HAWS in Waukesha seeks foster homes for dogs, cats, small animals displaced by Harvey

WAUKESHA -- The Humane Animal Welfare Society (HAWS) in Waukesha will receive animals displaced by Hurricane Harvey.The first transport of shelter animals displaced by the storm will arrive in Waukesha Monday, September 4th.“The animals coming to HAWS are from a type of ‘domino effect.' These are animals that were already in shelters looking to be rehomed, before Hurricane Harvey’s arrival.

Man returns to Texas home, plays beautiful music on flooded piano

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas -- A Texas man returning to his waterlogged home to get his children's favorite stuffed animals sat down to play a beautiful song on his flooded piano.Aric Harding posted a video of himself playing the piano on Instagram, on Wednesday.The post read, in part, "I went back to our street today because as you guys have probably seen the water has come back with a vengeance.

Green Bay Packers donate $100K to JJ Watt's Harvey relief fund

GREEN BAY -- The Green Bay Packers have announced the organization is donating $100,000 to J.J. Watt’s Houston Flood Relief Fund to help support Houston and other communities in southeast Texas dealing with the devastating flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, according to a recent release.

Harvey downgraded to tropical depression; death toll rises to at least 31

TEXAS -- The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Harvey to a tropical depression, but warns of continuing flooding in parts of Southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.In its Wednesday evening (August 30th) update, the hurricane center said Harvey is located about 10 miles (16.09 kilometers) southwest of Alexandria, Louisiana, and has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (56.32 kph).The center said the threat of heavy rains has ended for the Houston and Galveston areas, but "life-threatening" flooding will continue in and around Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur and southwest Louisiana.Harvey is expected to produce an additional 4 to 8 inches of rainfall along the Texas-Louisiana line.Authorities say they have confirmed six more deaths from Harvey, bringing the toll to at least 31.Harris County — which is home to flood-ravaged Houston — confirmed the additional deaths Wednesday night and said they still needed to do autopsies on another eight people to see if their deaths were storm-related.The deaths announced Wednesday included a man who stepped on live electrical wire in floodwaters and an evacuee who was found unresponsive on a charter bus.

"It's just unreal:" JJ Watt sets $10M fundraising goal for Harvey victims, thousands of items collected

HOUSTON, Texas -- Former Wisconsin Badgers DE JJ Watt has increased the goal for his Harvey relief fundraiser to $10 million, and thousands of items have been collected at Pewaukee High School -- one of three donation sites across the state where the JJ Watt Foundation is collecting needed items, including non-perishable food, water, and more -- to be sent to Texas."Overwhelmed!

Residents in standing water at Texas nursing home with limited food, medication

PORT ARTHUR, Texas -- Efforts were underway Wednesday, August 30th to rescue residents in a Texas nursing home -- stuck in standing water with limited food and medication after Harvey.Lake Arthur Place Nursing and Rehabilitation in Port Arthur, Texas flooded and more than 70 people were stuck inside.

Harvey repeats devastation back on shore in Texas, Louisiana

ORANGE, Texas — A weaker Harvey replicated its devastating roll Wednesday, returning to shore with a deluge of rain that inundated homes and highways and left police and government officials struggling to pluck people from the water.The Texas-Louisiana border bore the brunt of Harvey's second coming, this time as a tropical storm.

"Worst fears realized:" Van with bodies of 6 missing family members found in Houston bayou

HOUSTON – A van carrying six members of the same family has been found in the river where it was last seen Sunday, authorities said.The bodies of Manuel Saldivar, 84, Belia Saldivar, 81 and their four great-grandchildren were found inside the white cargo van, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said."We have a total six confirmed dead," Gonzalez said in a news conference Wednesday. "Our worst fears have been realized."The sheriff's department released a photo of the van where it was found partially submerged in Greens Bayou.

Photo shows FEMA truck stuck in Harvey's floodwaters

HOUSTON -- A FEMA truck headed to help victims of Hurricane Harvey ended up getting stuck in the floodwaters.KDVR reporter Vicente Arenas captured a photo of the semi hauling a FEMA trailer surrounded by water in south Houston Wednesday morning.Arenas said people in the neighborhood thought the water would recede some by Wednesday, but it has not.

Spider-Man visits with Harvey victims at Houston shelter

HOUSTON -- As flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey drives thousands of people from their homes across southeast Texas, more and more people are filling shelters across the Houston area.Stef Manisero, a reporter at Spectrum News Austin, shared video of Spider-Man visiting with Harvey victims at the George R.