Disaster News Network: More than one week after Hurricane Dolly made landfall in southern Texas, an estimated 1,500 homes remain flooded and response workers have yet to reach some of the affected residents. "There are still people we haven't made contact with. There are still flooded homes that we can't get to. We are still responding and at the same time we are trying to move into recovery as fast as we can," said Harvey Howell, a national response team member with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA). The ongoing response efforts come as attention has shifted from impoverished areas hard-hit by Dolly to Tropical Storm Edouard, which came ashore Tuesday morning along the upper Texas Gulf Coast.
"I know what it's like once you're dealing with one (disaster) and another disaster happens, and everybody forgets about the one before," said Randi Fertitta, director of disaster, trauma and loss with Catholic Charities in Beaumont, Texas. "It's a hard battle."...
Hurricane Dolly, July 23, 2008, from NASA, Wikimedia Commons
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