Francisco Sanchez, a spokesman for the Office of Emergency Management in Harris County, where Houston is located, says officials were monitoring the local bayou system as the area was “not out of the woods yet”. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Most of the homes suffered minor damage.
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The forecasts through the holiday weekend called for scattered or isolated thunderstorms in Central and Southeast Texas.
He fell into Gypsum Creek about 7:30 p.m. Friday as he was crossing a footbridge.
A rising river swollen by torrential rain this week has prompted another Texas city to order a mandatory evacuation of some homes.
Bryan Police say there have been no law enforcement issues in the neighborhoods that were damaged but officers will continue to patrol and control access to the affected areas. No evacuations have been ordered at this time.
Representatives from various state agencies have reported to the center in Austin to coordinate Texas’ response to the bad weather.
Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape said Friday that about 100 homes in the county near Austin were damaged and there could be more.
In US, at least two people were killed and three others are missing as record rainfall and severe flooding hit hard parts of southeast Texas on Friday.
Brieden said that in Washington County, located between Austin and Houston, one person has drowned and another person was missing after their vehicle was swept away.
Brieden also said two motorists are missing in separate parts of the rural county: One vehicle was located without its driver, and the other vehicle can’t be found. Brieden says the fear is that it may be submerged and won’t be located until floodwaters recede. A second death reported earlier Friday in eastern Washington County was determined to be caused by a heart attack, Hahn said.
Hanak says he’s lost count of the number of high water rescues following 17 to 22 inches of rain.
Brieden said about 40 children spent the night at a Brenham elementary school after buses were unable to get them home.
More than 16.5 inches of rain fell in some places on Thursday and Friday, prompting authorities to perform more than 50 water rescues. He says more than 100 county roads are barricaded and some roads had washed out.
A flash flood warning is in effect for parts of Travis and Hays counties until 1 a.m. The weather service says the warned areas could see four to five inches of rainfall an hour.
“As soon as we rescued those occupants of that vehicle, the vehicle actually washed down the creek”, Buda Fire Chief Clay Huckaby said.
Two men stand on the Dry Creek bridge as they look on at a stranded vehicle from the rising flood water in Austin, Texas, early Friday morning, May 27, 2016. STAR Flight, the Travis County air rescue squad, said it had snatched nine people and two dogs from floodwaters.
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Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services tweeted Thursday night that it had responded to multiple scenes to assist people trapped by rising water. Residents in one neighborhood were asked to evacuate, while those in another were advised to shelter in place, she said.
