Water at the Dennis gauge reached 26 feet Thursday morning, or moderate level flooding, and was expected to rise almost another 4 feet by Thursday morning, according to a 10 a.m. river forecast by the National Weather Service. As of May 29, Texas had been hit with more than 35 trillion gallons of rain, that is enough to cover the entire state in nearly 8 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
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In the Fort Bend County city of Rosenberg, which is next to Richmond, about 150 households were evacuated and city officials were coordinating with the county’s office of emergency management to have rescue boats in place, city spokeswoman Jenny Pavlovich said.
“We typically never release water for forecasted rain”, he said.
Fort Hood spokesman John Miller has said a crossing was flooded after two days of heavy rains and that the swift floodwaters swept the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle from the road.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement saying the state “stands ready to provide any assistance to Fort Hood as they deal with this tragedy”.
The BRA has been criticized by many Horseshoe Bend residents for the repeated floods over the a year ago but Kertok said they deserve some credit for handling the flood. Some areas might see as much as seven inches. He says he’s seen and heard too many stories of people being trapped in rising waters.
“We’re gone. Getting too old to live with this”, Myrick said of himself and his wife Wednesday, while sitting on a cot inside a Red Cross shelter in Brookshire. The area will be getting more rain today and tomorrow, but hoping to dry up some on Sunday.
Six people were killed in the past week in Texas due to severe weather. Residents of some rural southeastern Texas counties were bracing for more flooding along the Brazos River, which…
“This is an unprecedented flooding event in Fort Bend County”, he said”.
Responders with Texas Search and Rescue search for a flood victim in a pond near SH 130 and FW 812 in Austin, Texas, Tuesday May 31, 2016.
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“We were able to locate this man standing on the top of a submerged auto, holding onto a tree”, he said, adding the man was safely rescued.
