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Rescuers start block-by-block search of flooded Houston

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press
Published: August 31, 2017, 8:55am
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Mike Bialka holds a cigar as he makes his way through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey to help a friend secure his home Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas.
Mike Bialka holds a cigar as he makes his way through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey to help a friend secure his home Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Photo Gallery

HOUSTON (AP) — Rescuers began a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes Thursday, pounding on doors and shouting as they looked for anyone — alive or dead — who might have been left behind in Harvey’s fetid floodwaters, which have now heavily damaged more than 37,000 homes and destroyed nearly 7,000 statewide.

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