Houston TV station forced to evacuate as Harvey waters flood the newsroom

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Houston TV station forced to evacuate as Harvey waters flood the newsroom
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As Hurricane Harvey continues to dump staggering amounts of rain over Houston, KHOU-TV, 11 News, one of the city's local TV news broadcasting stations, was forced to evacuate as flood waters surged in.

SEE ALSO: Historic, catastrophic flooding underway in Houston from Tropical Storm Harvey (http://mashable.com/2017/08/27/harvey-houston-catastrophic-flood-underway/)


The staff first evacuated to the second floor after flood water poured in during a live broadcast.

Water coming into studio at #KHOU11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/KHOU11?src=hash)... We are moving upstairspic.twitter.com/MMEljNatw7 (https://t.co/MMEljNatw7)

— Doug Delony (@DougDelonyKHOU) August 27, 2017 (https://twitter.com/DougDelonyKHOU/status/901771981699375105)



#KHOU11 (https://twitter.com/hashtag/KHOU11?src=hash) flooding. Water 4 feet deep in the parking lot. First floor flooded. We've evacuated to 2nd floor@GaughanSurfing (https://twitter.com/GaughanSurfing) pic.twitter.com/puwpzqgDB8 (https://t.co/puwpzqgDB8)

— Blake Mathews (@KHOUBlake11) August 27, 2017 (https://twitter.com/KHOUBlake11/status/901799844112629760) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/27/tv-newsroom-evacuates-tropical-storm-harvey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)



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