HOUSTON, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Houston's daily curfew has been pushed back to midnight, Mayor Sylvester Turner updated it in his tweet on Tuesday.
"I'm modifying the curfew to start at midnight (and still end at 5 am) to allow volunteers and others to do their great work," the tweet said.
The mayor previously announced the curfew would start from 10:00 p.m. (0300 GMT) to 5:00 a.m. (1000 GMT).
Under the curfew, city residents are not allowed outside between midnight and 5:00 a.m. Police Chief Art Acevedo said this was partly to prevent looting and other crimes, whose punishments are increased or even doubled when the crimes happen in a disaster area.
Tropical Storm Harvey continues to ravage the outer ring of Houston on Tuesday after landing on Friday night. The flood has inundated Houston for days.
