Dramatic Photos Show Some of the Worst Flooding Texas Has Ever Seen

Just last month , southeastern Texas saw some of theworst implosion therapy in its story , key as “ biblical ” by many news outlets . Now , thanks to yet another freshet of torrential rainfall , Texans are experiencing déjà vu all too shortly .

Since the centre of last calendar week , brief but intense thunderstorms — evocatively termed “ pelting bombs ” by meteorologist — have been dropping far and astray across Dallas , Austin , San Antonio , Houston , and the surrounding regions . By the weekend , major flooding along the Brazos river had take back plate , prompted the excretion of 2,600 inpatient from two Union prisons , and claim atleast six life . On Monday , the 800 - person town of Simonton , Texaswas evacuatedby air boat , high water system vehicle , and deck truck .

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— KHOU 11 News Houston ( @KHOU)May 31 , 2016

Southeastern Texas is no stranger to flaunt floods , thanks to an unfortunate combination of geology , geographics , and substructure . The region ’s propinquity to the Gulf of Mexico makes it a convergence zone for polar and tropical air masses , which tend to produce heavy rain when they meet up . In the Hill Country realm that embrace both San Antonio and Austin , shallow limestone bedrock impedes the period of water supply , result in rapid overflow that quickly overflows narrow brook layer . Meanwhile , in sprawling metropolitan Houston , natural geologic barriers give way to an stilted one — concrete — that leads to even more overland flow .

Not for the first prison term this springtime , all of these factor have bring together forces to yield criminal record rainstorm and implosion therapy across the United States Department of State . The metropolis of Brenham look 16.64 inch of rain in just 24 hours last hebdomad , an amount that ’s “ simply off the charts,”according to a statement by the National Weather Service . The Brazos River , which runs from New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico , ispredicted to cresttoday at a record 53.5 infantry in Fort Bend County SW of Houston . Under normal conditions , the water is less than 45 feet deep . spectacular photos of the Brazos look more like a Louisianan bayou than a river have beenrolling in all calendar week on social media .

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Even as some waterlogged regions between Austin and Houston struggle to drain , meteorologistswarnthat more great rainfall and flooding arein the prognosis for later this week . “ It ’s a very small break in a pretty sorry position , ” National Weather Service meteorologist Kurt Van Speybroeck told the New York Times . “ The soils are impregnate , and the river are egotistic and flooded . ”

If you subsist in eastern or southern Texas , the National Weather Servicerecommendsstaying updated on local flowage alerts viaFEMA ’s mobile app , or by registering for phone or electronic mail updates with your county . Stay wakeful , and please , for the love of God , do notattempt to drive through three metrical foot of water .

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— TxDOT- HOU District ( @TxDOTHouston)May 31 , 2016

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— The Bishop ( @BillBishopKHOU)May 31 , 2016

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— Rosenberg Police ( @RosenbergPolice)May 31 , 2016

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