Harvey's havoc continued to pour down, three days after the storm rammed Texas as a Category 4 hurricane, unleashing a torrent of rain, turning streets into rivers, and leaving thousands of residents stranded in flooded homes.

Houston police Sgt. Steve Perez drowned Sunday after Hurricane Harvey struck, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said Tuesday. His body was recovered Tuesday morning.

Perez left for work in the dark about 4 a.m. Sunday and "spent about 2½ hours driving around trying to get to his station," Acevedo said.

The 34-year Houston police veteran drove into an underpass and drowned in floodwater. Perez died two days before his 61st birthday, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said.

Perez's wife urged him to reconsider going to work that morning, the mayor said. But the sergeant told her, "I've got work to do," Turner said.

Exhausted and drenched in filthy floodwater, a sea of volunteers and rescue workers are scrambling to save the latest wave of Harvey's victims.

Some used fishing boats. Others used big SUVs. One volunteer even used a dump truck to save anyone he could.

Three days after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas, the stubborn, slow-moving storm wreaked more havoc Tuesday when it caused Houston's Addicks Reservoir to overflow and breached a levee in nearby Brazoria County.

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