Funeral procession Hundreds of sympathizers attend the funeral procession of a teenager killed allegedly due to the ongoing drug purge in the Philippines.
Trial of Yingluck Shinawatra Senior members of the Pheu Thai Party report former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra left Thailand last week ahead of the verdict in her negligence trial. She is in Dubai where her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, lives.
2017 North Korea crisis The South Korean military reports North Korea has fired several short-range projectiles into the sea from its eastern Kangwon province. The U.S. military says three short-range missile launches either exploded on launch or failed in flight.
Harvey Downtown Houston has collected about 3.5 in of rain with 7 in recorded in some areas. Nearly 9 in was tallied in First Colony early this morning. The National Hurricane Center predicts up to 30 in of rain and isolated totals as high as 40 in by the time the storm leaves.
Tornadoes are reported in Katy and Missouri City, Texas. This has not been officially confirmed by the National Weather Service.
At Governor Greg Abbott's request, President Trump issues a disaster proclamation for the state, freeing up federal aid for the worst-affected areas.
Two people in Texas are confirmed dead with many more reported injured. Authorities are unable to visit the hardest hit area so the toll of dead and injured is expected to rise.
Harvey is now a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kmh). It made landfall on Texas's eastern coast, the eye striking the town of Rockport, as a Category 4 hurricane. It's the strongest storm to hit the state since 1961. Harvey is expected to maintain tropical storm strength, with heavy rains and flooding, for at least four days.
2017 M1 motorway crash Several people are dead after two trucks collide with a minibus on the M1 motorway near the town of Newport Pagnell in the English county of Buckinghamshire.