Photos: Hurricane Harvey sits over Central Texas on Aug. 27, 2017

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Photos: Hurricane Harvey sits over Central Texas on Aug. 27, 2017

Harvey, downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm Saturday, dumped rain across parts of Texas on Sunday, causing flooding and prompting evacuations.

Jeannie Ralph carries belongings from her house on NE 7th Street in Smithville after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

Tafoya Tire on Highway 71 at Dry Creek, near the Bastrop-Travis County line on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017.

South Austin resident Mike Gideon examines a tree that was flipped up by its root ball over night on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, or Sunday, Aug. as high winds whipped the area. The tree smashed into another tree and luckily, fell just shy of his house in the background.

David Spencer looks at the flooding in his front yard on NE 7th Street in Smithville after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

Jim Hernandez looks at a downed tree on Hardemen Street after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday August 27, 2017.

David Spencer's flooded backyard on NE 7th Street in Smithville after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

Jeannie Ralph carries belongings from her house on NE 7th Street in Smithville after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

Miller Street and SE Second Street in Smithville is flooded after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

A flooded trailer and car on SE Second Street in Smithville after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

A truck drives through floodwaters on Woodress Street in Smithville after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

Warren and Denee Wehr walk to their flodded home on NE 7th Street in Smithville after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

Wendy Reynolds take a picture of a low water crossing in Luling, Texas, as her hisband, Lee Reynolds, looks on after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey closed FM1322 on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Luling, Texas. The Reynolds' daughter Wendy Abel had called first reaponders Sunday evening after she and her family found a car trapped by flooding.

A crew from Texas Depatment of Transportation, drive through a low water on FM1322 after clearing a fallen tree during flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Luling, Texas.

Whitney Abel, 30, of Luling, Texas, walks away from a low water crossing on FM1322 during flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Luling, Texas. Abel had called first reaponders Sunday evening after her and her family found a car trapped by flooding.

Dry creek flowing fast and out of its banks in Bastrop County on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017.

Dry creek flowing fast and out of its banks in Bastrop County on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017.

Dry creek flowing fast and out of its banks in Bastrop County on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017.

A woman kayaks down a flooded section of FM 518 near the intersection with Interstate 45 in League City, Texas, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

Vehicles are submerged in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in a parking lot at the Egret Bay Condominiums in Webster, Texas, on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

A group stops to check out damage to a boat storage facility caused by the effects of Hurricane Harvey, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

A man with a bike stands in flood water as he took cover under a tree to get out of a heavy downpour in Houston, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Residents from Bayou Parc at Oak Forest carry their belongings while evacuating the apartment complex during the Tropical Storm Harvey, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (Marie D. De Jesus/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Neri Sanchez cries as she hugs her grandson, Jonathan Sanchez, 1, after being reunited at a rescue boat pickup area along Edgebrook, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Zar Wade-Gledhill carries a chair from a flooded office along Clear Lake in Seabrook, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, after floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the area. (Stuart Villanueva/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

Kyle Johnston, left, and Toby Phillips help Cindy Miller into a boat in Dickinson, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, as they help evacuate residents trapped in their homes by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey. (Kelsey Walling/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

A flooded truck floats in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on FM 517 in Dickinson, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Kelsey Walling/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

Vehicles are seen submerged at a dealership off Interstate 45 in Dickinson, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Kelsey Walling/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

After helping the driver of the submerged truck get to safety, a man floats on the freeway flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, near downtown Houston. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Boats that sunk in the wake of Hurricane Harvey are surrounded by floating debris Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

The Texas state flag and American flag wave in the wind over an area of debris left behind in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Residents pick through needed items at a make-shift aid station, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. A group from the Texas Rio Grande Valley created station for those in need following Hurricane Harvey. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Sam Speights tries to hold back tears while holding his dogs and surveying the damage to his home in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. Speights tried to stay in his home during the storm but had to move to other shelter after his home lost its roof and back wall. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Downed power lines near FM 1069 line the road in Rockport, Texas, in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Rachel Denny Clow/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

Philip Stevens looks back at his home after part of his house was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in Aransas Pass, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP)

Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls, left, helps Mumtaz Kara and her husband, Tarmohamed Kara, far right, from rising waters from Tropical Storm Harvey, in the Orchard Lakes subdivision on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and Lucas Wu lift Ethan Wu into an airboat as they are evacuated from rising waters from Tropical Storm Harvey, at the Orchard Lakes subdivision on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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Jeannie Ralph carries belongings from her house on NE 7th Street in Smithville after Hurricane Harvey on Sunday, August 27, 2017.

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