It was worse than Hurricane Harvey in some spots. Over four inches of rain fell in a single hour.
Vehicles enter flooded Kingwood Drive as thunderstorms hit Tuesday in Kingwood, Tex. Heavy rain is battering parts of southeast Texas, leading to flash flood warnings, power outages and calls for water rescues. By Ian Livingston Ian Livingston Email Bio Follow May 8 at 12:43 PM Parts of the Houston area were pounded by as much as six to 10 inches of rain Tuesday. With the rain falling in a matter of hours, the pounding downpours led to significant flooding.
FLOODED STREETS: Here’s a look at flooding Rosenberg. City of Rosenberg said a number of roads are closed. The rain continues to slam the area. An update on weather —-> https://t.co/V8naknVvrh pic.twitter.com/9QgW4Ege0i “The areas hit severely [Tuesday] were isolated, but they were also heavily populated,” Space City Weather meteorologist Matt Lanza wrote to the Capital Weather Gang.
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