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Top Stories: Being Undocumented In A Natural Disaster; Getting Evacuees Into School

Stella Chavez/KERA News
The Vasquez family returned to their South Houston rental home to salvage their belongings. They can't receive FEMA assistance until their daughter's citizenship is verified.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News:

Hurricane Harvey has been tough for most in Houston, but even tougher for immigrants without papers. Stella Chavez caught up with an undocumented couple whose rental house in South Houston was trashed by flooding.

Other stories this morning:

  • The city of Dallas consolidated its shelters for Harvey evacuees into the big "mega-shelter" downtown. Among the 2,000 evacuees are children who need to go to school.  

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.