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A road sign warns travelers of Hurricane Harvey on August 25, in Corpus Christi, Texas.<br>Joe Raedle/Getty Images<br><br><br><br><br>(Reuters) - Houston has imposed an overnight curfew beginning on Tuesday night for an indefinite period amid incidents of looting, armed robberies and people impersonating police officers, city officials said. <br><br>The curfew will run from 10 p.m. until 5 p.m., Mayor Sylvester Turner told a news conference on Tuesday [http://ccmixter.org/api/query?datasource=uploads&search_type=all&sort=rank&search=evening&lic=by,sa,s,splus,pd,zero evening]. The city is also bringing additional police [http://thvad.vn/bien-hop-den-sieu-mong bien hop den sieu mong] from other regions. <br><br>"You cannot drive, nor be in any public place. We have had problems with armed robberies, with people with guns and firearms," said Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo. <br><br>The city is opening several additional emergency shelters to alleviate crowding at the convention center, which has 10,000 people. Some of those will be moved to a nearby concert hall and basketball arena. <br><br>It is also opening a shelter on the west side, near where more than 3,000 homes have been flooded. Another center in Humble, Texas, will house people from the city's northern suburbs, Mayor Turner said. <br><br>(Reporting by Marianna Parraga; [http://thvad.vn/bien-led-dien-tu Biển LED điện tử] Editing by Sandra Maler)