On Monday, Mayor Becky Ames issued a voluntary evacuation for residents close to Pine Island Bayou to the north of the city.Near Louisiana border on the Gulf Coast, the city of nearly 120,000 residents will be without water until after floodwaters recede and officials can analyze the extent of the damage.Early Thursday morning, officials of Beaumont, Texas, announced the city lost both the primary and secondary sources for its water supply system.Butit is unknown how many residents remained in Beaumont during the storm.
There is no way to determine how long this will take at this time, Penisson said.We have no other alternatives but to discontinue all services which will unfortunately include emergency services, the hospital said..A flood-hit southeast Texas city lost its drinking water supply and police and soldiers rescued thousands still stranded on Thursday after trigger sprayer Manufacturers powerful storm Harvey killed 44 people and displaced more than a million on the Gulf Coast.Baptist Beaumont Hospital issued a statement after the citys water system failure, saying it will transfer patients to other acute care facilities.Due to rising waters of the Neches River caused by Tropical Storm Harvey, the City of Beaumont has lost service from the main pump station, Beaumont fire rescue captain Brad Penisson said in a statement.