The fresh hit comes five days after Harvey slammed onshore as a Category 4 hurricane, pummelling the US Gulf Coast with torrential rains that turned neighbourhoods into lakes in America’s fourth largest city, Houston.
While Harvey is technically packing less of a wallop as a tropical storm, heavy rains are still drenching parts of southeastern Texas and neighbouring southwestern Louisiana, complicating rescue missions and compounding the misery for millions of Americans.
With vast swathes of both states underwater, authorities have been struggling to confirm the number of dead which currently stands at around 30, according to US media reports.
Taking advantage of a lull in the rainfall, rescuers yesterday recovered the bodies of six family members from a van which was swept away by the floods.
Manuel and Belia Saldivar and four of their great-grandchildren ranging went missing Sunday as they were attempting to escape rising waters.
“We have a total confirmed six dead here at the scene inside this van,” Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
With hundreds of people are still unaccounted for, there is little doubt the final toll will rise further although officials stress many may simply have no access to phones or power.
More than 30,000 people have found refuge in shelters across the Lone Star State, from the giant Houston convention centre to small churches, according to the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Brock Long.
Emir condoles with US President
His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, His Highness the Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani and HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani yesterday sent cables of condolences to US President Donald Trump on the victims of Hurricane Harvey which hit Texas and resulted in the deaths and injuries of many people. They wished the injured a speedy recovery.