Residents in several counties, including some parts of Harris County, were told to evacuate.
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.Thousands of Texans were already displaced or under evacuation orders in places such as Polk, Montgomery and Harris counties. Others were without electricity. Schools and businesses were closed as roads and highways — especially in rural East Texas — were impassable.
Numerous Southeast Texas counties remained under a Flood Watch — meaning flooding was possible — through Friday evening. At best, the rainfall would slow exiting floodwater, the weather service said. At worst, it would cause more flooding. The Trinity River and the East and West Forks of the San Jacinto River were also dangerously on the rise and would be for at least a day more as the accumulating rainfall drained toward the Gulf.
“We’re really dealing with both right now,” said Sean Luchs, a National Weather Service meteorologist in the Houston/Galveston office. “We’re getting both these events of heavy rain that in the short term cause flash flooding and are also contributing water in that runoff to cause rises in the rivers and we get that river flooding as well.”
Harris County Flood Control District Meteorologist Jeff Lindner expected ground-level homes along the East Fork of the San Jacinto River to be flooded to the rooftop. He also predicted flooding in areas along the West Fork of the river.“We’re looking at significant flooding on the rivers,” Lindner said. “This is significantly more serious than what we were dealing with earlier this week.”, happening Sept. 5–7 in downtown Austin.
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