Rare high flood risk for potentially ‘catastrophic’ impacts issued for already inundated parts of Texas
- Parts of southern Texas are now under a rare “high risk” of flooding rain as more rounds of slow-moving storms set off life-threatening and potentially catastrophic floods.
- The Level 4 of 4 risk area includes the western Hill Country, the Edwards Plateau and the Rio Grande Valley near the US-Mexico border, according to the Weather Prediction Center.
- “Significant to locally catastrophic flash flooding is forecast to continue today and, with additional heavy rainfall tonight, likely to persist into tonight and early morning Wednesday,” the center said.
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- Parts of southern Texas are now under a rare “high risk” of flooding rain as more rounds of slow-moving storms set off life-threatening and potentially catastrophic floods.
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- The Level 4 of 4 risk area includes the western Hill Country, the Edwards Plateau and the Rio Grande Valley near the US-Mexico border, according to the Weather Prediction Center.
- “Significant to locally catastrophic flash flooding is forecast to continue today and, with additional heavy rainfall tonight, likely to persist into tonight and early morning Wednesday,” the center said.
Sources: The Independent, CNN