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30,000 Flood Victims Cram Into Hundreds Of Shelters Across Texas

Published August 30, 2017 at 1:06 PM EDT
People take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center after flood waters from Harvey inundated the city on Aug. 29, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
People take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center after flood waters from Harvey inundated the city on Aug. 29, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

FEMA Administrator Brock Long said Wednesday that 30,000 people displaced by flooding in Texas are being housed in 230 shelters.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson gets the latest from KUHF executive producer Craig Cohen (@CohenCraig) in Houston.

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