Harvey Latest: Death Toll Reaches at Least 60
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HOUSTON, TX (WOLO, ABC NEWS) – Some Texas communities and surrounding gulf coast areas still don’t have any power or water as of Monday (9/4) night.
A FEMA spokesman says the agency has provided nearly 18,000 hotel rooms to victims of Harvey.
In Washington, lawmakers announced plans Monday for a Wednesday vote on a bill to deliver nearly $8 billion in disaster relief to Texas.
Officials now blame at least 60 deaths on Harvey, the storm that dumped several feet of rain on southeast Texas in a matter of days.
Many of those deaths confirmed in 11 Texas counties happened when people were caught in quickly rising floodwaters or lost control on water-logged roads, emergency management officials said. Six family members including four children were killed when a van they were riding in was swept into a bayou as floodwaters rose in Harris County.
Of the counties confirming fatalities, Harris County, which is home to Houston and saw the worst flooding during the storm, still has the highest death toll with 30 confirmed Harvey-related deaths as of about 5 p.m. Monday.
But county emergency management departments tell The Associated Press they are including people in their storm-related death totals who died from indirect complications of Harvey.
