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00:00Good day, welcome to the Golfies update for Monday August 21st. Here are the top stories
00:07in this hour.
00:08Tropical storm Harvey was set to dump more rain on Houston, adding to catastrophic flooding
00:13that paralysed the fourth most populous US city and prompted mass evacuations in nearby
00:18counties as rivers hit crests not seen for centuries. Schools, airports and office buildings
00:24in Houston were ordered shut as scores of roads were turned into rivers by floods and
00:28chest-high water toward numerous neighbourhoods in the low-lying city. More than 50,000 people
00:34were ordered to leave parts of Fort Bend County, about 55km southwest of Houston, as the Brazos
00:39River was set to crest at a record high of 18m this week, 4.3m above its flood stage.
00:46Abu Dhabi Police have announced that the speed limit on the Al Fayah Seychewab Road will
00:50be reduced from 100km per hour to 80km per hour from September 1st. The amended speed
00:55limit is for all heavy and light vehicles, Abu Dhabi Police said.
00:59Kendrick Lamar was the king of the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, winning six awards on
01:05a night full of emotional performances, political moments and a new eye-popping Taylor Swift
01:09music video. Lamar's Humble won Video of the Year, Best Hip Hop Video, Direction, Cinematography,
01:15Art Direction and Visual Effects on Sunday at the Forum in Inglewood, California. He
01:20also gave an explosive performance of Humble and DNA, backed by ninjas dancing near fire.