Photo gallery: A view of flooding from above
Published 12:57 am Friday, September 1, 2017
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- Floodwaters surrounded many area businesses and houses after Tuesday’s torrential rainfall for Tropical Storm Harvey. (Courtland Wells / The News)
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- Floodwaters surround almost every building pictured. Some 24 inches of water fell on the area in a 24-hour period between Tuesday and Wednesday. (Courtland Wells / The News)
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- What appears to be oil floats atop the floodwater at one of the area’s manufacturing plants. (Courtland Wells / The News)
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- Search and rescue helicopter crews from the U.S. Coast Guard as well as other agencies conducted missions across the area on Thursday to help bring stranded residents to safe, dry ground. (Courtland Wells / The News)
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- Flooded cars sit in their watery parking spots around flooded buildings. (Courtland Wells / The News)
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- Heavy rains drenched the area and engulfed these baseball fields. (Courtland Wells / The News)
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- All but the highest roads in the area were impassable over the last several days as floodwaters overtopped them. (Courtland Wells / The News)
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- Rising floodwaters appear to have missed this house, but many others in the area were not so lucky. (Courtland Wells / The News)
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- Although floodwater in the area began to recede Thursday, water still covers the Twin City Highway in Groves as motorists pass. The area’s transportation system remained heavily impaired Thursday as floodwater left by Tropical Storm Harvey continued to cut off highways and streets in and around Port Arthur. (Courtland Wells / The News)
