Memorial Day, Central Texas and Flood
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Intense storms hit Texas coast — flash flood warning
The NOAA Storm Prediction Center has identified central and southern Texas, including the coastal regions, as being at risk for severe storms and flash floods on Saturday. Hazardous storms that can generate large hail,
A Texas board has suspended the nursing license of Camp Mystic’s co-director in a scathing order that accuses her of not helping children evacuate during last year’s catastrophic floods.
The Texas Board of Nursing alleges Mary Liz Eastland, the Chief Health Officer, evacuated herself and her children from the camp and never called emergency services.
Scattered, slow-moving thunderstorms could produce rainfall rates of 2 inches per hour or more, causing isolated flash flooding.
While one or two days of heavy rainfall isn't atypical for Houston, forecasters warn that this prolonged series of storms elevates flood concerns. "Only rarely have we seen periods of several days of moderate to heavy rainfall as we are now experiencing,
The Williamson County Commissioners Court recently adopted the Atlas 14 Floodplain Mapping Study, marking the county's first major floodplain map update in decades.
The Texas A&M urban flood study, analyzing more than 40,000 weather events in major Texas cities over two decades, found that cities can actually change the weather, depending on the type of weather event.
Waymo has suspended driverless car services in Atlanta and Texas after one of its vehicles was stranded by flooding during heavy rains that will likely also hinder travel in a large swath of the U.S over the holiday weekend.