Houston Opens Convention Center to Flood Victims as Waters Rise
- Turner says evacuating 2.3 million people wasn’t feasible
- Fourth-largest U.S. city paralyzed with 19 inches of rain
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner opened the city’s downtown convention center to residents fleeing record flooding as he defended his decision not to order an evacuation before Hurricane Harvey slammed ashore.
“You can’t put 2.3 million people on the road,” Turner said during a media briefing on Sunday.