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August 30, 2017

Prayers, aid offered amid floods as Texas parishes grapple with Harvey

Evacuees are given a meal Aug. 29 after being rescued from their neighborhoods in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston.

HOUSTON – The 200-home community of McDade Estates down the road from Sacred Heart Parish had just hours to evacuate Aug. 27. City officials knocked door-to-door, alerting residents to escape to higher ground.

Published in International
August 29, 2017

Texas parishioners shocked by devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey

A woman uses a coat hanger to try and retrieve an item from a destroyed house Aug. 26 after Hurricane Harvey struck Fulton, Texas.

HOUSTON – With floodwater as high as 20 feet from swelling bayous and waterways, thousands of homes in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston flooded as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to batter southeast Texas Aug. 28.

Published in International