Texas faces environmental concerns as wastewater, drinking water systems compromised.
HOUSTON – As residents of Southeast Texas muck out their homes and pile debris on their lawns, the region is dealing with a daunting array of environmental problems.
Thousands of people in southeast Texas still don’t have safe drinking water, including in Beaumont, a city of 118,000 to the east of Houston.
"Without raising the debt limit, I’m not comfortable that we will get the money that we need this month to Texas to rebuild."
FEMA reported Sunday that 37,000 people were in shelters across the state at latest count, with another 2,000 in shelters in Louisiana.
"We’ve seen a lot of folks whose medications were damaged during the storm or lost," she said.
but most of the city is dry, and I’m saying to people – if you can open, let’s open up and let’s get started."
"Come and visit us in one year and I’ll show you a better city than it was before the storm," Turner said.
On Lake Houston Parkway in Kingwood, Alspaugh’s ACE Hardware store was in cleanup mode after receiving four feet of water, but it was open for business.
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