External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on 28 August said that 200 Indian students at the University of Houston were affected by the floods triggered by Hurricane Harvey. “They are surrounded by neck-deep water,” said the minister on Twitter.
@CGHoust has informed me that 200 Indian students at University of Houston are marooned. They are surrounded by neck deep water. /1
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Indian students Shalini and Nikhil Bhatia are in ICU. We are ensuring that their relatives reach there at the earliest. /4
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Swaraj also said that she was in touch with the Consul General of India in Houston Anupam Ray, who is overseeing the arrangements made for rescue operations.
We made efforts for delivery of food but US Coast Guard did not allow as boats were required for rescue operations. /2
August 28, 2017While India made efforts for delivery of food, she added that the US Coast Guard did not allow the boats, as they were required for rescue operations.
Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast on 25 August as a Category 4 storm, with winds of up to 130 miles (209 km) per hour, the most powerful storm in over a decade to hit the mainland United States.It was the first Category 4 hurricane to wallop the United States since Charley in 2004 and the first to hit Texas since Carla in 1961.
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