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Christine Garcia relaxes with her 8-year-old daughter Mia in the Channelview High School gym. It's been turned into an evacuation shelter for victims of flooding from Harvey.

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Houston School Superintendent Says A Lot Of Work Ahead To Open Schools

6:43pm August 30, 2017

by Laura Isensee

School was supposed to begin this week in Houston, but Harvey's devastating flooding has made that impossible. Here's how the school district is coping and working to move forward.

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Harvey is expected to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane before it hits the middle of the Texas coast late Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Harvey Is 'Quickly Strengthening': Major Hurricane Forecast To Hit Texas

6:54pm August 24, 2017

by Bill Chappell

With winds currently rated at near 85 mph, Harvey is a Category 1 hurricane — and its sustained winds could reach 115 mph in the next 36 hours, forecasters say.