Swollen river feeds Texas flooding
Residents of some rural southeastern Texas counties were bracing for more flooding along a river that reached a record high on Tuesday, as more rain was expected in the coming days.
Large swaths of suburban communities southwest of Houston were underwater, and hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes before the Brazos River reached 54.37 feet in Fort Bend County, just two years after it had run dry in places because of a drought.
National Weather Service meteorologist Charles Roeseler said the 54.37 feet at Richmond early Wednesday was not yet the crest, and that the river was expected to slowly rise even more overnight.
An additional 1 -3 inches of rain expected later this week could keep the Brazos in major flood stage into the weekend. (AP)
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