Rain Lashes Texas As Hurricane Patricia Raises Flooding Risks, 27 Million People Under A Flood Watch

[Purveyor]

AUSTIN, TEXAS | BY JON HERSKOVITZ
Heavy rains pelted Texas on Friday, flooding Dallas streets and scrambling air transport as the National Weather Service placed almost all of the state of 27 million people under a flood watch, warning of torrential downpours through the weekend.

Rains were expected to intensify over the weekend when moisture from monster Hurricane Patricia, which is threatening the Pacific coast of Mexico, meets with the storm system coming from the west and over Texas, a forecaster with the U.S. National Weather said.

"We would have rain without it (Hurricane Patricia), but we are definitely going to have more rain because of it," said Nick Hampshire, with the U.S. National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio Forecast Office.

The flood watch stretches from the border with Mexico through San Antonio and into the Dallas and Houston area, a region where heavy rains and flooding in May killed more than 20 people and caused massive damage.

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[tblue37]

1. WOW!

[Purveyor]

3. She is a beauty. Godspeed to all in her path. eom

[tblue37]

5. I hope people and animals do not come to harm--but I can't help feeling awestruck

when I see such manifestations of nature's power. As you said, Patricia is a beauty.

I am glad my daughter moved from Houston to Syracuse, NY, in July. I do wish my brother, who lives in Angleton, TX, an hour below Houston in the direction of the beach, were not always in the path of hurricanes and flooding.

[KamaAina]

2. Well, it's floodin' down in Texas...

All of the telephone lines are down...

Well, it's floodin' down in Texas... all of the telephone lines are down...

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Not a drop in my little corner of Houston (but it's gloomy).