"The fear of יהוה is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Set-apart One is understanding"

storms and strong winds was moving east across Texas

User avatar
Chayil_Ishshah
Posts: 201
Joined: 18 Oct 2007, 17:18
Location: Somewhere in the Americas
Contact:

storms and strong winds was moving east across Texas

Postby Chayil_Ishshah » 31 Oct 2015, 07:45

Another round of storms and strong winds was moving east across Texas on Saturday, and two people were missing from earlier flash floods in the Austin area. Two people already were known to have died – in Austin and near San Antonio – when they were swept away by flood waters.

Tornadoes were reported south and east of Houston on Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service. There were reports of overturned mobile homes and possible injuries. Power outages in the Houston area topped 25,000.

Francisco Sanchez of the Harris County Office of Emergency Management said 4-7 inches of rain has fallen since Friday night and more was expected. He said many locations had high water and more than two dozen water rescues had taken place.

In response to the flooding and tornado threat, the city of Houston activated its emergency operations center Saturday morning.

Two people have died in the flood emergency. Roger Wade, Travis County public information officer, said a man in his 40s or 50s was found after he was swept away by floodwaters in Travis County. Eyewitnesses told authorities they were attempting to reach the man on the roof of his car when he was swept away, KVUE reports. The man has not been identified, pending notification of relatives.

The second death was confirmed Friday night after the victim's body washed up in Camp Bullis, a U.S. Army training camp, around 6:15 a.m. 502nd Air Base Wing chief of public affairs for Joint Base San Antonio Oscar Balladares said the individual was a contract exmployee whose vehicle was washed down stream. An identity has yet to be released.

According to KVUE, crews are also looking for a 37-year-old man who was swept off the top of his car in the area of SH 130 and FM 812. Two other people were in the car, but they were rescued.

An elderly woman went missing near Citation and Ruidosa in Southeast Travis County. The woman and her husband were being rescued from a home at the time. Crews were able to get her husband to safety. He was taken to an area hospital.

South-Central Texas: Homes, Roads Collapse; State of Disaster Declared

The Houston Fire Deparment responded to around 90 water rescues early Saturday morning as the city saw around five inches of rain in a matter of a few hours. The worst of the flooding was reported in the southwest and southeast parts of town, with the Westbury area receiving nearly six inches of rain.

Storms have caused trouble with traveling in Houston, as heavy rains and flooding have washed out roads and halted some public transit, reports AP. Saturday, the city's nearly 23-mile light rail system suspended service because of the rainfall. Emergency management officials say high water also affected public bus routes and swamped major highways.

Until Saturday afternoon, a flash flood watch is active for areas close to Houston, Galveston, Bryan, College Station, Tyler and Texarkana until Saturday.

States of disaster were declared for Bastrop and Luling county Friday, the Austin Statesman reported.

A separate flood emergency was issued in South Austin, in areas near Onion Creek in Travis County. For those looking for a place to take shelter in the Onion Creek area, Dittmar Recreation Center was made available.

Near Driftwood, Onion Creek quickly rose to a new record level. Before noon Friday, water levels at that part of the creek were already above the previous record of 25.1 feet, and the waterway was expected to continue its rise.

Multiple water rescues were conducted elsewhere in Austin and Travis counties, including the rescue of two police officers caught in rushing floodwaters, as well as that of Ed Asapi, who clung to an 18-wheeler until rescuers reached him.

"We just thought like this is it. That's the end of our journey today. But then they got us, they got through," Asapi told KVUE.

Multiple people were rescued from floodwaters in Travis County earlier Friday morning.

The Austin County Emergency Management Service reported Friday afternoon that multiple residents in the Man-O-War/Maha Loop/Quicksilver area were stranded on their rooftops and rescues were underway. Austin ResQ Medics escorted a medical patient across a flooded roadway to a waiting ambulance and made at least one water rescue later Friday.

(MORE: The 9 Worst Things You Can Do During A Flood Emergency)

Among those rescued earlier in the day was a church group from Dallas, stuck at a Wimberley bed-and-breakfast when a nearby creek overflowed and trapped them. Kathleen Haney told the Associated Press she and seven others from the Dallas group were saved by members of the National Guard when they strung a rope between the staircase and higher ground, and they were then brought to safety.

The flooding was so strong that it swept away three of their cars and snapped several trees, she told the AP.

A trailer from an RV park was tossed onto the roof of a three-story Holiday Inn, and abandoned cars, many submerged in water, littered back roads. Despite the risk, many drivers attempted to take these streets after heavy downpours inundated Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Austin, one of the busiest roadways in the U.S.

Nearly 12,000 customers of Oncor, a Dallas-based utility, were without power Saturday, mainly in the eastern parts of Texas.

Heavy rains in Elgin undercut Ann Flowers Drive causing a section of the road to collapse Friday afternoon.

Flooding forced San Marcos city officials to close an evacuation center at the San Marcos Activity Center Friday afternoon. Citizens who were waiting out the flood at the Activity Center were bussed to a new evacuation center at Miller Middle School.

In Austin, boats were deployed by the Austin Fire Department to help with water rescues. Passenger vehicles were nearly submerged by floodwaters near the interchange linking U.S. Highway 183 and State Route 71 near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport late Friday morning.

More than 40 flights were canceled by the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Saturday after the control tower became flooded. The area received more than 16 inches of rain Friday.

Many of the small creeks that run through the city of Austin were raging torrents Friday morning, with some near or above flood stage.

Areas near the Blanco River were also evacuated Friday, and the bridge over the river at RR 12 in Wimberley was closed.

In eastern Bexar County, a school bus with children inside got stuck in high water, and crews were able to successfully remove everyone inside, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said via Twitter.

New Braunfels officials warned residents to take flooding seriously and get to safety. A civil emergency message was issued for Comal County, warning residents that river flooding along the Comal and Guadalupe rivers was imminent, and residents in low-lying areas should evacuate to Canyon High School.

Reported Tornadoes Leave Damage
The towns of D'Hanis and Floresville took the hardest hit from the early Friday suspected tornadoes. There were also reports of damage near San Marcos as the severe weather pushed northeast. Bluebonnet Electric tweeted photos of a mangled transmission tower near San Marcos Friday afternoon.



Source link: http://www.weather.com/storms/severe/news/severe-weather-impacts-southern-plains-texas
Repent, for the reign of the heavens is at hand.

Return to “united States Events”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

cron