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PHOTOS: Houston Flood Caused By Harvey Sends Residents Scrambling For Safety

The National Weather Service called the rain and flooding "unprecedented," and warned it could top 50 inches in some parts of the region.
Vincente Navas (left) and Alma Barrientos stand outside their home in the Cottage Grove neighborhood in Houston.

The remnants of now-Tropical Storm Harvey have all but parked over south Texas and the storm is inundating the region around Houston with "unprecedented" rain,

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