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Houston is going through much after Hurricane Harvey roared ashore. Houses are flooded and destroyed. People are being rescued from their rooftops. There's a backlog of people requesting evacuations.

Rain continues to fall across Texas. Rachel Martin talks to Brad Kieserman, who is coordinating relief efforts in Texas for the American Red Cross from Fairfax, Va.

Despite legal requirements, more than one-quarter of cases of severe abuse that were uncovered by government investigators were not reported to the police. The majority involved sexual assault.

Reservoirs swollen by rain from Hurricane Harvey were opened early Monday, a move that was expected to flood more homes — but one the Army Corps of Engineers says is needed to limit the disaster.

Unsuspecting attendants at a Hungarian music festival got a surprise when they tried to use a certain portable toilet. Instead of being a real bathroom, it led to a secret rave.

A university professor in Malaysia wears the mask to keep students from getting nervous while he's marking their papers. And what mask does he use to conceal his feelings? None other than Iron Man.

Rockport, Texas, was among the hardest hit towns when Hurricane Harvey made landfall. Rachel Martin talks to Mashon Hunt, who is staying in a shelter in Austin after being evacuated from Rockport.

After a search that included a number of well-known candidates, the board of ride-sharing giant Uber has announced its pick for CEO: Expedia's CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

Residents of Charlottesville, Va., are still reeling from the white nationalist rally that left one counterprotester dead. The city held a town hall meeting Sunday to try to find ways to move forward.

We grab a ride with NPR's John Burnett as he drives from Corpus Christi to Houston. He describes what he saw driving along the Texas coast — the area hardest hit by Hurricane Harvey.