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1 of 2 | Floodwaters screen a roadway successful Houston connected Saturday aft nan metropolis and surrounding areas person endured aggregate rounds of dense rain, precocious winds and stream flooding this week. Photo courtesy Texas Department of Transportation/X
May 4 (UPI) -- The Houston area is facing much dense rainfall complete nan play arsenic nan region struggles to header pinch wide and "historic" flooding that has triggered removal orders.
The National Weather Service successful Houston said that while Saturday will bring immoderate isolated thunderstorms, nan region faces a new, important threat later successful nan time and into Sunday erstwhile it will beryllium socked pinch "another information of dense rainfall" pursuing aggregate rounds of dense rain, precocious winds and lightning this week.
Flood watches stay successful effect for nan area metropolis until Sunday day arsenic 1 to 3 inches aliases much of further rainfall is imaginable Saturday nighttime into Sunday. Moderate to "major" flooding is predicted to proceed on nan San Jacinto and Trinity rivers into adjacent week.
"The grounds are ace saturated, truthful immoderate further rainfall will apt consequence successful flooding," forecaster warned.
State proscription officials remained fanned retired crossed Houston connected Saturday to conflict wide roadworthy flooding, including on nan awesome Interstate 69/U.S. Hwy. 59 corridor, wherever nan East Fork of nan San Jacinto River had overspread nan roadway.
Officials urged residents to debar driving done opinionated water, informing it tin beryllium intolerable to show really heavy nan h2o is aliases really accelerated it is moving.
The brunt of nan flooding is being felt successful Montgomery County northbound of Houston. There, nan West Fork of nan San Jacinto has covered galore of streets successful nan municipality of Woodloch, Texas, necessitating rescues.
The sheriff's section said its precocious h2o rescue teams are assisting pinch h2o rescues arsenic further emergency shelters were opened.
Montgomery County emergency officials said they and members of nan Conroe, Texas, Fire Department utilized watercraft to rescue much than 30 group adjacent nan San Jacinto River connected Friday aft receiving calls for help.
"The existent from nan San Jacinto River is highly beardown successful this flooded area, and nan firefighters are performing these rescues astatine awesome risk," EMS officials said successful a Facebook post. "If you are still successful a flooded area, telephone 9-1-1 and get retired now, don't wait."
