Rain was expected to fall off and on in the region through at least Sunday. Thousands of residents have either evacuated or are now under shelter orders.
HOUSTON — Despite brief breaks in the weather, much of Southeast Texas will be under a flood watch throughout the weekend, and officials in some communities were preparing for flooding into next week.
“We want to see the magnitude of the impacts so we can plan for recovery. And also just to see how our infrastructure fared in the area,” Hidalgo said during the press conference. The next round of heavy rainfall is expected late tonight into Sunday. Scattered storms are expected to develop early afternoon mainly along I-20 impacting the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Thunderstorms will increase in coverage tonight moving toward west of I-35. Very heavy rainfall may result in some flash flooding overnight across parts of North and Central Texas with a threat for severe weather mainly in the cities of Waco and Killeen.
HOUSTON — Southeast Texas is used to heavy spring rains — but the widespread flooding that the region faced this week stands out because of just how much the rivers have risen. Rainfall will ease in southeast Texas, including Polk, Trinity, San Jacinto, Walker, and Grimes counties, but water will likely spill out of the area’s lakes and rivers, causing flooding that will continue into mid-next week, meteorologists said.
Southeastern Montgomery and northeastern Harris counties are under an aerial flood warning reserved for areas at risk of additional gradual flooding. Meteorologists also said Liberty County is under the same warning.Harris County officials are beginning to prepare for recovery from the rains as they brace for more of it over the weekend, said Brian Murray, the county's emergency management coordinator.
Hidalgo said she has directed the office of emergency management's response to its highest form of readiness, centralizing the county's response. In the latest update, Hildago also warned residents in that portion of the county that it was too late to evacuate and that they should be prepared to stay in place for at least two days.
"Normally that rain wouldn't cause floods," a meteorologist told The Texas Tribune."But because of the conditions in the last few days, plus the rivers, the rain will likely worsen the floods." “That whole area is covered up in water,” said Polk County Judge Sydney Sweeney. “And so some of that water is moving very, very quickly because of the amount of water that's coming out of the dam. You have pine trees that are underwater.”
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