"It's
A Madhouse" - At Least 6 Dead, 12 Missing As Floods "Hammer"
Texas & Oklahoma
"We
got hammered," Houston's
emergency management coordinator Rick Flanagan told CNN,
and as the following stunning images show, that is an understatement.
"We've seen flooding before, but not nearly to this extreme,"
said one resident, adding "It
rains and it rains and it rains, and there's really nowhere for the
water to go... It's
ridiculous." Perhaps
even more stunningly, as
Mashable's Andrew Freeman notes, the
floods have been a remarkable turn of events for a region that was
still mired in drought as of three weeks ago. That
drought, which had affected Texas since 2010, is now effectively over
in most areas, as is a long-running drought in Oklahoma.
Authorities are still searching for 12 members of two families who
went missing over the weekend.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday described the flash flooding that had killed at least three people in his state as "a relentless wall of water that mowed down huge trees like they were grass."
Abbott declared states of disaster in 24 counties and flew over the area south of Austin to assess the damage caused by tornadoes, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and flooding that forced evacuations and rooftop rescues and left thousands of residents without electrical power.
"This is the biggest flood this area of Texas has ever seen," Abbott said.
"It is absolutely massive - the relentless tsunami-type power of this wave of water," the governor said.
He described homes that were "completely wiped off the map" by the dangerous weather system that struck Texas and Oklahoma.
Widespread severe thunderstorms were forecast to continue on Monday in north-central and northeast Texas and southern Oklahoma, likely bringing destructive winds, tornadoes and hail, the National Weather Service said.
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530 AM: Here's a look at where some of the heaviest rain fell overnight for Southeast TX: #txwx #houwx #bcswx pic.twitter.com/r6TMJuaDRu
— NWSHouston (@NWSHouston) May 26, 2015
As
the following images from Mashable show, they did indeed "Get
hammered."
Memorial
Drive in Houston is flooded after storms flooded the area, Tuesday,
May 26, 2015. Overnight heavy rains caused flooding closing some
portions of major highways in the Houston area.
Image:
Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle/Associated Press
People
look at flooding in Houston, Texas.
Image:
LARRY W. SMITH/EPA
People
look at the rising waters in Houston, Texas from atop a building.
Image:
LARRY W. SMITH/EPA
Motorists
are stranded along I-45 along North Main in Houston after storms
flooded the area.
Image:
Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle
A
little girl looks at a flooded car downtown in Houston, Texas.
Image:
LARRY W. SMITH/EPA
Cars
remain stranded along a flooded section of Interstate 45 after heavy
rains overnight in Houston.
Image:
David J. Phillip/Associated Press
Robert
Briscoe checks the damage to his flooded car along Interstate 45 in
Houston.
Image:
David J. Phillip/Associated Press
Flooding
in downtown Houston, Texas climbs toward a highway's overpass.
Image:
LARRY W. SMITH/EPA
People
on an overpass look down at the vehicles left stranded on a flooded
Interstate 45 in Houston,.
Image:
Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images
A
car sits in flooded waters in Houston, Texas.
Image:
LARRY W. SMITH/EPA
The
streets of Houston were flooded during the early hours of Tuesday,
May 26.
Image:
LARRY W. SMITH/EPA
Stranded
motorists wait for floodwaters to recede on Interstate 45 after heavy
rains overnight in Houston.
Image:
David J. Phillip/Associated Press
A
vehicle left stranded on a flooded Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas.
Image:
Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images
A
tree branch floats down a flooded road in Houston.
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Finally
this seemed to sum it all up nicely...
It's like a scene from a post apocalyptic Mad Maxx Beyond The Thunderdome. #houstonflood #KHOU pic.twitter.com/xT5EVL1cTz
— Shern-Min Chow (@ShernMinKHOU) May 26, 2015
When will Texas have a militia to fight hypocrisy?
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"It's like nothing we've ever experienced." Here's crazy footage of the floods hitting Texas
Posted by NowThis on Tuesday, 26 May 2015
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