Floods in Houston Stop Transportation, Close Schools
Cars remain stranded along a flooded section of Interstate 45 after heavy rains overnight in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways are closed in the Houston area due to high water.
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More than 10 inches of rain flooded Houston Tuesday morning, closing freeways, prompting the suspension of all public transit and leading to three deaths.
The flooding concluded a stormy weekend across Texas and Oklahoma that left 11 people dead and 12 missing, according to Associated Press reports. The storm was part of a system that swept east from central Texas, where it caused flooding in downtown Austin and the surrounding area Monday. Thirteen people were killed in a tornado in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, near the Texas border.