Heavy Storms Produce Deadly Floods in Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma

Saturday has seen inches of rain

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UPDATES

• Rain Continues to drown out much of the Dallas-Fort Worth Area this Saturday.
• President Obama issued a federal disaster declaration for areas affected by the flooding.
• Residents in several Texas counties have been advised to seek safe shelter, obey law enforcement, adhere to warnings, and move to higher grounds.
• On Saturday, parts of Texas have already seen inches of rain and flash floods. 

UPDATES

• Over, Memorial Day Weekend, heavy storms and rain led to flash flooding across Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. Officials in Texas are still searching for eleven missing persons.Rain and flooding led to death in destruction in the area of Acuña, Mexico. At least thirteen people died as a result in Mexico.
•  After flooding and the tornadoes produced in the region, Mexico's President is promising aid to the region. In Oklahoma and Texas, the death tolls have risen to nineteen people
• . As a result of the flooding, there has been at least 32 deaths. As of Tuesday, more than 80,000 people are still without electricity. Houston schools and other nearby districts have remain closed. The process of clean-up, restoring electricity, and receiving aid has begun in these regions.

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This past weekend heavy rainstorm produced floods that destroyed local communities in Texas and Oklahoma. Rain pounded the local communities both Saturday and Sunday leaving some whole communities surrounded by water and mud.  

The storms stretch from line from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. Tornadoes and major flash floods left at least 2,000 Texas to become evacuated from their homes. The floods also left two people dead in Oklahoma and one death in Texas.

"It looks pretty bad out there...We do have whole streets with maybe one or two houses left on them and the rest are just slabs."" Hays County emergency management coordinator Kharley Smith said of Wimberley, Texas.

These rainstorms have produced significant rainfall in this quarter year. As of Monday officials have officially begun to clean up local areas. 

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Written By: Lauren B. I @laurenbeal