Harvey lashes Louisiana, Texas

Washington: A devastating storm that swept through the US state of Texas made a second landfall in Louisiana state on Wednesday, dousing the region with heavy rains that officials warned could lead to catastrophic and life-threatening flooding. Five days after roaring onto the Texas coast, leaving behind disastrous flooding and reportedly claiming 30 lives, Harvey, now a tropical storm, made landfall early in the morning near tiny Cameron in Louisiana.

Forecasters said another five to 10 inches of rain could fall in western Louisiana, where rivers and bayous were already swollen with near-record downpours, the Washington Post reported. The storm is expected to bring winds of 30-40 mph and a 2-4-foot storm surge along the Louisiana-Texas border, the report said.

Harvey's immediate effects were not expected as devastating as a Category 4 hurricane that first blasted Houston and other parts of Texas beginning on Friday. But the National Weather Service (NWS) said that "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding will continue in and around Houston eastward into southwest Louisiana for the rest of the week".