Officials say a levee near a subdivision of homes in a county south of Houston has been breached and water is pouring into the area.

Brazoria County Judge Matt Sebesta says that the water has come over the levee in the northeast part of the subdivision and is starting to fill the area.

He says residents were told that at some point the levee would be “overtopped.” He said that a mandatory evacuation order was issued Sunday.

Sebesta says there are hundreds of homes there. He says hopefully “very few” are still in the area.

A pair of 70-year-old reservoir dams that protect downtown Houston from flooding began overflowing Tuesday, adding to the rising floodwaters from Harvey that have crippled the city after five consecutive days of rain.

Engineers began releasing water from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs Monday to ease the strain on the dams.

But the releases were not enough to relieve the pressure after one of the heaviest downpours in U.S. history, Army Corps of Engineers officials said. Both reservoirs are at record highs.

The release of the water means that more homes and streets will flood, and some homes will be inundated for up to a month, said Jeff Lindner of the Harris County Flood Control District.

The county is trying to determine where the water will go, Lindner said.

Flooding continues to be a problem and there are new evacuation orders for the city of Houston

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania are on their way to Texas to assess the damage.

They are expected to be in Corpus Christi, one of the first areas Harvey struck last week.

Trump is not expected to visit the areas still being impacted by the storm. But he is expected to make stops in Corpus Christi and Austin.

This as people in Houston are still being rescued and still trying to find places to go.

Desperate rescue operations are underway Tuesday morning across flood-ravaged southeast Texas.

At least 3,000 people were rescued yesterday alone, but countless others are still stranded in their homes.

"They keep telling us. I guess now that there's a mandatory evacuation around the area all the roads are closed. There's really no way to get out," said Jamie Baxter in a phone interview. Baxter is stranded in an apartment with a neighbor.

First responders, the U.S. Coast guard and the entire Texas National Guard have been deployed. Authorities are overwhelmed with calls for help.

"The biggest issue we have right now is time (and) getting to everyone we need to get to," said Col. Steven Metze, a public affairs officer with the Texas National Guard.

Citizens are taking action with their own boats.

"They would be on the second story screaming out loud at us. We could hear them over the load motors of the airboats," said volunteer rescuer Chad Petere. 

Thousands seek shelter

More than 3,000 people have been rescued in Houston alone as more than two-feet of rain has already fallen in many areas.

Floodwaters reached the rooflines of single-story homes Monday and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey poured rain on the Houston area for a fourth consecutive day after a chaotic weekend of rising water and rescues.

Harvey has been blamed for at least three confirmed deaths, including a woman killed Monday in the town of Porter, northeast of Houston, when a large oak tree dislodged by heavy rains toppled onto her trailer home.

A Houston television station reported Monday that six family members were believed to have drowned when their van was swept away by floodwaters. The KHOU report was attributed to three family members the station did not identify. No bodies have been recovered.

Police Chief Art Acevedo told The Associated Press that he had no information about the news report, but said that he's "really worried about how many bodies we're going to find."

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