I’m currently stranded in downtown Houston in the Hilton Americas hotel next to the convention centre, which is being used as an evacuation point. With the roads and the airport closed there is no chance of me returning home until Sunday.

There is a heavy police presence, and all shops and businesses closed.

It is still raining heavily. We had a tornado warning on Sunday and was told to take cover but thankfully it didn’t materialise.

Downtown is slightly higher than other parts of Houston and is acting as an island, but manhole covers were starting to fail on Sunday.

The hotel is letting us stay as long as we need at a discounted rate. All hotel staff have been working since Friday. We have to wear a wristband to identify us as hotel guests but they are allowing some evacuated people to pay to stay here or purchase meals.