April 19, 2016

Five dead and homes destroyed, in Houston's historic floods yesterday as more heavy rain is predicted

This was the devastating scene in Houston as people struggled to save 70 horses from the floods and the human death toll reached five

 

Five people have died in the Houston after storms since Sunday dumped up to 16 inches of rain. Normally, Houston sees just four inches of rain in the entire month of April.
 
More than 40 districts and universities canceled school as heavy rain and flooding inundated parts of Harris County and threatened nearby areas.
 
The closures included the Houston Independent School District, the largest in Texas with about 215,000 students, plus Texas Southern University and the Houston Community College System.
 
The more than 40,000-student University of Houston cited street flooding in calling off classes. Rice University also canceled school Monday. 

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, the county's chief administrator, said more than 1,000 homes were flooded.
 
'This is a rain even that's very significant, no question about it,' he said. 'Many of those homes haven't flooded before.'
 
 
 
 
Residents of the Arbor Court apartments evacuate their flooded apartment complex in the Greenspoint area on Monday
The driver swims toward Campion, a reporter for KTRK, who wades out into the waist-deep water and extends his hand
Campion tells the man to swim to higher ground, and after pausing for a moment, worried about his vehicle, he heads toward the local news team
 
A rescue boat drives through the flooded streets of Houston on Monday after several cars became stranded in high waters
 
A man helps another man out of floodwaters at the Park De Ville as Greens Bayou spills over its banks in Houston
A woman walks out of high water in the Timber Lakes Timber Ridge subdivision in The Woodlands, Texas
A woman walks out of high water in the Timber Lakes Timber Ridge subdivision in The Woodlands, Texas
A man walks in knee-deep water past a set of mailboxes in the Timber Lakes Timber Ridge subdivision in The WoodlandsKelly Shearer, left, and Taylor McKenzie carry McKenzie's dog, Big Black, in The Woodlands on Monday
  
Brays Bayou floods after heavy rains hit the Houston region, Monday after 16 inches of rain fell in 24 hours
Brays Bayou floods after heavy rains hit the Houston region, Monday after 16 inches of rain fell in 24 hours
Trucks slowly drive through flood waters on North I-45 at North Main Street as White Oak Bayou comes over it's banks, flooding the freeway

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