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Michel Martin talks to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner about the storm pummeling the region.

While Houston is experiencing record-breaking flooding, cities across East Texas are taking stock of the damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and bracing for more rain. NPR's Debbie Elliot reports from Beaumont, Texas.

As the flooding in Houston, Texas, worsens many people have escaped to shelters around the greater Houston area. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Luis Villanueva, the lieutenant commanding officer at the Salvation Army in Pasadena, in addition to evacuee Kent Davis.

Texas is being inundated with rain leftover from Tropical Storm Harvey, which came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane on Friday night. Heavy rain is expected to continue.

The sailors were killed in a collision between the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer and a commercial tanker last Monday local time in waters east of the Strait of Malacca and Singapore.

Rockport, Texas, was among the hardest hit towns when Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Rachel Martin talks to Mashon Hunt, who is staying in a shelter in Austin after being evacuated from Rockport.

A university professor in Malaysia wears the mask to keep students from getting nervous while he's marking their papers. And what mask does he use to conceal his feelings? None other than Iron Man.

Reservoirs swollen by rain from Hurricane Harvey were opened early Monday, a move that was expected to flood more homes — but one the Army Corps of Engineers says is needed to limit the disaster.

Rescue efforts have been underway throughout southeastern Texas as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to pour down rain on this area. Many remain stranded in their homes awaiting help.

Rain continues to fall across Texas. Rachel Martin talks to Brad Kieserman, who is coordinating relief efforts in Texas for the American Red Cross from Fairfax, Va.