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Michael Brown walks outside his flooded home, as he searches for belongings, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey, in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

WHAT’S HAPPENING: Harvey deaths rise; victims face struggles

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Paul England Jr., right, helps Michael Brown move bedroom furniture floating in his flooded home in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey, in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Houston braces for more flooding, chemical plant fires out

By MICHAEL GRACZYK and WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

Texas State holds off Houston Baptist in opener, 20-11

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A fan holds a sign during the national anthem before the first game of a baseball doubleheader against the New York Mets, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

Astros return to Houston for 1st game since Harvey

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

A fan holds a sign during the national anthem before the first game of a baseball doubleheader against the New York Mets, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

Astros return to Houston and pick up emotional win

By Kristie Rieken - Associated Press

Bottles and other refuse sit on the flood line at Patrick Bayou in the Houston Ship Channel on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 in Houston. The bayou, which sits next to a chemical plant in an intensely industrial area of Houston, is polluted with pesticides, hydrocarbons, metals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Floodwaters have inundated at least five highly contaminated toxic waste sites near Houston, raising concerns that the pollution there might spread. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

The Latest: AP EXCLUSIVE: EPA surveys toxic waste sites

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Katlyn Perkins, 20, of Houston charges her phone at the George P. Brown Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. Perkins and her family were forced from their home because of floods form Hurricane Harvey. During the storm, she posted updates on social media and has provided a running commentary of her life as the storm unfolded. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)

‘I survived’: How 1 woman lived Harvey on social media

By TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

James Harden giving $1 million for Harvey relief

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At the Highlands Acid Pit on Thursday, August 31, 2017, the No Trespassing sign on the barbed-wire fence encircling the 3.3-acre Superfund site barely peeked above the churning flood water from the nearby San Jacinto River. Long a center of the nation's petrochemical industry, the Houston metro area has more than a dozen such Superfund sites, designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as being among the most intensely contaminated places in the nation. (AP Photo/Jason Dearen)

AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded in Houston area

By JASON DEAREN and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Lois Rose looks over belongings while salvaging items from her flood-damaged house Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Houston. The city continues to recover from record flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

An equal opportunity storm: ‘Harvey didn’t spare anyone’

By Juliet Linderman - Associated Press

Donald Charles wears a protective suit and mask as he cleans out his parents' flood-damaged home Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Houston. Thousands of people have been displaced by torrential rains and catastrophic flooding since Harvey slammed into Southeast Texas last Friday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The Latest: Death toll from Harvey reaches at least 44

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Alabama Power sends team to Texas after Hurricane Harvey

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk towards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. The President is heading to Houston and Lake Charles, Louisiana to survey Harvey's devastation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump meets with first responders in Louisiana

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Homes are submerged by water from the flooded Brazos River in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, near Freeport, Tex. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

WHAT’S HAPPENING: Trump visits Harvey victims

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FILE - in this May 31, 2016, file photo, Phoenix Mercury's Brittney Griner (42) is fouled as she goes up for a shot against Connecticut Sun's Chiney Ogwumike during a WNBA basketball game in Phoenix. Griner and many other WNBA players and teams are finding their own ways to help Houston and the surrounding area in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

WNBA teams, players step up to help Texas after hurricane

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 photo, Gordon Prendergast poses with the kayak he bought to see how his house in Houston's western neighborhoods fared after Harvey caused flooding in land that not long ago had been open prairie. Tens of thousands of homes were inundated when floodwater roared around the edge of Houston's Addicks Dam for the first time in its 70-year history. (AP Photo/Nomaan Merchant)

Booming Houston built over land meant for flood projects

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

In this Aug. 30, 2017, photo, barges are secured by tugboats in the flood-swollen Burnet Bay along the Houston Ship Channel in Houston. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

City struggles to restore water service in Harvey aftermath

By JAY REEVES and JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

Astros visit Harvey victims at convention center

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2017 file photo, 0eople displaced by Hurricane Harvey shelter at Gallery Furniture in Richmond, Texas. With more than 17,000 people flooded out of their houses, big-hearted Texans, religious institutions and businesses have turned their places into unlikely shelters, offering soaked, frightened and disconsolate storm refugees , two-legged and four-legged alike, a safe and warm place to sleep.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Grab a mattress: Businesses become storm shelters in Texas

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander, reacts as he throws a pitch to strike out Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado in the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Last-minute deal sends Verlander to Houston

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press