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HOUSTON (AP) - The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Local officials in the southeast Texas city of Beaumont struggled to cope after flooding swamped the municipal water system. The already swollen Neches River rose further as water from more northerly reaches made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico. |
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The already swollen Neches River rose further as water from more northerly reaches made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico. It led to more rescues by helicopter and boat just like Houston had seen days before, but also to the water system failure. Beaumont's main water pumps are in the Neches, but by early Thursday morning they were underwater. |
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5:15 p.m. Local officials in the southeast Texas city of Beaumont struggled to cope after flooding swamped the municipal water system. The already swollen Neches River rose further as water from more northerly reaches made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Joon Lee is a medical entomologist at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He says Harvey's floodwaters will wash away immature mosquito populations from their breeding grounds, but they can be quickly re-established in stagnant water. Lee says mosquito populations will likely.... |
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4:15 p.m. A health expert warns standing water from Harvey could create a boom in the mosquito population and the potential transmission of mosquito-borne diseases. Joon Lee is a medical entomologist at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. |
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HOUSTON (AP) - The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Local officials in the southeast Texas city of Beaumont struggled to cope after flooding swamped the municipal water system. The already swollen Neches River rose further as water from more northerly reaches made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico. |
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5:15 p.m. Local officials in the southeast Texas city of Beaumont struggled to cope after flooding swamped the municipal water system. The already swollen Neches River rose further as water from more northerly reaches made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Joon Lee is a medical entomologist at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He says Harvey's floodwaters will wash away immature mosquito populations from their breeding grounds, but they can be quickly re-established in stagnant water. Lee says mosquito populations will likely.... |
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HOUSTON (AP) - The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Local officials in the southeast Texas city of Beaumont struggled to cope after flooding swamped the municipal water system. The already swollen Neches River rose further as water from more northerly reaches made its way toward the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Joon Lee is a medical entomologist at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. He says Harvey's floodwaters will wash away immature mosquito populations from their breeding grounds, but they can be quickly re-established in stagnant water. Lee says mosquito populations will likely.... |
