{"id":82120,"date":"2017-08-27T22:20:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T02:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=82120"},"modified":"2017-08-27T22:21:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T02:21:42","slug":"houston-forecast-unprecedented-50-inches-of-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=82120","title":{"rendered":"Houston forecast: \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 50 inches of rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Mike Murphy
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National Weather Service warns catastrophic flooding to continue for days<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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A stranded motorist escapes floodwaters on Interstate 225 in Houston on Sunday.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Houston usually gets about 50 inches of rain a year. It might get that \u2014 or more \u2014 this week.<\/p>\n

Calling the downpour from Hurricane Harvey \u201cunprecedented,\u201d the National Weather Service on Sunday warned that areas around Houston may exceed 50 inches of rainfall, a record for Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe breadth and intensity of this rainfall is beyond anything experienced before. Catastrophic flooding is now underway and expected to continue for days,\u201d the NWS said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Some areas of Texas have already seen 27 inches of rain since Thursday. It\u2019s already the wettest August in Houston history, with 22.99 inches, a total that may more than double by the time Harvey dies down.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long told\u00a0the Washington Post\u00a0<\/a>that Harvey is \u201cprobably the worst disaster\u201d Texas has ever seen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

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Houston. Can't imagine what another two feet of rain would do.
ht @kevinselle<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LUBzD4XzM1<\/a><\/p>\n

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) August 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n