The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Brock Long, has predicted that the aftermath of the storm would require the agency’s involvement for years.
“This disaster’s going to be a landmark event,” Long said.
Meanwhile, the Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, heaped praise on the agency and Donald Trump. “I’ve got to tell you, I give Fema a grade of A+, all the way from the president down,” he said. “I’ve spoken to the president several times, to his cabinet members, such as secretary of homeland security, such as the administrator of Fema, such as Tom Price, the secretary of health and human services.
“All across the board, from the White House to the federal administration to Fema, they’ve been very helpful,” Abbott said.
Storm forecast to strengthen
Harvey, which made landfall as a category 4 hurricane before quickly losing its power, could strengthen again as it moves slowly south-east, back towards the coast, according to the National Hurricane Center.
It said it would maintain its strength over the next 24 hours but then “some slight re-strengthening is possible after the center moves off the coast on Monday night and Tuesday”.
It is now just before 8pm in Houston and the risk of flash flooding will continue throughout the night.
In an advisory issued by the center less than an hour ago, the centre of the storm is sitting about 120 miles (193km) south-west of Houston and inching south-east at 3mph (6km/h).
The storm is expected to rain an additional 15 to 25 inches (up to 63cm) through to Friday over the upper Texas Gulf coast and into south-western Louisiana. Isolated storm totals may reach 50 inches over that area, including the Houston-Galveston area…
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