Schools in the Houston area shut on Friday after an overnight storm dumped heavy rainfall.
Phil Helsel and Associated Press
The storms pelted the Houston area with golf-ball sized hail and flooded its streets, leading to several high-water rescues. Although the dome was up at Minute Maid Park, some fans at the Houston Astros' Thursday night game were drenched after the roof began leaking. Houston has repeatedly faced flooding in recent years because the city has insufficient drainage and experienced rapid development that reduced wetlands.
The Houston Fire Department tweeted about 1 a.m. Friday that first-responders rescued a commuter from a vehicle that was upside-down and submerged in a flooded ditch. The occupant was found trapped but alive, officials said.
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