
Willie Nelson and Paul Simon are among the stars headlining a benefit concert next week to help Texas residents affected by Hurricane Harvey.

An Irishman living in Houston, Texas said his family were trapped in their home following floods caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Experts say the city of Houston has sunk by two centimetres due to the amount of rain that fell during Hurricane Harvey.

Authorities in Houston have warned residents affected by Hurricane Harvey more flooding is likely.

Two more people have been confirmed dead in Texas in the wake of Storm Harvey, bringing the number of known fatalities to 44, eight days after it made landfall as a hurricane.

Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up once again from a flooded Houston-area chemical plant where highly unstable compounds blew up after losing refrigeration.

There is a warning petrol and diesel prices are due to go up at the pumps.

The US Navy have rescued 14 people at an elementary school in Texas after floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey threatened to immerse their shelter.

Rescuers are continuing to search waterlogged neighbourhoods in Houston, Texas, as officials turn their attention to finding temporary housing for those in shelters in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Rescuers have begun a block-by-block search of tens of thousands of Houston homes looking for anyone - alive or dead - who might have been left behind in Harvey's floodwaters.

The White House says US President Donald Trump is pledging $1m in personal funds to Hurricane Harvey storm relief efforts.

Latest: Fires and two explosions have rocked a flooded chemical plant in Texas, sending up a plume that federal authorities described as "incredibly dangerous" and adding a potential new hazard to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Academy Award-winner and Sandra Bullock top list of celebrities donating large sums to relief fund.

President Donald Trump has set aside his focus on talking up Storm Harvey recovery efforts to speak directly to the suffering of victims, saying: "All of America is grieving with you."

A toddler was found clinging to her drowned mother's body in a flooded canal during Tropical Storm Harvey in Texas.

The flood waters from Tropical Storm Harvey are beginning to drop across much of the Houston area, emergency officials said.

Latest: President Donald Trump has offered reassurances to Texans who felt the wrath of Storm Harvey, promising residents during a visit to the state: "We are going to get you back and operating immediately."