The state has been hit by excessive rainfall, prompting a surge of flood warnings.
Texas officials have closed Lake Houston after determining its flooded water levels were unsafe to navigate.Texas has recently been struck by a wave of severe weather, including a deluge of rain that hit the state and prompted a surge of flood warnings. In Houston, the city received up to 6 inches of rain the first week of May, more than an inch above the area's average monthly rainfall for this month.
National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Cady told Newsweek that some parts of the Lake Houston area received more than a foot of rain in a few days.The NWS office in Houston recently shared a post on X showing which areas received the worst of the rainfall.'Here's the estimated rainfall over the last week: The event started back on April 28th bringing torrential rainfall across the Pineywoods region,' NWS Houston wrote. 'Additional rounds of heavy rain occurred all week long.
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