Hurricane Harvey has been dumping nearly 3 inches (76.2 millimeters) of rain per hour at times and has left some streets in flood-prone Houston submerged in water.
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, the chief administrator of the county that includes Houston, says flooding so far is a "minor issue." He says most of the watersheds are well within their banks "but we're not out of this."
Forecasters are predicting major flooding in the area by Tuesday. Houston has about 1,700 miles (2735.76 kilometers) of channels that drain to the Gulf of Mexico.
A handful of freeway service roads and streets and some scattered neighborhoods that normally experience high water in heavy rain have been flooded.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner cautions that although major flooding hasn't happened yet, "that can change."
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