Hurricane Harvey Latest Updates • List Of Latest Must-Know Facts

HOUSTON, TX — Even as rescues continued Wednesday in battered Houston days after Hurricane Harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm, the massive weather system moved east to unleash torrential rains that have caused more massive flooding along the eastern-most coastline of Texas and into Louisiana.

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Here are the latest things you need to know; please share with your neighbors who may be cut off by the flooding:

• Officials have reported up to 38 people killed by the storm. About 32,000 people in Texas were in shelters. Flood waters have begun to recede in some parts of Houston, but the storm unleashed record-breaking rainfall as it moved to the east, causing massive flooding in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area near the Louisiana border.
• Harvey's most heartbreaking scene: As Harvey moved east, one of the most heartbreaking images of the devastating floods emerged in Beaumont, where rescuers saved a toddler who was clinging to the body of her mother floating through the rising floodwaters.

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• Lone Star Showdown: The Lone Star Showdown is a big football tradition in Texas, but Harvey punches the fun out of it.
• Brazos River among latest threats: The Brazos River continues to rise and may exceed record 2016 levels by the time it crests.
• Airports are reopening: Here's where you'll be able to catch a flight to escape the misery.
• FBI, Homeland Security impersonators: The Houston police chief warned that scammers posing as FBI and Homeland Security agents are telling residents to evacuate in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey — presumably so they can rob empty houses.
• Cruel Harvey claims entire family: A family of six lost their lives in what police say is the single deadliest incident stemming from Tropical Storm Harvey, with victims ranging in ages from six to 84.
• Harvey fuels increases at the pumps: Americans filling up their vehicles were met with one of the largest one-week surges in gas prices this summer
• Chemical plant at risk of explosion: A plant at Crosby, Texas, that produces volatile chemicals is at risk of explosion after it lost power — an event that would deal another blow to already hurting Houston.
• Hurricane Harvey by the numbers: Here are the latest numbers associated with what may be the mot devastating storm in history.
• Sgt. Steve Perez remembered: Here are five things to know about Police Sgt. Steve Perez, who died in Houston's quickly rising swamp Sunday.
• Road closures, emergency information: Here's the latest list of emergency contact numbers and road closures.
• The social media devils made him do it: Blasted for closing his downtown mega-church in Houston to residents fleeing the floodwaters wrought by Hurricane Harvey, the televangelist Joel Osteen on Wednesday blamed a "false narrative" advanced by social media.
• Free lunch in Houston schools: All Houston ISD students will eat for free during the 2017-18 school year thanks to a waiver of the required application process for free and reduced lunches.
• Interstate closed at Texas/Louisiana border: Flooding in eastern Texas and western Louisiana has closed Interstate 10.
• More shelters have opened in Houston: Houston has expanded the list of places flood victims can find shelters.
• Fears of gators on the loose: More than 350 alligators at Gator Country, a sanctuary in Beaumont, Texas, could escape if water levels continue to rise. Currently, the water is about a foot from the fence line of a 15-acre sanctuary.
• Five Harvey myths debunked: As Harvey’s floodwaters begin to fall in the Houston area, scams and myths are on the increase.
• Houston mayor implements curfew: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner imposed a citywide curfew from midnight to 5 a.m., effective immediately.

Image: Matthew Koser waits for rescue atop his car after it was flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey August 29, 2017 in the Bear Creek neighborhood of west Houston, Texas. Koser was helping to look for important papers and heirlooms inside his grandfather's house. The neighborhood flooded after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir. (Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images)Send your news tips to bryan.kirk@patch.com