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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 2017
Page
1
Houston officials imposed a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. as Tropical Storm Harvey drenched southeast Texas breaking the U.S. mainland rainfall record. Police arrested an armed-robbery crew and warned of impersonators of Homeland Security investigators as the death toll rose to 12.
The Houston region faces record rainfall after Harvey makes landfall. More than 50 inches of rain in isolated areas triggers evacuations and fears of looting as thousands of homes remain submerged. Authorities report 12 deaths including a Houston police officer who drowned in his car.
President Trump visited Texas on Tuesday to reassure residents and pledge a relief effort "better than ever before" as rescuers pulled people from submerged homes. He met Governor Abbott at an Annaville fire department and received a briefing at the Texas DPS Emergency Operations Center in Austin amid continuing floodwaters and dam breaches.
City crews dismantle eye level wiring and lower poles on Second Avenue SE at Fifth Street SE as part of a multi year plan to remove signals downtown. Stop signs will guide traffic while planners aim for a low speed urban environment and altered downtown traffic patterns.
The Southern Poverty Law Center removed Amana from its hate map after community input. The center says The Daily Stormer had planned a 2016 book club in Amana, but the group has not returned and is not welcome.
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