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The Dallas-Fort Worth area saw another round of heavy rain on Saturday, as Texas tried to recover from flooding and heavy storms that have left at least 28 people dead there and in Oklahoma, prompting President Obama to sign a disaster declaration. Dallas police said on Saturday a man’s body had been recovered from standing water, after storms flooded parts of the metro. The find brought the death toll in Texas and Oklahoma from storms and floods since Memorial Day weekend to 29 – 25 of them in Texas. Eleven were still missing on Saturday.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flash flood warning until 8.45am Saturday for Johnson and Tarrant counties. There were no immediate reports of rescues on Saturday morning. In Oklahoma, state troopers said their officers shot dead a man during an argument arising from an attempted flood rescue.
Rivers around the Dallas area have all swelled in the last week. Before Saturday’s rain, the NWS said 16.07in of rain fell across the Dallas area in May, easily eclipsing a 1982 record of 13.66in. The Dallas-Fort Worth area saw another round of heavy rain on Saturday, a day after President Obama signed a disaster declaration. The White House said the president ordered federal aid on Friday, to supplement other recovery efforts in the area that has been affected by severe weather since 4 May. Texas governor Greg Abbott had earlier requested a presidential disaster declaration.
Obama signed a disaster declaration for Texas on Friday. The White House said the president declared that he ordered federal aid to supplement other recovery efforts in the area that has been affected by severe weather since 4 May. Discussing the discovery of the body in the metro system, a Dallas police spokesman, Juan Fernandez, said officers found the man, who was not immediately identified, floating in the water. Fernandez said the body was sent to the county medical examiner’s office.
Texas governor Greg Abbott had earlier requested a presidential disaster declaration to get federal help for the counties affected. Obama’s action made federal funding available to affected individuals in Harris, Hays, and Van Zandt counties. Storms dumped as much as 7in of rain across the area on Thursday night. The other Dallas-area death discovered on Friday was a man who drowned in his truck after it was swept into a culvert in the suburb of Mesquite.
Funding also was also available to governments and some nonprofits on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and repairs in Cooke, Gaines, Grimes, Harris, Hays, Navarro and Van Zandt counties. Rivers around the Dallas area have all swelled in the last week. Before Saturday’s rain, the National Weather Service (NWS) said 16.07in of rain fell across the Dallas area in May, easily eclipsing a 1982 record of 13.66in.
One of the area’s traffic arteries will remain closed for up to a week as transportation officials pump out floodwaters. A depression on Loop 12 beneath the stacked Interstate 30 and a Union Pacific rail overpasses flooded during a downpour early on Friday, snarling traffic.
The Texas Department of Transportation brought in heavy-duty pumps to draw the water from the depression and into the nearby Trinity River. The freeway was closed in both directions between Interstate 30 in Dallas and Texas 356 in Irving.
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At least 28 people have been killed in storms that began pummeling Texas and Oklahoma over Memorial Day weekend. Twenty-four of the deaths have been in Texas. A dozen people were still missing early on Saturday. Rivers and lakes around Houston, San Antonio and Dallas have all swelled during the bad weather. The Colorado river in Wharton and the Brazos and San Jacinto rivers near Houston are the main areas of concern as floodwaters move from north and central Texas downstream toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Rivers and lakes around Houston, San Antonio and Dallas have all swelled. The Colorado river in Wharton and the Brazos and San Jacinto rivers near Houston are the main areas of concern as floodwaters move from north and central Texas downstream toward the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters predicted more flooding from the Brazos River in the Houston area as the waters from recent storms continue to work downriver. The NWS said the river near the suburb of Rosharon would remain in moderate flood stage throughout Saturday and should climb to nearly 51ft, about 8ft above flood stage.
Forecasters said the Colorado River at Wharton could crest on Saturday, causing major flooding in the community 60 miles southwest of Houston. The suburb of Richmond was forecast to rise to a moderate flood stage on Saturday afternoon but stop shy of major flooding on Monday before receding.
Flooding in the San Jacinto and Colorado rivers was expected to soon subside. The San Jacinto River north of Houston remains in a major flood stage, which should end late Saturday. The Colorado River at Wharton peaked Saturday just shy of major flooding and is predicted to exit flood stage by the evening.