Heavy rain pummeled parts of Texas over the weekend, leading to major flooding in Houston, hundreds of rescues and at least one death.
, storms brought 9 inches of rain in a span of six to eight hours in some areas from Central Texas to the Dallas-Fort Worth area.The Houston area saw the heaviest rainfall since Hurricane Harvey in 2017, according to KSAT Meteorologists. Lake Livingston, north of Houston, received upwards of 23 inches of rain and Harris County received between 6-17 inches of rain.
The incident happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday near the community of Lillian in Johnson County, south of Fort Worth. The boy and two adults were trying to reach dry ground when they were swept away. The adults were rescued around 5 a.m. and taken to a hospital, while the child was found dead around 7:20 a.m. in the water, Johnson County Emergency Management Director Jamie Moore wrote in a social media post.
At Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, southwest of Fort Worth, footage posted by the park showed floodwaters flowing through the park’s main track site on Sunday. “The Paluxy River rose from 2.5ft to about 7.5ft last night! It’s currently flowing fast and high, so it is not safe to play or swim in. All trails are closed and tracks are not visible,” the park said in a FacebookHere are more videos of flooding across Central and Southeast Texas. Keep up with the latest on weather forecast by clickingThe Salvation Army deploying to Houston for flood reliefRebecca Salinas is an award-winning digital journalist who joined KSAT in 2019.
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