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    Curfew imposed in Houston as deluge from Harvey continues, breaking rainfall record

    by By Jenny Jarvie and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Aug 29, 2017 6 minutes

    HOUSTON - City officials in Houston imposed an overnight curfew to guard against opportunistic crimes as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to deluge southeast Texas on Tuesday, breaking the record for the most extreme rainfall on the U.S. mainland.

    Authorities announced the curfew - midnight to 5 a.m. - after police arrested a crew of armed robbers who were hijacking vehicles, and officials warned residents of people impersonating Homeland Security investigators. There also were fears of looting as thousands of houses lay partially submerged and abandoned.

    Since Harvey made landfall Friday night as a hurricane, some areas around Houston have seen more than 50 inches of rain - well over what they usually receive in a year. Authorities said the death toll had risen to 12, including that of a Houston police officer who drowned in his car on the way to work.

    On Tuesday afternoon, the Mont Belvieu industrial suburb east of Houston recorded 51.12 inches of water, breaking the highest previous record of 48 inches for a single storm, from Tropical

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