See Harvey's devastating fury in Texas

A desperate escape

Residents wade through floodwaters with their belongingsin Northwest Houston on Wednesday.Harvey struck southeast Texas last Friday, slamming into the coast as a Category 4 hurricane, then weakening to a tropical storm that dumped record amounts of rain, causing dozens of deaths and submerging several neighbourhoods in the Houston area.

The Houston Fire Department began a block-by-block effort Thursday to rescue stranded survivors and recover bodies.

Neighbourhoods submerged

Highways under water

Vehicles sit amid leaked fuel mixed with floodwaters from tropical storm Harvey in the parking lot of Motiva Enterprises LLC in Port Arthuron Thursday.

A Texas National Guard soldier carries a woman on his back during rescue operations in flooded areas around Houston.

Railways and airports under water

Planes at the West Houston Airport are surrounded by floodwaters on Wednesday.

Waist-deep floodwaters

Residents of the La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinsonsit in floodwaters caused by Harvey last Sunday. Authorities said all the residents were safely moved out ofthe facility.

Waiting to be rescued

Residents wade through floodwaters from tropical storm Harvey in Houston on Monday.

Volunteer rescuer Matt Clarke searches for local residents after a mandatory evacuation was ordered in the area beneath the Barker Reservoir in Houston on Thursday.

Evacuation centres fill up

People take shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston after flood waters from Harvey inundated the city on Tuesday. The evacuation centre has already received more than 9,000 evacuees, with more arriving.

Aaron Tobias stands in what is left of his homeafter Harvey blew in and destroyed most of the house in Rockportlast week. Tobias said he was able to get his wife and kids out before the storm arrived but he stayed and rode it out.