Trump hails hurricane relief efforts as he visits Texas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1rYTCnXyxUDP6SnaTMfkVQYCUpfoInGETg_fWtLbcw6e0FqJFcjAJhjDFoTzMxSQEXYxJFEgGE9ndL-_QcBiN18HzJoJipa1h9zKa4crrldAeFozMtVmHB1UXE7XVxihgTkmdFvAnAyr/s1600/_97647118_mediaitem97647116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="624" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1rYTCnXyxUDP6SnaTMfkVQYCUpfoInGETg_fWtLbcw6e0FqJFcjAJhjDFoTzMxSQEXYxJFEgGE9ndL-_QcBiN18HzJoJipa1h9zKa4crrldAeFozMtVmHB1UXE7XVxihgTkmdFvAnAyr/s640/_97647118_mediaitem97647116.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 23px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Things are working out well," he said of the efforts, as he and wife Melania met victims and volunteers in Texas.<span style="font-size: 1rem;">"As tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing," he added. "I think even for the country to watch and for the world to watch."</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The devastating hurricane made landfall in the state a week ago.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Some residents have been allowed to return to their homes but flood waters are still rising in other areas.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Harvey has been blamed for at least 47 deaths, and about 43,000 people are currently housed in shelters.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">President Trump and the first lady visited Texas earlier in the week but stayed clear of the disaster zone, saying they did not want to divert resources from rescue work.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">However, the president was criticised for not meeting victims of the flooding and for focusing largely on the logistics of the government response.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"Things are working out well," he said of the efforts, as he and wife Melania met victims and volunteers in Texas</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">"As tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing," he added. "I think even for the country to watch and for the world to watch."</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The devastating hurricane made landfall in the state a week ago.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Some residents have been allowed to return to their homes but flood waters are still rising in other areas.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Harvey has been blamed for at least 47 deaths, and about 43,000 people are currently housed in shelters.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">President Trump and the first lady visited Texas earlier in the week but stayed clear of the disaster zone, saying they did not want to divert resources from rescue work.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">However, the president was criticised for not meeting victims of the flooding and for focusing largely on the logistics of the government respon Visiting Texas again on Saturday, Mr and Mrs Trump made a point of meeting flood survivors and volunteers in Houston. They took part in food distribution at a shelter, handing out packed lunches,and posed for photographs with victims when they requested it. </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">During a tour of a shelter, the president said: "I think people appreciate what's been done. It's been done very efficiently, very well, and that's what we want. We've very happy with the way things are going. A lot of love. There's a lot of love."</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The president and his wife then travelled to Lake Charles, Louisiana, which also suffered flash floods, before flying back to Washington.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <br /> <br /> <figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.6375px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></figure>

Trump hails hurricane relief efforts as he visits Texas

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North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan, Escalates Tensions With West

<div class="ad-in-text-target " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4EvJfJrRI_SBI6qsVpYiBsTh_Ojg6oYD1vgGjz1NmSQZq5y5TirvBk1E2RDRXNqzoFn-RCYSZBXnSuexjXE_qOaHCjBXzYjf5l0QumPct4Y0gMmL-wOgeQT0ztGVyQZzrBLOCQqzXci3/s1600/download+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="970" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4EvJfJrRI_SBI6qsVpYiBsTh_Ojg6oYD1vgGjz1NmSQZq5y5TirvBk1E2RDRXNqzoFn-RCYSZBXnSuexjXE_qOaHCjBXzYjf5l0QumPct4Y0gMmL-wOgeQT0ztGVyQZzrBLOCQqzXci3/s640/download+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> North Korea fired a missile over Japan on Tuesday, officials in Tokyo and South Korea said, sharply escalating an already tense military situation that many have feared could lead to war among nuclear powers.<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">The missile was fired from near Pyongyang at roughly 6 a.m. local time and flew east, according to South Korean news agency</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;"> yonhap citing officials in Seoul </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"It passed through the sky over Japan," according to a military statement.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Japanese officials said the country's J-Alert warning system advised locals to take precautions, according to</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;"> Reuters</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">. The missile reportedly flew over the northern island of Hokkaido, according to public broadcaster NHK. There were no immediate signs of public damage.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"We'll make the utmost effort to protect the public," Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters outside his office shortly after the launch.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">The Pentagon confirmed the launch and that the missile flew over Japan. A spokesman said it was not assessed to be a threat to the U.S. mainland.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">U.S. defense officials have traditionally avoided making public statements about how the U.S. would react militarily in the event of a provocative action like Monday's missile launch. Spokespeople have stated in recent weeks that missile shields in the U.S. and in the Pacific region could defend against a direct missile attack from North Korea.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"We are still in the process of assessing this launch," Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Robert Manning said Monday in a statement.</span></div> </div>

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Trump, First Lady Will Steer Clear of Houston on Texas Trip

<div class="ad-in-text-target " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBf_q0efYASMHejHF6M4PJU_w2OTY2HPw6cQQ5S75RPGT3it6V1djIU3Vn_e_OE3CboKsBICxsPIAwN-_G1xlvrJb0aHZp3Mmsy0sD8Iox68F7crxmxj1CwkS-Ot6W-QVZnLxsq2fRIey/s1600/download+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="970" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBf_q0efYASMHejHF6M4PJU_w2OTY2HPw6cQQ5S75RPGT3it6V1djIU3Vn_e_OE3CboKsBICxsPIAwN-_G1xlvrJb0aHZp3Mmsy0sD8Iox68F7crxmxj1CwkS-Ot6W-QVZnLxsq2fRIey/s640/download+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> President Donald Trump will not visit flood-ravaged Houston<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"The place he will be going to will not be Houston, so it will not be getting into harm's way or interrupting the evacuations or emergency response in the Houston area," the Republican said on "CBS This Morning." "He most likely will be going closer to where the hurricane hit land."</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to Texas on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by Harvey, as the forecast predicts more torrential rain and thousands have been displaced by floodwaters that continue to rise.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">The White House on Sunday did not provide specific details as to where the president will go and cautioned that plans could change.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Trump spent the weekend at Camp David, holding two teleconferences with members of his Cabinet and sending out multiple tweets. He signed a disaster declaration for Louisiana on Monday, as Harvey, now downgraded to a tropical storm, tracked slowly east and out towards the Gulf of Mexico.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">At least five people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced from their homes by Harvey, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane Friday night in Rockport, Texas, north of Corpus Christi. Some places could see as much as 50 inches of rain, easily smashing Texas rainfall records, overtopping levees and forcing officials to release water from two reservoirs near Houston at risk of catastrophic failure.</span>during a visit planned for Tuesday but will tour an area closer to where Hurricane Harvey made landfall in an effort to minimize any disruptions, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday.</div> </div>

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1,300 Catholic Educators to Trump: Preserve DACA

<div class="ad-in-text-target " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPq6FVVt68ucAKtdrafykoQFGNaKTGdOl0FG2k_CTAw9TLrjb_tBGI_Q1g_D-UBGIsoRwSjuaCsPRcq9sLJ0DnzOqoS_O79XjjVxlpFVT7Wpc82ODbkrZJQyNEm791qkarLjKuwmxPjXG/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="970" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijPq6FVVt68ucAKtdrafykoQFGNaKTGdOl0FG2k_CTAw9TLrjb_tBGI_Q1g_D-UBGIsoRwSjuaCsPRcq9sLJ0DnzOqoS_O79XjjVxlpFVT7Wpc82ODbkrZJQyNEm791qkarLjKuwmxPjXG/s640/download.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> More than 1,300 Catholic educators are urging the Trump administration to leave in place the Obama-era policy that protects young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"We stand with our students who are DACA beneficiaries," they wrote in what they're calling a "moral mandate" released Monday.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"Their perseverance, hard work and hopefulness is an example to us as teachers," they wrote. "We witness the obstacles they overcome each day as they pursue their dream of a better life for themselves and their families. In facing adversity and uncertainty with grace and hope, they embody the best of our schools, our country and the Catholic tradition."</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">The move comes as the</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;"> president runs up against a Sept. 5 deadline</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;"> set by 10 state attorneys general, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, for him to end DACA or face a challenge in federal court.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">The DACA policy currently protects about 750,000 immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from deportation.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">On Tuesday, a handful of Catholic education leaders – including Bishop Mark Seitz, Diocese of El Paso, Texas; Father Timothy Kesicki, president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States; Patricia McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University, and others – will specifically call on retired Gen. John Kelly, Trump's White House chief of staff, to protect the DACA policy.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">The educators will argue that Catholic teaching "clearly and strongly" calls for immigration policies that "uphold the dignity of immigrants and their families."</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"Every human being bears within him or her the image of God, which confers upon us a dignity higher than any passport or immigration status," Bishop Seitz said in a statement.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Catholic educators have been vocal on the issue of DACA, and this isn't the first time they've sought to pressure Kelly, whom they consider a "prominent Catholic."</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">In May, more than 65 presidents of Catholic colleges and universities demanded the Trump administration</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;"> clarify its immigration enforcement policies </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">garding the Obama-era DACA policy.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

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Trump Defends Arpaio Pardon, Citing High Harvey Ratings

<div class="ad-in-text-target " style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAB8z6H8NRxPzDl6rhzoKDKsOzsfhSf4em7qh-0495iyWevD9mRmZ63ljxwCm341FrweZUZr2ba7_caplcSvqegLTvtK64IrTUrDk7hVey6c2MWl8tof1-8ZI7DcAel7z23Y-b8BuWtY9/s1600/donald-trump-getty-640x480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAB8z6H8NRxPzDl6rhzoKDKsOzsfhSf4em7qh-0495iyWevD9mRmZ63ljxwCm341FrweZUZr2ba7_caplcSvqegLTvtK64IrTUrDk7hVey6c2MWl8tof1-8ZI7DcAel7z23Y-b8BuWtY9/s640/donald-trump-getty-640x480.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> In the midst of managing his first natural disaster, a self-assured President Donald Trump on Monday promised the full force of the federal government to aid flood-ravaged Texas and Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, while defending his pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio with equal aplomb.<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Trump offered a conventionally reassuring statement to the millions still reeling from the disaster, touting the unity and compassion of Americans and the resources the government is bringing to bear in his first live televised remarks on the historic storm.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">But he appeared equally confident in defending a decision that dropped and created a political storm at the same time Harvey was nearing landfall: clearing Arpaio of potential jail time for having been found in contempt of court over the detainment of immigrants in the country illegally. During a joint press conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Trump even ghoulishly defended the Friday night timing of the pardon.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"Actually in the middle of a hurricane, even though it was a Friday evening, I assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally. You know, the hurricane was just starting," the president explained, betraying a small grin.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">He then pulled out a piece of paper nestled in his suit jacket and listed off highly contentious pardons granted during previous Democratic administrations, such as President Bill Clinton's pardon of international financier Marc Rich, who was indicted for tax evasion and fled the country, and President Barack Obama's pardon of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of leaking thousands of classified documents.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Trump appeared pleased to have the debate and gave no ground in his defense of Arpaio, even as many in his own party have criticized his decision.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"Sheriff Joe is a patriot. Sheriff Joe loves our country. Sheriff Joe protected our borders and Sheriff Joe was very unfairly treated by the Obama administration," he said.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Trump's mostly anchored response to Harvey provides him with a moment – however potentially fleeting – to look presidential after weeks of turmoil and controversy have plagued his administration.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">In the handful of questions he faced Monday, none involved his checkered response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, nor the ongoing investigation into his ties to Russian interference in the 2016 election or the exodus of top-level staffers. His certainty over the federal government's response to Harvey also provided him the political sheen with which to fend off his critics on the Arpaio pardon.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">Trump is scheduled to visit Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday and indicated he'll likely return to the region Saturday with another stop. The</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;"> heartbreaking scenes</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">the president will encounter will lend him another opportunity to espouse the sympathy and kindness Americans have come to expect from their commanders in chief during times of national crisis.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">But Trump as president has never encountered a situation of this devastating magnitude and is not a natural empathizer with a common touch. More likely in these visits, he will fall back on an impulse to cheerlead and offer reassurance and strength.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;">"We will get through this, we will come out stronger and believe me, we will be bigger, better, stronger than ever before," he said Monday</span></div> </div>

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What Donald Trump did on his summer holiday

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYDn0ex3nQeMlLkfyLMVXU-sI7dCbCMVSh1GFqF-gvQOmo7G_4odFI3Mw7HMhBuVkrCErNxwJTRTOLam-c3pORQyPrLE4tfp9ZQnD43mloyPV-INZj6LbjlDkM_SW1x2eiMCyjd2fWeZQ/s1600/_97530094_gettyimages-838060856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="660" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYDn0ex3nQeMlLkfyLMVXU-sI7dCbCMVSh1GFqF-gvQOmo7G_4odFI3Mw7HMhBuVkrCErNxwJTRTOLam-c3pORQyPrLE4tfp9ZQnD43mloyPV-INZj6LbjlDkM_SW1x2eiMCyjd2fWeZQ/s640/_97530094_gettyimages-838060856.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This week across America, millions of children will be getting ready to go back to school and returning home that evening with their first work assignment - an essay with the title: "What I did on my summer holidays."<span style="font-size: 1rem;">Now imagine for a second you're Donald Trump, and you've just been given that piece of homework. I think the first thing you're going to do is ask for a few extra sheets of paper because, what a summer.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">From distant, foggy memory, I also seem to remember that the one other instruction you got from the teacher was to make it descriptive, and not too much of a list.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Well, sorry about that, Miss. This is what Donald and his pals in the White House got up to:</span></div> <ol class="story-body__ordered-list" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hires a new communications director called Anthony Scaramucci</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Press secretary Sean Spicer quits in protest. Says he's happy but is fulminating</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Mooch (aka Scaramucci) gives obscene interview to New Yorker magazine</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Trump fires his chief of staff, the hapless Reince Priebus (abandoned at Andrews air force base)</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hires a new one, Gen Kelly, who was the head of homeland security</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Kelly's first day, the president fires the new communications director - Scaramucci has lasted just 10 days - less time than it takes for a pint of milk to go off</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">He hires a new comms director, his fourth in seven months</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">He publicly shames his attorney-general, numerous times, but Jeff Sessions clings on</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Loses a healthcare bill</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Publicly lashes the three Republicans who voted against it, several times</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bans transgender people from the military, via Twitter, without telling the military</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Military chiefs say: "Forget it, we don't take orders from tweets; there's a chain of command"</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Makes political speech to Scouts aged between 11-18</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Claims Scouts leader rang to congratulate him on greatest speech ever made</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Scouts leader says there was no such call, and issues statement apologising to Scouts for president's misjudged address</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Says the president of Mexico rang to congratulate him on his border policies</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mexican president says no such call ever took place</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">White House denies the president is a liar, but can't explain the president's claims</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Takes days to sign bipartisan sanctions bill and then criticises Congress for making him sign it</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks Vladimir Putin for expelling hundreds of American diplomats</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Condemns leaks but then says he likes the leaks because it shows people love him</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Encourages police officers to be rough with suspects during arrests</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Police chiefs condemn statement. White House clarifies that it was a joke</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Publicly shames the Republican Senate leader, whom he needs to get anything done, several times</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seems to respond to North Korea by threatening nuclear war</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tells Guam, which has a big US military base which North Korea's leader threatened to attack, that the publicity will help tourism</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chief strategist Steve Bannon contradicts president. Says: "There's no military option in NK"</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Threatens Venezuela with a military option</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">After a neo-Nazi rally in which a woman was killed, the president blames both sides</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">After backlash, cleans it up. Denounces white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cross at having been forced to do this, erases all of it and reverts to blaming both sides, saying there were "fine people there"</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Military high command issue statement condemning all forms of discrimination in thinly veiled attack on commander-in-chief</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Promotes his Virginia vineyard when asked if he will - as president - visit Charlottesville</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">And gets condemnations from Democrats, Republicans, former presidents, world leaders, allies, his own staff, and the Pope.</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Publicly shames company bosses who abandon him. There's a mass walkout by execs leading to disbanding of key White House business bodies</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fires Steve Bannon, his chief strategist and architect of Trump victory</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Does U-turn on Afghanistan and commits more troops, having repeatedly said he'd pull US forces out</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Threatens to close government down if he doesn't get funding for border wall with Mexico</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Appeals for unity of American people</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Next day lambasts his enemies and critics in highly partisan speech</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Day after that appeals for unity again</li> <li class="story-body__list-item" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; list-style: decimal outside; margin: 18px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 4px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pardons ex-Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted for defying court order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected immigrantsAnd this is the quiet season. This is the still, millpond of August when nothing happens; when days are long and news bulletins are slim, when surfing dogs and the battle of the bake-offs should dominate the news cycle.<span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;">Barack Obama's former chief of staff, and now the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, tweeted at one point that he was going to nominate the White House for a Tony award for most drama. Not best drama.</span></li> </ol>

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Storm Harvey: Houston battles 'unprecedented' floods

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_drU8xvB9yY_FT7HnFi3Lm-qO9Jc6uoTTtGHkonsamPlL9-jYl3hkOpmuib8mmXqlcTkPjl5kzlkp0sL3rCDPYdx1_3DwcyeSGENc-hyG46JjMP5eqn0ivKs0VE3R2RwyaDnUgihcsdh/s1600/victim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="624" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_drU8xvB9yY_FT7HnFi3Lm-qO9Jc6uoTTtGHkonsamPlL9-jYl3hkOpmuib8mmXqlcTkPjl5kzlkp0sL3rCDPYdx1_3DwcyeSGENc-hyG46JjMP5eqn0ivKs0VE3R2RwyaDnUgihcsdh/s640/victim.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPAMJWyBRV1UsTY77HyqffmLQt3LQblthA7OaCUoEl9AOLM0UcG88TOF5MgP0VWDJFRwRTJ8oArQ6G0PMR0QkxBcgsH64m8GIvw6Edsb_fAoj3Jcz7oZVLRqCE8vJvS2XPSqthvQ3sU1n/s1600/_97569109_a4f9016d-0267-481e-adfd-2043b69b4450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="624" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPAMJWyBRV1UsTY77HyqffmLQt3LQblthA7OaCUoEl9AOLM0UcG88TOF5MgP0VWDJFRwRTJ8oArQ6G0PMR0QkxBcgsH64m8GIvw6Edsb_fAoj3Jcz7oZVLRqCE8vJvS2XPSqthvQ3sU1n/s200/_97569109_a4f9016d-0267-481e-adfd-2043b69b4450.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The US city of Houston is in the grip of the biggest storm in the history of the state of Texas, meteorologists say.<span style="font-size: 1rem;">More than 30in of rain (75cm) of rain has fallen on parts of the city this weekend, turning main roads into rivers and making it impossible to move around other than by boat.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The city is expected to be deluged by a year's rainfall within this week.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">With rescue services overstretched as the rain continues, many people are having to fend for themselves.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Hundreds of roads have been closed across the city, hospitals have been evacuated and thousands of people are without electricity.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">There has been a new round of school closures and all commercial flight operations from the city's two main airports have been stopped until further notice, with runways completely flooded.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Up to 2,000 people have been rescued from floods in and around Houston, as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter Texas with heavy rains. Helicopters are being used to pluck people from rooftops.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">There are reports of possible deaths in submerged vehicles, but investigations continue, Chief Darryl Coleman of the Harris County Sheriff's Office said.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Texas Governor Greg Abbott told the media he could not confirm reports of several storm-related deaths.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The National Weather Service (NWS) says conditions are "unprecedented".</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">It said there was a "flash flood emergency" across the Houston Metro area, with travel near impossible.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Many shelters have been opened, including in a convention centre.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Houston Chronicle has</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> </span><a class="story-body__link-external" href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-weather/hurricaneharvey/article/Video-Houston-man-catches-fish-inside-of-home-12003595.php" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">published a photo of an unidentified man in Houston trying to catch a fish</a><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">as he wades through floodwaters in his living room.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">One woman posted a picture online of two alligators in her back yard, while other photos show people water skiing near the centre of the city.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Like Houston, the island city of Galveston was also hit by "epic catastrophic flooding" overnight, the NWS added.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">An inundated care home in Dickinson, Galveston County, is reported to have been evacuated by helicopter after an image of</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> </span><a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://twitter.com/DividendsMGR/status/901805509950541825" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">several elderly women sitting in a lounge in waist-deep water</a><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">went viral on social media.</span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 1.25rem;">Is the storm going to get worse?</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The creeks and waterways that criss-cross the Houston area have steadily been getting fuller since Tropical Storm Harvey first hit the area on Friday.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Many areas are flooded or face flooding throughout the next week,</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> </span><a class="story-body__link-external" href="http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/forecasts.php?wfo=hgx" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the National Weather Service's Advanced Hydrology Prediction Service</a><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> </span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">says.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Forecasters predict "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding", especially in large parts of south-eastern Texas.</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">There is little sign of any major improvement in the weather over the next seven days, forecasters say.</span></div>

Storm Harvey: Houston battles 'unprecedented' floods

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