Our City is 'Open for Business' US Houston Mayor Says After Hurricane Harvey

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Houston, Texas Mayor Sylvester Turner wants the world to know that the city is "open for business" as it cleans up and assess the damage from Hurricane Harvey.

"Anyone who was planning on a conference or a convention or a sporting event or a concert coming to this city, you can still come," Turner told CBS television's Face the Nation Sunday. "We want you to still come. We can do multiple things at the same time."

But for many who are in some water-logged neighborhoods, the word from Turner is still get out.

U.S. Army engineers plan to release water from two overflowing reservoirs in parts of western Houston to prevent dam breaks. The action will deliberately flood as many as 20,000 homes. Turner says anyone refusing to leave is not only putting their own lives in danger, but those of first responders.

Also Sunday, firefighters began a controlled burn of the remaining trailers of toxic materials at the Arkema Chemical Plant, in Crosby, Texas, near Houston.