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00:00Good day. Welcome to the Gulf News update for Wednesday, August the 30th. Here are the
00:07top stories at this hour. Rescuers in Texas were racing against time today to find survivors
00:14of Harvey's wrath and take them to safety. Houston's mayor declared a nighttime curfew
00:19to head off looting as rains persisted and the raging floodwaters continued to rise.
00:26Five days after the storm slammed onshore as a Category 4 hurricane, emergency crews
00:31were still struggling to reach thousands of stranded people in a massive rescue operation.
00:37The full scale of the catastrophe's impact remained difficult for authorities to gauge
00:41but at least 18 people have died due to the floods.
00:46Dubai Opera's first birthday present to itself and the city is a sprawling new restaurant
00:51complete with celebrity chef attached. Sean Connolly Dubai Opera opens tomorrow in perfect
00:56time for the Eid al-Adha holiday. The British-born celebrity chef helms the Playhouse's newest
01:03permanent show, an oceanic brasserie, across the top level of the tower-shaped building.
01:09And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 42 degrees Celsius, dropping
01:14to 29 degrees at night.
01:16That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with our newscast on Sunday
01:21but you can always get the latest news on gulfnews.com.