AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Deadly floods pound Texas Hill Country as governor declares emergency across 59 counties
A slow-moving storm system has dumped more than two feet of rain on parts of south-central Texas since Monday, killing at least two people, triggering dozens of water rescues, and leaving more than 2.5 million residents in the path of still-falling rain as the week grinds toward its close. The National Weather Service issued Flash […] The post Deadly floods pound Texas Hill Country as governor declares emergency across 59 counties appeared first on American Almanac .
A slow-moving storm system has dumped more than two feet of rain on parts of south-central Texas since Monday, killing at least two people, triggering dozens of water rescues, and leaving more than 2.5 million residents in the path of still-falling rain as the week grinds toward its close. The National Weather Service issued Flash Flood Emergencies Friday morning for the Ozona area in Crockett County and for Sonora, where floodwaters threatened portions of Interstate 10. Those emergencies, the most urgent flood alerts the NWS can issue, followed at least five similar declarations on Thursday alone, as rivers across the Texas Hill Country surged to catastrophic levels. Gov. Greg Abbott declared a state of emergency covering 59 counties…Open