Flood Emergency Declared for Corpus Christi, Texas; Water Rescues Reported

Sean Breslin
Published: May 16,2016



 

As rain fell at rates higher than an inch per hour in and around Corpus Christi, Texas, roads flooded and water rescues were reported Monday morning.
Water nearly entered homes in the Flour Bluff area and drivers were stranded along Highway 358 early Monday morning, KHOU.com said. Emergency crews responded to several reports of drivers stranded in floodwaters, and police told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that more than two dozen crashes had occurred Sunday afternoon and evening, many of which were weather-related.
There were no reports of injuries caused by the flooding Monday morning, KHOU.com also said.

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@tawfiqmp my indoor parking lot is flooding rofl

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Flooding rendered numerous roads impassable Monday morning, according to KZTV.
The torrential rain prompted the National Weather Service to declare a flood emergency for the Corpus Christi area Monday morning. Radar-estimated rainfall totals revealed more than a foot of rain fell in some of the hardest-hit areas in just 24 hours.
Several school districts announced delayed openings Monday morning, including the Corpus Christi Independent School District, because of the floods.
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