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Updated May 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM. ... A car is stranded after severe flooding in Spring, Texas, on May 2, 2024. (Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) ... downstream from Lake Conroe ...
Here's a look at the situation unfolding in the region through photos. ... Southeast Texas flooding: photos capture water rescues of people and pets and severe damage to homes ... May 3, 2024 at 5 ...
Emergency personnel respond to flooding on FM 1988 on May 2, 2024, in Livingston. Credit: Drone Bros LLC. The rainfall began to ease in the hardest hit areas of Southeast Texas late Sunday, but ...
Lake Conroe is a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) lake in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. Even though it is named Lake Conroe, only the southern third of the lake is in Conroe, Texas. Most of the lake is in unincorporated Montgomery County, while a small northern sliver juts into neighboring Walker County where the Baker Bridge is located.
Over four days, Harvey dropped large amounts of rainfall, peaking at 60.58 inches (1,539 mm) in Nederland, Texas, making it the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States. [ 1 ] The highest gust from Harvey was recorded at 140 mph (230 km/h) in Rockport, Texas, where every single building was damaged by the storm.
The San Jacinto River (/ ˌsæn dʒəˈsɪntoʊ / SAN jə-SIN-toh, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ˈsaŋ xaˈsinto]) flows through southeast Texas. It is named after Saint Hyacinth. In the past, it was home to the Karankawa [citation needed] and Akokisa tribes. The river begins with a west and east fork; the west fork begins in Walker County ...
May 2, 2024 at 10:40 PM. Mandatory evacuation orders were issued near Houston on Thursday for some residents following heavy rains in Texas that stranded motorists, flooded streets and closed ...
Hurricane Ike. Hurricane Ike (/ aɪk /) was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. Ike took a similar track to the 1900 Galveston hurricane. The ninth tropical storm, fifth hurricane ...