Texas – Houston Mayor Annise Parker says there may be as many as 4,000 properties with “significant damage.”
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She also says two bodies were found in vehicles and a third was found in a bayou, and three people are missing.
Parker said at a news conference Tuesday that authorities are trying to search property-by-property but are being hampered by high waters.
She said about 750 vehicles had been removed from the roadways by Tuesday afternoon. Officials said earlier that about 2,500 vehicles had been abandoned.
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Texas Senator John Cornyn was one 36 Republicans who voted against relief for Hurricane Sandy.