Evacuation orders went out for hurricane-weary Texans as a cresting river threatened homes north of Houston.

The Brazos River continued to rise, forcing some from their homes in part of Brazoria County.

Flooding still posed a threat in hard-hit Beaumont, were some residents had to flee local shelters for San Antonio Friday because of the rising Neches River.

Rescues continued in the Port Arthur area as the Coast Guard sent in 27 boats, the Houston Chronicle reported.

An elderly woman was found Saturday floating face-down in water in her flooded Port Arthur home, bringing the toll of dead at least 47. Dozens more are missing.

And in Katy, Texas, about 200 people staged a rally and demanded answers about when they would be let back into their homes, which remain flooded after releases from a reservoir.

Meanwhile, the school year was thrown into chaos with Houston officials announcing Saturday as many as 12,000 students will have to be temporarily relocated and that some 200 schools had standing water.

A sense of normalcy did return to some quarters of Houston Saturday, as grocery stores reopened with regular hours.

And good hearted residents started a Go Fund Me Page to give Harris County Flood Control District Meteorologist Jeff Lindner, who had been working tirelessly through the storm, a well deserved vacation. The campaign has raised more than $17,000.

But Linder, as a government employee, said he couldn’t accept the money and instead wanted the cash to go toward a charitable campaign to help flood victims.

With Post wires