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A multi coloured show for the handover of the Queensferry Crossing, the uks tallest bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A major dam outside houston, texas, has begun overspilling as storm harvey pushes the reservoir past capacity. Engineers have been periodically releasing water from the addicks dam to relieve pressure and try to limit the damage down to nearby homes. But now water levels are over the height of the reservoir edge. Six neighbourhoods nearby are being told to leave their homes if they can. Since the storm hit 30 inches of rain has fallen and forecasters warn more is ...

Also in the next hour the light fantastic. A multicoloured show for the handover of the queens ferry crossing, the uks tallest bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A major dam outside houston, texas, has begun overspilling as storm harvey pushes the reservoir past capacity. Engineers have been periodically releasing water from the addicks dam to relieve pressure to limit the damage down to nearby homes. But now six neighbourhoods nearby are being told to leave their homes. Since the storm hit, 30 inches of rain has fallen were going live to our correspondent who is at la grange in t...

Pool in north devon. And its war at Waterloo Station, in london, as signalling problems caused delays for commuters, for commuters, on the very day it fully reopened after a month of engineering works. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President donald trump has arrived in texas to assess the damage caused by storm harvey, as floodwaters across the state continue to rise. In houston, more than 30,000 thousand people have been forced from their homes due to the Tropical Storm, which has set a new record for rainfall in the state. The rain has been falling since last friday. Some places have...

Stay on the line. Do not hang up, because that just expands our trunk system, which overloads it and puts on hold the number of people we cant get to. So stay on the line. What we also initiated last night whats a voice activated system that notifies people if they do call 911, their call is being processed. Thats significant. It what we were experiencing earlier was a constant rain and thinking our system was down. Our system hasnt been down, just the long way to call, so stay on the line. Were also encouraging citizens if they receive any calls from relatives, if they have contacted 911 prev...

Effort. Houston police say they have rescued more than 3400 people and counting. The red cross says more than 17,000 evacuees are in shelters across texas. Dallas opening a shelter just within the last couple hours. The predictions that harvey would drop 50 inches on houston are coming true. Homes below reservoirs could be flooded for weeks. It is spreading east. Hundreds of rescues last night in lake charles, louisiana. Today, on the 12th anniversary of hurricane katrina, new orleans is under a flash flood warning. Im going straight to cnns scott mclean in houston who spent the night with flo...