Alamo, Texas — Southern Texas worked to dry on Friday after serious thunderstorms one day before, flooded streets and forced dozens of water rescue, since many drivers were forced to leave their vehicles on roads and parking lots, and some areas were flooded with a rainfoot.
“We are simply becoming a cube of water on us and it is too much for the drainage system,” the head of the Alamo Fire Department, RC Flores He told KRGV In Weslaco, Texas. “Many of these are motorists stranded without immediate danger, but we want to make sure we are prioritizing the first medical calls.”
Flores said that Fire and Police departments of Alamo had responded to more than 50 water bailouts on Thursday.
The television news images of the communities flooded in southern Texas showed multiple cars in advance of water abandoned in the streets on Thursday and the drivers waiting on the sidewalks so that the waters of the flooding backward.
Between 6 inches (15 centimeters) and 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain fell into parts of southern Texas in the last 24 hours, according to the National Meteorological Service. Palmview, located west of McAllen, received more than 18 inches (45 centimeters) of rain in the last two days.
According to the National Meteorological Service of Cameron, Hidalgo and the Country County, Hidalgo and Willacy, until Friday afternoon, until Friday afternoon, until the early morning, according to the National Meteorological Service of Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy.
“There is a rain break this morning, which will allow the waters of the flood to gradually retrace, but we will still have to monitor the development of isolated showers and thunderstorms once again this afternoon,” said the national climate on social networks. “Any additional rain will rush flood problems given the heavy rain that has already fallen.”
The Phar-San Juan-Alamo school district opened two places of refuge on Thursday night for residents.
More than 20 school districts in southern Texas and university campuses canceled classes on Friday due to severe climate and floods.
