Displaced Woman in Texas: ‘This Little Girl Was Just Frozen’

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People on a flooded street as they evacuate their homes on Aug. 28,2017, in Houston, Texas.  The area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, Aug. 25, is expected to dump upward of 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“The word catastrophic does not appropriately describe what we’re facing,” said Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). “We just don’t know when it’s going to end.”

Harvey is expected to remain over the state’s Gulf Coast for the next few days, dropping a year’s worth of rain in about a week, with threats of flooding extending into neighboring Louisiana, Reuters reported.

Residents use a truck to navigate through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas,  Aug. 27, 2017. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

Barbara Koster stands on her front door surveying her property.(Adrees Latif/ Reuters)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott activated all 12,000 members of the state’s National Guard, who joined local police in the effort to rescue people before waters rise again, with another 15 inches to 25 inches of rain expected in the coming days.

“The goal is rescue. That’s the major focus for today,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters.

Reuters contributed to this report.