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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Graig Graziosi

Residents in Houston neighborhood rage as raw sewage floods the streets after storms: ‘Literally straight up just raw s***’

When it floods in the north Houston community of Candlelight Oaks, it's not just water spilling onto the community's streets, but hygiene products and human waste, according to residents.

Neighbors living in the area told KPRC2 that they've had a sickening issue the past several months — every time the neighborhood experiences heavy rain, backed-up wastewater is washed out of the sewers and manholes and onto the streets.

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