4 killed and hundreds of people saved from floods in southern Texas and Mexico
At least four people died and hundreds of others were saved in floods in southern Texas and Mexico after over 20 inches of The rain has fallen Near the border of Thursday and Friday.
Three dead were confirmed In a declaration of local disaster by a judge in the County of Hidalgo, which is located about 150 miles south -west of Corpus Christi. The identities of those who died were not immediately known, the officials said.
A fourth person drowned to Reynosa, a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, who borders the county of Hidalgo, said state officials.
Parts of the county of Hidalgo obtained 14 inches of rain, which caused “significant damage in the property”, said the County officials. The rain in the south of Texas, a value of about half a year in two days, had subsided by Friday evening.
Officials of the nearby city of Harlingen, who recorded 21 inches of rain, said on Friday that the rescuers had saved more than 200 residents and that other hundreds were waiting for rescue.
In Tamaulipas, people were taken from boats, saved by the roofs and transported through high waters, according to the photographs of the state government and the spokesman for the state for public safety. The large buses were completely immersed in water.
“A lot of rain fell in a few hours,” said the spokesperson, Blanca Zumaya Escobedo. He added that the places of Tamaulipas were more affected in the cities of Reynosa and Rio Bravo.
The people of Primera, in Texas, a city just north -west of Harlingen, is used to preparing for malicious events, Victor, a resident, explained. Southern Texas has lived several Floods of mass Events in recent years ..
“Seeing the water was reporting all those emotions, anxiety, thermal baths that your home would be under water again,” said Victor, who refused to provide his surname. “It’s just a feeling that you can’t shake.”
In the following days, the rains should have moved to the north -est towards Mississippi and Arkansas, According to the National Weather Service.
John Yoon Contributed relationships.
