ຈຳນວນຜູ້ເສຍຊີວິດຈາກເຮີລິເຄນ Harvey ຢູ່ເມືອງ Harris ຢູ່ທາງພາກໃຕ້ລັດ Texas
ທີ່ເປັນບ່ອນ ນະຄອນ Houston ຕັ້ງຢູ່ນັ້ນໄດ້ເພີ້ມຂຶ້ນເຖິງ 39 ຄົນແລ້ວ ໃນຂະນະທີ່ນໍ້າ
ຖ້ວມທີ່ເກີດຈາກພາຍຸໄດ້ເລີ່ມຫລົດລົງ.
ນັກພະຍາກອນອາກາດ ທ່ານ Jeff Linder ກ່າວວ່ານໍ້າຫ້ວຍ Clear Creek ໃນລັດ
Texas ມີຝົນຕົກໜັກທີສຸດເຖິງ 120 ຊັງຕີແມັດ.
ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຊາວເມືອງ Harris ເຫັນວ່າປະເຊີນກັບໜ້າວຽກຢ່າງໜັກໃນການສ້າງຊີວິດ
ເຂົາເຈົ້າຄືນໃໝ່ ຄົນກຸ່ມນຶ່ງທີ່ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມເຫັນຫວ່ງໄດ້ປາກົດໂຕຂຶ້ນມາ. ພວກ
ຄົນເຂົ້າເມືອງທີ່ເຂົ້າມາໃນປະເທດແບບຜົດກົດໝາຍ ພາກັນຢ້ານກົວວ່າ ຖ້າຫາກເຂົາ
ເຈົ້າຮ້ອງຂໍເອົາການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອ ເຂົາເຈົ້າຈະຖືກຈັບ. ບັນດາພະນັກງານເຂົ້າໄປໃຫ້
ການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອໄດ້ຖືກສົ່ງອອກໄປຫາພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າ ເພື່ອຄໍ້າປະກັນວ່າ ເຂົາເຈົ້າ
ຈະບໍ່ຖືກກັກຂັງ ເວລາທີ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າຊອກເອົາການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອເພື່ອແກ້ໄຂບັນຫາພາຍ
ຫລັງທີ່ພາຍຸ Harvey ໝົດໄປ.
ເຈົ້າຄອງນະຄອນ Houston ທ່ານ Sylvester Turner ກ່າວວ່າ ທ່ານຈະເປັນຜູ້ຕາງ
ໜ້າໃຫ້ແກ່ຜູ້ໃດກໍຕາມ ທີ່ຖືກຈັບຍ້ອນເລື່ອງກ່ຽວຂ້ອງກັບການຝ່າຝືນກົດໝາຍຄົນເຂົ້າ
ເມືອງ ຫລັງຈາກໄດ້ໄປຂໍການຊ່ວຍເຫລືອ.
ທ່ານ Cesar Espinosa ຫົວໜ້າຫ້ອງການຄອບຄົວຄົນເຂົ້າເມືອງ ແລະພວກນັກຮຽນ
ທີ່ປະສົບຄວາມ ຫຍຸ້ງຍາກກ່າວວ່າ ຖະແຫລງການຂອງທ່ານ Turner ເປັນ “ເລື້ອງສຳ
ຄັນ” ສໍາລັບພວກຄົນເຂົ້າເມືອງ. ທ່ານ Espinosa ກ່າວວ່າ “ເວລາໃດເຂົາເຈົ້າໄດ້ຍິນ
ຈາກເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ ທີ່ກ່າວວ່າ ໂອເຄ ບັດນີ້ພວກເຮົາສາມາດເຊື່ອໄດ້.”
ຫ້ອງການປະຕິບັດງານການກວດຄົນເຂົ້າເມືອງ ແລະພາສີ ກ່າວວ່າອົງການດັ່ງກ່າວ
“ບໍ່ໄດ້ປະຕິບັດງານການກວດຄົນເຂົ້າເມືອງ ຢູ່ໃນເຂດທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຜົນກະທົບ.”
ຫລາຍພັນຄົນພາກັນຢູ່ທີ່ພັກເຊົາສຸກເສີນ ໃນເມືອງ Harris ໃນສູນເສຍທຸກຢ່າງ ຮວມ
ທັງບ້ານເຮືອນ.
ທ່ານ Tom Fargione ຫົວໜ້າຫ້ອງການ FEMA ເມືອງ Harris ກ່າວວ່າ ໜ້າທີ່ອັນສຳ
ຄັນຂອງຫ້ອງການປັດຈຸບັນນີ້ຄື ການຊອກຫາຜູ້ທີສູນເສຍເຮືອນຊານເຂົ້າສູ່ ການຢູ່ເຮືອນ
ຊົ່ວຄາວຢ່າງໃດຢ່າງນຶ່ງ.
The death toll from Hurricane Harvey in southeastern Texas' Harris County, home to Houston, has risen to 39 as the floodwaters from the storm begin to recede.
Meteorologist Jeff Lindner said Clear Creek, Texas, received the most rainfall -- 120 centimeters.
Immigrants
As Harris County residents contemplate the daunting task of rebuilding their lives, one group of people has emerged with a special set of concerns. Immigrants, who are in the country illegally, are afraid that if they apply for help they will be arrested. Outreach workers have been deployed to reassure them that they will not be detained when they seek help for dealing with the aftermath of Harvey.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said he would personally represent anyone arrested on immigration violations after seeking help.
Cesar Espinosa, executive director of Immigrant Families and Students in the Struggle said Turner's statement was a "big deal" for immigrants. Espinosa said "When they hear it from an official, they say,'OK, now we believe it.'"
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has said it is "not conducting immigration enforcement operations in the affected area."
Housing
Thousands of people in shelters in Harris County have lost everything, including their homes. Harris Country FEMA director Tom Fargione said his agency's priority now is to relocate people who have lost their homes into some form of temporary housing.
"This is a tremendous disaster in terms of size and scope," Fargione said.
Chemical plant
Explosions and fires at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, led to an evacuation of the town.
The facility manufactures organic peroxides. Plant officials said all week that the blasts were inevitable and much of the area had already been cleared of people.
Fifteen Harris County sheriff's deputies called to the plant were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.
FEMA called the chemicals from the plant "incredibly dangerous." But Arkema said there is little anyone can do but let the fires burn themselves out.
Also, Harvey knocked out the pumps delivering fresh water in Beaumont, Texas. The lack of clean drinking water has forced one Beaumont hospital to evacuate patients and another to shut down except for emergency cases.
