At least 18 dead, 13,000 rescued in Texas as Harvey moves north toward Louisiana

With three new deaths confirmed in Houston on Tuesday night, the official death toll from Tropical Storm Harvey has risen to 18, Texas officials said. All thee of the latest deaths were from flooding, and the number of deaths is expected to rise. In Houston, the main shelter for flood refugees, the convention center, has almost 10,000 evacuees, double its capacity, so the city has opened a shelter for families with children at the nearby Toyota Center -- where the Houston Rockets play -- and is ...