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Harvey made a third landfall just west of Cameron, Louisiana, as a tropical storm on Wednesday morning. The storm weakened to a tropical depression that night and became a low-pressure system by Thursday.

At least 39 people have died as a result of the storm's wrath, according to The Associated Press.

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PHOTO: Gillis Leho looks for documents in her car that was covered by floodwaters after Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, Aug. 30, 2017.
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Relief and rescue efforts continue

On Thursday night, more than 600 pallets of water and 400 pallets of meals were delivered to hurricane victims in Texas, Abbott said, stressing the importance of ensuring \"an ongoing supply of food and water.\"

Supplies are being distributed in communities from Corpus Christi to Beaumont, Abbott said.

The governor advised affected residents to contact county officials to find out the location of points of distribution.

Michael and Susan Dell pledge $36 million to relief effort

Two native Texans, Michael and Susan Dell, announced today they are committing $36 million to launch the Rebuild Texas Fund with the goal of raising over $100 million for long-term recovery efforts in the state.

“This is going to be a major effort to rebuild Texas,” Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell Technologies, said in an interview today on “GMA.” He described what it has been like to watch the streets of his Houston childhood neighborhood remain inundated by Harvey.

The Dells, through their Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, plan to donate $18 million immediately to launch the fund.

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PHOTO: Residential neighborhoods near the Interstate 10 sit in floodwater in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Aug. 29, 2017.
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Over the Labor Day weekend, the Dells will donate $1 of their own money for every $2 donated. Donors can text 91999 with the words “RebuildTX” over the next four days.

“It’s going to take everyone to help get through this and what we want to do is hopefully, over this holiday weekend, is inspire everyone to give as much as they can,” Susan Dell said. “We just want to do everything that we can to help all those people that are suffering from these storms.”

The Dells’ Rebuild Texas Fund will work in parallel with recovery efforts in Texas led by Abbott through his One Star Foundation.

“These are such great Texans and a storm that has been as large as Texas requires a response as big as Texas,” Abbott said on “GMA\" today. “We need their support as well as the support of people across the world.”

ABC News' Katie Kindelan contributed to this report.

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