to see some floods.

Meanwhile, Galveston County officials said they have made up to 1,200 rescues due to the storm.   

The area hardest-hit by floods has been Dickinson, a low-lying city of about 20,000 residents along Dickinson Bayou, where crews had to lead to safety 19 residents and five staff members from an assisted-living center flooded with waist-deep water.

Henry said about 90 percent of the county's rescue calls have come from Dickinson. An appeal had been made through social media for assistance by private boat owners and their vessels, and 25 to 35 owners responded.

Henry is appealing for volunteers to help staff rescue shelters and see to the needs of the 2,000 to 10,000 people that have sheltered in them.

Grocery stores placed limits on the number of water bottles customers could buy. There were none left int his store in Austin on Sunday 

A boat sits half sunk in a harbor in Port Aransas on Sunday where some of the worst damage was seen 

A boat sits on a dock after Hurricane Harvey passed through Port Aransas, Texas on Sunday

Hector Castillo helps his wife Gloria escape floodwaters on Interstate 225 as waters rise on Sunday morning

Despite warnings from local authorities, a number of drivers still took to the roads in Houston. Many were diverted at the Hardy Toll Road (above) 

Residents in Houston awoke to rising flood water on Sunday. Emergency services were inundated with requests for help and warned that they had reached 'capacity' by early morning 

Texan Emanuel Ramirez holds his belongings above water as he swims to safety after becoming trapped in Houston (left). Two other residents in a less flooded area were seen wading along the road (right) 

Houston residents Vincente Navas and Alma Barrientos stand outside their home in Cottage Grove where the water was knee deep 

Two men push their broken down truck through flood water as law enforcement officers watch on 

People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey on an air boat in Dickinson, Texas on Sunday 

Five people have been reported dead, with three people from Aransas County and another two are thought to have died in Houston as 130mph winds and thrashing rain lashed the region.

911 operators were 'at capacity' on Sunday morning and had to choose between pleas for help. Frantic stranded residents turned to social media after having their calls go unanswered and some were rescued from the roofs of their homes where they waved sheets and towels for help.   

In Texas, local politicians, police and weather experts in painted a dire picture of the devastation Harvey has brought. 

Local authorities painted a dire picture on Sunday, warning residents not to call for help unless they were immediately in danger because 911 services were overwhelmed 

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, are warning that it will take years to recover from the hurricane. 

'FEMA is going to be there for years, sir. This disaster recovery — this disaster is going to be a landmark event,' administrator Brock Long said, adding: 'This disaster's going to be a landmark event.'

CBS Science Contributor Michio Kaku said on Sunday: 'If it lingers over the land it could cause massive flooding. 

'Then, watch out, if it goes back into the Gulf it could get re-energized and create a second, even a third landfall. 

Maritza Willis tweeted for help on Saturday night when her 911 call went unanswered

'So the agony has just begun with this hurricane of the decade.' 

911 operators in Houston were quickly overwhelmed by the volume of calls for help and had to start choosing between pleas from stranded residents. 

One woman turned to social media after having her call for help go unanswered. 

'I have 2 children with me and the water is swallowing us up. Please sent help. 911 is not responding!!!' wrote Maritza Willis. She was rescued soon afterwards.  

Charles Bujan, the mayor of Port Aransas, said his town had been entirely wiped out by the hurricane.

'To be honest with you, I'm sick to my stomach,' he told The San Antonio Express on Saturday, describing painstakingly how one trailer park in the town had been entirely washed away. 

'It's a 100 percent loss,' he said of the Port Aransas' Pioneer Trailer Park. 

Huge swathes of Port Aransas are still inaccessible because of the damage. It makes it difficult for authorities to properly assess the extent of the devastation, but Bujan said he feared the worst.  

'I can tell you I have a very bad feeling and that's about it,' he said. 

Cell phone service was entirely scrambled in Rockport, a coastal town thought to have been among the worst hit. 

Residents were left in no doubt of the danger they faced by staying - the town's mayor ominously told them to mark their arms with Sharpie pens in order for search and rescue teams to be able to later identify their corpses. 

One of those killed in Houston was found dead in their car, NBC reported on Sunday. They are thought to have drowned. 

Another person died in a house fire in Aransas County as they waited for emergency services to get to them. The rescuers could not get there quickly enough because of the Category 4 Hurricane, it was claimed. 

Andrew White helps his neighbor escape with her dog after rescuing them from their home in his boat in River Oaks 

Volunteers and police men rescue dogs from their homes in boats and take them to safety in River Oaks 

Bentley, a 10-year-old Maltese, dries off in a towel at a shelter in Rockport after being rescued with his owner 

Ruby Young and her husband Claude were rescued from their home and taken to a pickup point in Edgebrook. He suffers medical issues relating to a stroke in May 

Jacque McKay shields her dog from the wind as she walks through an apartment complex in Rockport, Texas

A military truck plows through water in Houston on Sunday with a dog watching from the window for anyone in distress

People are rescued from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey in an armored police mine-resistant ambush protected vechile

People wait to be evacuated from flood waters from Hurricane Harvey in Dickinson, Texas on Sunday 

A toppled boat lays on it's side almost completely underwater after Hurricane Harvey hit a harbor in Port Lavaca

Mike Bush, 56, ties a loose boat up at the harbor in Port Lavaca where other many small yachts and sail boats bobbed and swayed uncontrollably in the flood water

Rain continued to hammer the area on Sunday, bringing no respite after a weekend or treacherous conditions

Boats are washed up on shore at the Bayfront Pavilion Park after Hurricane Harvey hit Port Lavaca, Texas

According to ABC, one woman's body was seen floating in flood water in Houston on Saturday. 

Some defiant residents who stayed behind in Corpus Christi, another coastal town, have not been heard from since the Category 4 hurricane made landfall on Saturday. 

While the hurricane itself is over, flooding is bringing fresh concern to emergency services, particularly in Houston where more than 1,000 people have already been rescued from the rising waters. 

'There is life-threatening, catastrophic flooding happening now in Southeast Harris County,' Jeff Lindner of the Harris County Flood Control District told The Weather Channel on Sunday. 

Among the rescued were 50 children who were saved from two apartment complexes in the city. 

Louisiana is bracing for rain, with the storm due to travel towards it as it tails off in Texas. No weather warnings are currently in effect for Louisiana. 

A flooded park in Houston on Sunday where flood water is rising at a frightening rate 

A path was underwater in Houston on Sunday and streets entirely flooded after yet more downpours 

Glen Cove Park in Kemah, Texas, was entirely underwater on Sunday. Authorities say the flooding is the worst the region has ever seen 

A National Hurricane Center graph shows the dramatic concentration of flooding and rain in coastal Texas on Sunday 

A severe weather warning map from The Weather Channel shows the lit-up area of south-east Texas which is the worst affected 

Much of the rain is still concentrated in coastal towns but authorities and weather experts are warning that it could move inland throughout the day 

The aftermath of Harvey was plainer in some parts of the state including Rockport where, after the rain stopped, residents could survey their destroyed homes 

People wait in line at a rescue point in Edgebrook, Houston, on Sunday. Shelters have been set up across the state 

Cars power through flood water in Galveston, Texas, on Saturday. Life-threatening floods are expected on Sunday 

A boat covered in reeds and branches washed up outside a convenience store in the Coast Bend area of Port Aransas on Saturday 

An abandoned car sits in a ditch in Rockport beneath toppled electricity pylons and damaged traffic lights 

In some homes, more than six feet of water has poured over sandbags and makeshift barriers. Residents fled to their attics to try to escape the rising flood water, a tactic weather and safety experts strongly urged against on Sunday.

'Calls to HCFCD of people climbing into their attics...Do NOT go into attics. Get on your roof if necessary. If calling 911, stay on the line if unanswered,' Lindner tweeted in the early hours of Sunday morning. 

The flooding in Houston is expected to go down as the worst in the region's history, surpassing that of Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. 

On Sunday, Mayor Sylvester Turner warned that 911 services were 'at capacity'. 

Harris County Sheriff's Office told people to remain inside their homes even if they were filling up with water, tweeting: 'Non-life-threatening water inside home is safer than going outside. Difficult & scary, but we'll get to you. Pls shelter in place. Be safe.'  

A vessel is spotted listing in a channel from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during an overflight after Hurricane Harvey passed the area from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, Texas on Saturday

Housing surrounded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey is seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter

People stand on a sinking boat awaiting rescue from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, after Hurricane Harvey passed near Port Aransas

A woman sleeps on a cot after she evacuated to a shelter after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area on Saturday in Port Aransas

People stand on a sinking boat awaiting rescue from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter near Port Aransas

Mobile homes are destroyed at an RV park after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area on Saturday in Port Aransas

Members of the National Guard arrive at Port Aransas after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area on Saturday

The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Harvey from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm

A boat is located on land after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area on Saturday

A mobile home lies split open in the Paradise Lagoons RV Resort on Saturday in Aransas Pass

Mobile homes are upended and left sitting in flooded waters in the Paradise Lagoons RV Resort in Aransas Pass

Harvey slammed into Texas, the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry, late Friday.

It ripped off roofs, snapped trees, and triggered tornadoes and flash floods, and cut power to nearly a quarter of a million people. 

It also curtailed a large portion of America's oil and fuel production, prompting price hikes at the pumps.

Harvey has since weakened to a tropical storm, but is expected to lash Texas for days as it lumbers inland, bringing as much as 50 inches of rain to some areas, and affecting heavily populated. 

The National Hurricane Center described the rain forecast for the state as potentially 'catastrophic.'

'Rainfall measured in feet rather than inches can certainly create a catastrophic flood,' spokesman Dennis Feltgen said.

One person died in a house fire in the town of Rockport, 30 miles north of the city of Corpus Christi, as Harvey roared ashore overnight.

Mayor Charles Wax said in a news conference on Saturday, marking the first confirmed fatality from the storm.

Another dozen people in the area suffered injuries like broken bones, another official said.

Water rises on a home after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area on Saturday in Port Aransas

Cleaning crews clean debris located on Highway 361 after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area

A boat is located in the middle of the street after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area

Charles Bujan, the mayor of Port Aransas, said that people are being urged to stay away until emergency crews can clean up leftover debris and wreckage

Electric poles are destroyed after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area and wreaked havoc 

Bujan said that there are search and rescue operations by emergency services underway to find people trapped by the water

The town took a direct hit from the storm and had streets flooded and strewn with power lines and debris on Saturday afternoon. 

At a recreational vehicle sales lot, a dozen vehicles were flipped over and one had been blown into the middle of the street. 

By Saturday evening, a convoy of military vehicles had arrived in the Rockport area with people and equipment to help in the recovery efforts, and town officials announced an overnight curfew for residents.

'It was terrible,' resident Joel Valdez, 57, told Reuters. 

The storm ripped part of the roof from his trailer home at around 4am, he said as he sat in a Jeep with windows smashed by the storm. 

'I could feel the whole house move.'

Before the storm hit, Rockport's mayor told anyone staying behind to write their names on their arms for identification in case of death or injury. 

A high school, hotel, senior housing complex and other buildings suffered structural damage, according to emergency officials and local media. Some were being used as shelters.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday said he was activating 1,800 members of the military to help with the statewide cleanup, while 1,000 people would conduct search-and-rescue operations. 

People recover their possessions on Sunday in Aransas, Texas, one of the areas hit by the hurricane 

A sunken boat lies submerged in front houses after Hurricane Harvey hit Port Aransas, Texas

People seek shelter from the weather during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Sunday in Houston, Texas

Shoppers wait in line for last minute supplies at a grocery store after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Texas Gulf coast

People walk along the road to board Metro buses to be taken to a shelter at the GRB Convention Center in Houston

Evacuees from Hurricane Harvey take shelter at the Delco Center in east Austin, Texas on Sunday

The Red Cross says they currently have 185 people at this Austin shelter center but if needed, are prepared to handle 350 people at this location

Children play while adults attempt to get some rest while staying at a makeshift shelter for storm evacuees in Austin, Texas 

People on a porch watch as rain from Hurricane Harvey inundates the Cottage Grove neighborhood in Houston

People make their way down partially flooded roads following the passage of Hurricane Harvey in Galveston

Rain from Hurricane Harvey inundates the Cottage Grove neighborhood in Houston, as home for sale sits flooded

A truck sits stranded after breaking down on Interstate 10 which has been inundated with flooding from Harvey in Houston

Members of the Texas Task Force 2 search and rescue team work through a destroyed apartment complex trying to find anyone that still may be in the apartment complex after Hurricane Harvey passed through Rockport

A local pastor went around to submerged cars to check if anyone was trapped inside the partially sunken vehicles in Houston

An official climbs through a window as he checks a home damaged by Hurricane Harvey on Sunday in Rockport

The city flag of Rockport, tattered by the effects of Hurricane Harvey, flaps in the wind over the police station