Flooding Causes Houston TV Station To Evacuate
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Staff at a Houston television station broadcasting live coverage of Tropical Storm Harvey had to evacuate after water from nearby flood-prone Buffalo Bayou started to gush into the building.
KHOU-TV tweeted images Sunday of water pushing through a front door and flooding the lobby. Other images showed sand bags placed against another door had failed to stop the water that was already ankle deep.
#khou11 evacuation #hurricaneharvey @BrooksKHOU pic.twitter.com/K4LLKdxFcP
— Sally Ramirez (@SallyRamirez) August 27, 2017
Floodwaters around 6:30 a.m. Sunday began seeping into the first-floor studio of KHOU, which is the CBS affiliate in the nation's fourth largest city. The anchors and news operations then moved to a second floor as live coverage of Harvey continued.
Later tweets say the station was being evacuated due to flooding.
This is #khou11 lobby right now. Evacuating the building. Praying all my colleagues stay safe as they get out #harveyhouston #Harvey2017 pic.twitter.com/qNDWq9WfIs
— Russ Lewis (@RussInOregon) August 27, 2017
Have you ever been to #KHOU11? You would come through this lobby until... #Harvey. Photo credit @RussKHOU pic.twitter.com/IcYsGklnQD
— Tiffany Craig KHOU ???????????????????????????? (@TiffanyKHOU) August 27, 2017
The station last flooded in 2001 during Tropical Storm Allison.
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