20″ of rain has cause cataclysmic conditions in Houston Texas, EVEN SHARKS IN THE WATER ON LAND!!
At least 5 dead, hundreds rescued from high water in Houston flooding
(CNN)At least five people have been killed in flooding that has covered the Houston region, officials said Monday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people and knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses.
“This is a life-threatening emergency,” the city said on an emergency website. “Houston residents should avoid travel at all costs today.”
Four of the deaths happened in hard-hit Harris County, officials said.
The driver of an 18-wheeler was found dead inside the cab after he drove into high waters, a Harris County constable reported, and another man was found dead in a submerged car, the Houston Fire Department said.
Two others were found dead after driving around a barricade on Houston’s west side, Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said.
In neighboring Waller County, a 56-year-old man was found dead in a submerged vehicle, County Judge Trey Duhon said.
“It is believed the car rode off the road and into a ditch,” Duhon said.
An image of flooded streets in a Houston neighborhood.
Crews performed 1,200 high-water rescues as of Monday afternoon, Harris County Emergency Management said.
“There’s flooding in every part of Houston,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said, telling stranded citizens. “We will rescue you.”
At least 1,000 homes were flooded in Harris County, according to Emmett. Some people were trapped in their homes or attics, fire department spokesman Ruy Lozano said.
The water was too deep for crews to reach them in high-water vehicles, so rescuers were trying to get to those people in boats, he said.
Nine hospitals in the region were closed to additional patients because of the flooding, the mayor said. Three apartment buildings were evacuated and residents were being sheltered at a mall, Turner added.
Emmett said Monday afternoon he estimates 240 billion gallons of rain has fallen in the Houston area. That estimate may soon rise: Rain and thunderstorms are forecast for Houston through late Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
A flash flood watch is in effect for the Houston area through Tuesday morning, with “life-threatening” flash flooding possible Monday night, the weather service said. As little as an inch of rain could aggravate the flooding, it said.
Emmett called it the most significant flood event since Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, which left 41 people dead. It caused more than $5 billion in property damage in Harris County alone, according to the county’s Flood Control District.
At the Royal Phoenician apartment complex in north Houston, the brown floodwaters submerged cars in the parking lot early Monday, a resident said. He posted video to Twitter later showing the waters had gone down slightly, though levels still reached car windshields.
Another north Houston resident posted video of residents leaving their flooded homes in a canoe as the rain continued to fall.
Portions of I-10 and numerous roads throughout the metropolitan area were closed, as were many government offices. City bus and rail service shut down early Monday amid “severe and ever worsening weather conditions.”
The storm snarled traffic at Houston’s Hobby Airport, where nearly 200 flights were canceled by midafternoon, according to the airport’s Twitter account.
Around 45,000 customers in the region were without power as of Monday afternoon, emergency management officials said, down from a peak of 123,000 earlier in the day. MORE
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It is not unusual at all for this area, and I have lived here some 60 years. Flash floods are a part of what you have to deal with living here, along with the hurricanes at times.
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Just a tad, a hair, even a smidgeon of due diligence should have made it clear that this is just another misguided, overblown attempt to pump up the adrenaline and make cash on it.
the death toll is now up to 8….not apocalyptic, but upsetting…
the apocalyptic part of it is most of the flooding happened in neighborhoods where nobody carries flood insurance…these suburbs have never flooded before….fixing flood damage is EXPENSIVE….
It is not unusual at all for this area, and I have lived here some 60 years. Flash floods are a part of what you have to deal with living here, along with the hurricanes at times.
How is 5 dead apocalyptic flooding? The Earth indeed appears to be going through birth pangs, but overstating your case mars your credibility.
Interesting! Guess the flooding follows the people of voodoo! From new orleans to houston
Yup, and to hell with all the innocent children caught in its wake! That’s just the way God works, right?
What a SATANIC sense of Humor GOD has.
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Arrgh ! SHARKNADO !
ARE YOU SERIOUS!! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!
SHARKMAGEDDON !!
That shark-on-the-high-way pic is really unbelievable hehe
Brought to you by the same clowns who posted the “Katrina Bass Fishing’ pictures.
DOH!!!!!!
Y’know, sometimes those that seek to appear the most pieous are feeding us the biggest loads of BS.
That shark picture was taken in Puerto Rico!!
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/puertorico.asp
Just a tad, a hair, even a smidgeon of due diligence should have made it clear that this is just another misguided, overblown attempt to pump up the adrenaline and make cash on it.
the death toll is now up to 8….not apocalyptic, but upsetting…
the apocalyptic part of it is most of the flooding happened in neighborhoods where nobody carries flood insurance…these suburbs have never flooded before….fixing flood damage is EXPENSIVE….