Here are several stories from the convention center in Houston, designated a shelter.

Before 11 a.m., the first evacuees began lining up in front of the convention center, carrying suitcases and plastic bags, some with babies on their hips and dogs on leashes.
Rescue crews pulled up in pickups, dropping off families, many of whom came from Clayton Holmes, a housing complex just northeast of downtown.

And as the rain kept coming, so did the refugees.

By noon, several hundred had arrived, including Sarah Matthews who was evacuated from an apartment in Clayton Homes where she was visiting a friend. At 6 a.m., the water was waist high at the apartment, having already washed away her computer and her 14-month-old son Braylin’s stroller and playpen.

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By 5 p.m., more than 500 evacuees filled the shelter and more were on the way. Volunteers were checking people in and taking donations at tables just inside the doors.

Jessica Archer was collecting blankets, clothes, baby supplies and other items people were bringing. Restaurants were dropping off prepared food.

“They need shoes and blankets because everybody’s wet and cold,” Archer said.

Here’s a list of local Texas charities who take cash donations online. The charity rating agency Charity Navigator is putting together a list of highly-rated agencies collecting and working to help victims of Harvey. That will be an ongoing compilation, it says.

The rain there will reportedly continue until Wednesday. That’s terrifying.