Reports: Levee breaches in Brazoria County, Texas, ahead of Harvey’s 3rd US landfall

As of 12:40 p.m. CDT Tuesday, this reports story is not longer being updated. See the latest reports here.

Catastrophic flooding continues across parts of Texas and Louisiana as Harvey batters the region with unrelenting rain.

Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on Aug. 25 before stalling over Texas, clobbering the region with destructive winds and record-shattering rainfall. Houston has been one of the hardest hit cities, experiencing unprecedented flooding that has left some communities underwater.

At least eight fatalities are being blamed on the storm with officials anticipating that number to rise in the coming days.

Harvey is the first major hurricane to impact the United States since Wilma in 2005 and will continue to impact the region through much of the balance of the week.

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12:15 p.m. CDT Tuesday: The United States Army Corps of Engineers has estimated that Houston's Barker Reservoir will crest at 104.4 feet.

"This will put several feet of water into homes between Farm to Market Road 1093 and Westheimer Parkway, east of Texas State Highway 99," said Emily Hodges from the Office of Commissioner Andy Meyers.

Fort Bend County is sending boats to assist evacuees and are asking that people place white cloths or flags outside of their homes to signal the need to evacuate.

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11:45 a.m. CDT Tuesday: More than 17,000 people are seeking refuge in Texas shelters, the American Red Cross said.

Houston Mayor announced officials have "identified other mega-shelter locations," and will set up more shelters. Houston megachurch led by Joel Osteen opened its doors to people seeking shelter.

They will not ask for immigration status or papers from anyone at any shelter.

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11:27 a.m. CDT Tuesday: The Harris County Sheriff's Office is reporting that a bridge over Greens Bayou has collapsed. This area is located in northeastern Houston.

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10:39 a.m. CDT Tuesday: A new Texas tropical cyclone rainfall record has been set at Mary's Creek at Winding Road located southeast of Houston. The total of 49.32 inches breaks the previous record of 48 inches set during Tropical Cyclone Amelia in 1978 at Median, Texas.

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9:56 a.m. CDT Tuesday: The levee at Columbia Lakes in Brazoria County, Texas, has breached, according to county officials. This area is located about an hour south of Houston.

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9:25 p.m. CDT Tuesday: "Harvey will move slowly northward over the next few days, making a third landfall near the Texas/Louisiana border on Wednesday, this time as a tropical storm," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brett Rathbun said.

"There will remain a threat for isolated tornadoes, mainly across southern Louisiana. Heavy rain will continue to focus across portions of eastern Texas and western Louisiana with additional rainfall amounts of 4-8 inches likely with isolated amounts over 10 inches," Rathbun said.

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8:46 p.m. CDT Tuesday: Water is beginning to spill over the Addicks Dam, according to Jeff Lindner, a flood control official with the Harris County Flood Control District.

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8:17 a.m. CDT Tuesday: Houston police announced that have now rescued over 3,400 people with many rescues still to go.

Houston's Police Chief Art Acevedo is urging residents who live downstream from Barker or Addicks Reservoirs to be aware of the potential for flooding and to move to higher ground.

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6:19 a.m. CDT Tuesday: Harvey's astonishing rainfall totals in the Houston area are about as much as cities like Cleveland and Chicago receive in one year.

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3:35 a.m. CDT Tuesday: According to CenterPoint Electric, over 103,000 customers are without power in the Houston area. The website warns that crews may be unable to reach many restoration sites due to flooding.

Meanwhile, AEP Texas, which serves areas south of Houston that were hit hard by Harvey over the weekend, has over 125,000 customers still without power. This is a sharp decrease from the over 200,000 who were without electricity just days ago.

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2:15 a.m. CDT Tuesday: Over 1,300 flights have been canceled in the Houston area, according to FlightAware.com. 1,020 of those flights were in and out of the Houston Intercontinental Airport; 316 were canceled at the Hobby Airport, both departing and arriving.

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12:50 a.m. CDT Tuesday: As the center of Tropical Storm Harvey drifts northward back toward the coast, winds are beginning to pick up in southeast Texas. Hobby Airport in Houston recorded a wind gust of 41 mph at 12:39 a.m. CDT Tuesday. Due to the saturated soil, even wind gusts of this magnitude could easily knock down trees and power lines. 

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12:00 a.m. CDT Tuesday: In a recent statement, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that the Addicks and Barker reservoirs have extended beyond their government-owned land. The Addicks Reservoir had reached 105 feet as of 5 p.m. CDT Monday, and the Barker Reservoir has reached 99 feet.

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11:30 p.m. CDT Monday:

Anheuser-Busch has reportedly stopped production of beer to produce cans of water for victims of Harvey. As of Monday, the company sent 155,000 cans of water to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Arlington, Texas.

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10:50 p.m. CDT Monday:

Over the past 6 hours, between 1 and 3 inches of rain has fallen over the Houston metro area. This is in addition to the 15 to 30 inches of rain that have already fallen from Harvey. Steady rain is expected to persist over the city into the middle of the week, further aggravating the devastating flooding. 

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8:35 p.m. CDT Monday: Nearly 5,500 people have shown up at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston that is being used as an evacuation center, 500 more people than were expected.

The facility currently has 5,000 cots for evacuees to sleep on, so some may end up sleeping in chairs or on the floor, according to the Associated Press.

Other sites may be opening up as evacuation shelters in the future, but these locations had yet to be announced as of Monday evening.

Meanwhile, more evacuations have been ordered around Houston due to rapidly rising water levels in creeks and rivers.

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7:40 p.m. CDT Monday: The all clear has been issued for the chemical emergency that was issued on Monday afternoon. The shelter in place order has been lifted and people can return to their normal activities.

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7:20 p.m. CDT Monday: Over 102,000 electric customers are without power around Houston, according to Center Point Energy. Some of these outages may last for an extended period of time as crews are unable to reach some areas of the city due to flooding.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has added four counties in eastern Texas to the 54 counties already covered in his Hurricane Harvey disaster declaration.

The four counties that were added include Angelina, Trinity, Sabine and Orange counties.

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6:05 p.m. CDT Monday: Several professional sports teams are changing the location of games due to the flooding around Houston. This includes Thursday's NFL game between the Houston Texans and the Dallas Cowboys, and an MLB series between the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros.

"This is believed to be only the fourth time in the history of Major League Baseball that weather concerns have required the relocation of games to a neutral site," the MLB said.

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