Rainfall rates of more than 4 inches per hour were observed on the west side of the city.Flooding also stranded people at The Galleria shopping center southwest of downtown Houston.According to KPRC TV, about 200 fans remained at the Toyota Center in Houston early Tuesday morning, about 6 hours after the conclusion of an NBA playoff game between the Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors Monday evening.In areas not necessarily flooded, some were forced to sleep in their vehicles overnight due to gridlocked traffic. Hundreds of cars have been stranded in flood waters on Houston metro interstates.Numerous feeder (frontage) roads and surface streets are also underwater in Houston. 59) from Spur 527 to the Interstate 610 west loop. Houston TranStar reports 40 separate stretches of metro freeways in high water Tuesday morning, including parts of the Katy Freeway (Interstate 10) from downtown Houston to the Interstate 610 west loop, Interstate 45 north from downtown to Crosstimbers and the Southwest Freeway (U.S.The Harris County Office of Emergency Management says hundreds of homes have been flooded on the west side of the county due to the widespread heavy rainfall.This is an extremely dangerous and potentially life-threatening flood situation. Southeast Texas: An areal flood warning continues Tuesday morning for parts of Harris and Fort Bend counties in the Houston metropolitan area, including much of the city of Houston.Here are the latest reports of flooding and severe weather. ( ON THIS PAGE: Radar, Watches, Warnings| Severe Weather Live Blog) On Monday, tornadoes are suspected of killing one person each in Oklahoma and Texas. Damage was also reported in central Mississippi overnight.Īt least eight people have died in Oklahoma and Texas over the past three days. Elsewhere, a squall line swept through the New Orleans metro area early Tuesday, with a report of structural damage in the suburb of Kenner.
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