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Newshour: Houston Dams Overflow Amid Huge Floods

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29/08/2017 GMT

Houston Dams Overflow Amid Huge Floods

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Two major dams have begun overflowing as Storm Harvey pushes reservoirs past capacity.

Two major dams outside Houston have begun overflowing as Storm Harvey pushes reservoirs past capacity.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are in Texas to see the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. We have the latest on the storm and also ask how should a President react when a disaster on the scale of Harvey hits?

Also in the programme; The Canadian police who caught one of America's most wanted while mounted on their bicycles and; should the US and South Korea suspend joint military exercises to take the heat out of escalating tensions on the peninsular?

Photo:  Stranded vehicles sit where they got stuck in high water from Hurricane Harvey on Dairy Ashford Drive in Houston, Texas. Credit: Erich Schlegel/Getty Images

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