The City of Humble has been notified that the San Jacinto River is expected to rise significantly this morning due to water released from Lake Conroe.
Jason Steube, assistant manager for the City of Humble, said, "At 3:30 a.m. we received notice that Lake Conroe will be releasing a record amount of water.
They are releasing 73,201 CFS. This is projected to raise the river height to 65.5 feet. At this point we will see US 59 possibly under water and many homes in the Northshire subdivision under water.
Overnight, hundreds of rescues have been necessary in Kingwood as the San Jacinto River continued to rise. Combined with the steady rain, streets and homes have flooded.
Houston City Councilmember Dave Martin, and his chief of staff, Jessica Beemer, have stayed on duty through the night coordinating information for rescues and arranging for shelter.
"We are doing rescues from all over Kingwood as it got very bad during the night. The evacuation center moved from Lone Star College to Creekwood Middle School and may move again. The Barrington got nailed," Martin said.
Humble ISD is working around the clock in order to assist refugees from Hurricane Harvey.
Dr. Elizabeth Fagen, superintendent of Humble ISD, said that Creekwood Middle School, located at 3603 W Lake Houston Pkwy., is the primary location for the ongoing Kingwood rescue operation being directed by the Houston Police Department.
"At this time, we have quite a large number of people at Creekwood. We have been working around the clock to house those needing help," Fagen said.
While many in Kingwood have electrical power, there are thousands still without it, according to CenterPoint. Humble and Atascocita seem to have fared better with CenterPoint showing pockets of loss scattered across both of those areas.
In the ZIP code of 77345, 3,727 are without power this morning. This is 45.46 percent of all customers in this area. For those in 77339, 3,627, or 23.41 percent, are still without electricity after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the community Monday, Aug. 25. In 77346, 597 are still without lights and in 77338, 948 have no power.
