Texas Flooding
Fox News is reporting massive amounts of flood waters engulfing people's homes. One person has died and another is being reported as missing so far.
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With the massive amount of rain they have gotten from the latest tropical storm moving on shore and keeping its strength up for so long I can understand there will be a lot of flooding. I hope that the rain just stays there and moves due east and not come north like it normally does. I do not need the rain up here.
It makes me wonder why more people in the US do not build their house on concrete / steel columns, especially those in flood prone areas.
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I can tell you that some areas that see flooding every 20-30 years think it will not happen while they are there. Also Americans like the convenance of walking directly from their car into their house without going up or down stairs. They will take to occassional flood just for this convenance.
30 people missing in flooding along Blanco River in Central Texas, official says
Commissioner of Hays County, southwest of the state capital, Austin, makes announcement after floodwaters keep rising across much of the state and storms dump almost another foot of rain on the Houston area. The missing in Hays County include a group of people who disappeared after a vacation home was swept down the river and slammed into a bridge. Ref. USAToday
At least 9 dead as fierce storm hits Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas
At least four people were killed in floods in North Texas, WFAA-TV reported. At least five others died as a result of accidents related to ice storms in Kansas and Oklahoma, the Associated Press reported. Ref. BBC
Flooding overnight kills woman, four grandchildren in Texas
Bodies of five people recovered at about 1:15 a.m. ET in Palestine, about 100 miles southwest of Dallas. The victims include a 64-year-old female, and four grandchildren, ages 9,8, 7, and 6, the Palestine Police Department reported. Ref. USAToday.
Girl's tragic post before flood deaths. A TEXAS girl who drowned along with her family posted a heartbreaking Facebook message before their van was swept away by Harvey's floodwaters. Source 2q
Image from Facebook public domain.
Texas Flooding (Hover)