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Thousands of people are staying at Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center.

Shelters around Houston are struggling to keep up with the thousands of people forced from their homes. The downtown convention center is filled beyond capacity, and people are still arriving.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner for an update on rescue and recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey.

With thousands of people displaced, health workers are trying to address the immediate medical needs of evacuees as well as mental health issues made worse by the disaster.

As rain continues to fall in Texas and the city of Houston fills up with water, members of the University of Delaware Disaster Research Center plan to…

The Harris County medical examiner has named four of the five victims, including a Houston police officer, who were killed by the storm. Eight sets of remains await autopsy.

The president heads to Texas on Tuesday to survey the damage from Hurricane Harvey. It will be a test of his young presidency to show empathy and competence in responding to a historic storm.

People in Texas are hoping the rain from Tropical Storm Harvey lets up soon. Tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes, and the death toll is expected to rise.

Earlier this month, thousands of Atlantic salmon escaped a net pen in Washington state, raising concerns from environmentalists and questions about farming non-native species. Here are some answers.

As rescue efforts continue in flood-stricken Texas, President Trump gets ready to travel there. And, North Korea conducts a missile launch over Japan, further ratcheting up tensions in the region.