(Houston, TX.)--The American Red Cross has already has sent volunteers and trucks to flood-stricken Texas, but continues to line up more help.
The Red Cross is seeking monetary donations and more volunteers to go, because the clean-up and work will continue for weeks and possibly months.
The Red Cross are asking for donations of tarps, nonperishable food, personal hygiene kits, diapers, clothing, shovels, and other clean-up supplies.
Make your monetary donations here.
The Texas Gulf Coast is seeing some of the worst flooding to ever hit the area. Officials in Houston say the flooding has the potential to exceed a thousand-year flood threshold due to how much rain has fallen on the region. The area has gotten about 25-to-30 inches of rain. The tropical storm is expected to linger in the area for the next several days with more rain expected.
Mandatory evacuation orders are in place for areas north of Houston. Around 55-hundred people in Houston are currently staying in shelters. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says more than 30-thousand people are expected to move into temporary shelters in the Houston area.
The Mayor says he is working with the Red Cross to make sure there's enough beds and food. There are also shelters open in Dallas and San Antonio for people who fled when the then Category 4 hurricane Harvey.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has activated the entire National Guard in Texas to lend a hand with the flood devastation in Houston.
The Army Corps of Engineers is releasing water from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs to protect the dams. That water will go through Buffalo Bayou by Houston and into the Houston Ship Channel.