At least 1 person has died as Texas flooding forces evacuations and rescues, governor says

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Source: AP

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Rescuers saved dozens of stranded drivers and people trapped in homes from catastrophic flooding in Texas while many more fled to higher ground Thursday across a region still recovering from devastating floods just a year ago.

So far, at least one person has died, said Gov. Greg Abbott, who added that it appeared that many of summer camps hit hard last year were not facing any danger. "Our number one focus is saving lives," he said.

After days of pounding rain, the National Weather Service said a "large and deadly flood wave" was barreling down the same river wrecked by flash floods last summer when two dozen children and counselors were killed at Camp Mystic.

Forecasters urgently warned "Move to higher ground now!" as rivers rose hour by hour, turning them into fast-moving seas of white water. Several tornado warnings were also issued.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/us--texas-floods-120011200.html

[moonshinegnomie]

1. some areas have gotten 30" of rain in the past couple of days.

one river was floiwng at 800 cubic feet per second before the flood waters hit. in an hour it jumped to over 85,000 cfs

[lapfog_1]

2. Those "once in a hundred year" events seem to be a little bit more frequent now

we treat the planet like its a test tube... and now we are surprised when it "suddenly" changes from red to blue.

[Initech]

4. We dump a bunch of highly toxic garbage in the ocean daily and wonder why Mother Nature is pissed at us.

We are doing this to ourselves.

[DBoon]

5. We see entirely predictable weather extremes caused by human-driven greenhouse gas emiision

and then act surprised when something that has been foreseen since the 19th century actually happens.

[Wonder Why]

3. 39 more days and nights coming?

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. I don't know what the problem is

All of these weather problems are hoaxes.