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Hurricane Recovery Has Barely Begun In Waterlogged Beaumont

Some residents have found they can stay and begin cleaning up, but a lack of drinking water and the still-rising floodwaters are driving many others out.
Brett and Nikki Staner say they're exhausted by the challenge of cleaning up their Beaumont, Texas, home after Hurricane Harvey, but they have family they can stay with while they rebuild.

Nikki Staner and her husband, Brett, sloshed through water Friday to the front door of their house on the outskirts of Beaumont, Texas. Inside, Hurricane Harvey had ruined their furniture and

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