Page 699 - Flash Flooding News Today

By you. it was causing the flooding you are seeing me in. this is you see it is very high. we had a break from the rain for more than an hour. look down there to that highway, look how close the water is rising. that is one of the major problems as we brace for three more days of flash flood warnings. i just had the alert on your phone that goes off. it said flash flood warning for your area expires in three days and seven hours. we talked to some owners, if we follow the bayou up this way, the ...

Observes or the swiftness of the current can be far stronger than what you perceive. you all know the well-known phrase and that is turn around, dont drown. dont risk your life. >> we know with flash flooding it can happen so quickly, mayor. and we were showing some images of cars still really driving down the highways there as if its just any given day. are people doing what they need to be doing? >> most people are cooperating with us. i think this is the first day, and weve had several hours ...

System bringing rain but no longer a hurricane, not going to regenerate to the point where its a hurricane. im not concerned about it being anything like now any farther up the coast. leland: jackie has questions for you in terms of forecasting. last one for you, you talk about the very fine line between 30" and 6" which can be the difference between catastrophic flash flooding and streets that have water in them. what determines that line or is it too early to tell. art of science or is it a ro...

Winds and takes a while for a storm to spin down, 12 to 24 hours, so its gradually spinning down, but because it started as a category 4, its of hurricane intensity. in terms of the steering, the system is moving around a large high pressure system, the bermuda high. theres a competing center in the rockies. its trapped between the two. elizabeth: before i leave you, mark, whats your biggest concern? it remains flooding? >> yes, the big concern is the flooding and the course of the next several ...

Its still flooded. i cant walk through. there has been some very brave souls who have taken their bikes through this pathway, but its not recommended by authorities here. they recommend that if you see anythi anything, any concrete, any street where it is covered by water, you are asked to stay away from it. again, the big concern here, flooding. flash flooding. waters that can rise very quickly and put lives at risk. >> all right. rosa flores, keep us posted on what you are seeing, what youre h...

Roughly the same area for quite a while, right? >> could be 72 hours without moving. so if its raining now where you are, it may rain for three more days. and even some models say five more days. ill just use a conservative hopeful three more days. its raining now in san antonio, round rock and even up austin, seeing heavy rain. thats what we dont want to see. we dont want the rain into the hill country because it will run downhill very, very quickly. were seeing the rain elude houston for a whi...

Plea was answered swiftly. so thank you to the people of san antonio for responding to the needs of the people of corpus christi who are sheltering in san antonio. on transportation, we have 228 buses available to continue to move evacuees, and more than 100 bus trips for evacuees have been undertaken. across multiple agencies we are in the process of getting water, ice, food, and supplies to needed areas. were in the process of working to set up staging areas where those supplies will be able t...

Northeast of galveston. i was listening to local officials who really mentioned the fact that there are so many rivers and tributaries and i want to ask you a little about the fact that this water really has nowhere to go. is that going to be a huge contributing factors to the water levels rising? >> yes, theres really two kinds of floods. the immediate flash flood caused by the rain over the course of a couple of hours and then longer term threats where the river drains and you get-- that can h...

Listen to your local forecasts. still flash flood warnings in a all of the areas that you see shaded in groan. the flood -- in green. the flood warnings in green, flash flooding occurring north of galveston, okay? and thats going to be ongoing. here are the models, the forecast models, okay? still dealing with 20, even 30 inches as we go through the next five days. so some of these areas are going to see on and off rain, but with these tropical rain bands you could see upwards of several inches ...

Priority. i want to walk through a few things we have done. we encourage individual responsibility and planning i would stress this is a serious storm. we have had significant rainfall projected. storm surge over the weekend into next week are forecast to be serious. this could remain a dangerous storm for several days and certainly we dont want to lose any life. flash flooding so taking this seriously is important. right now president trump and his entire team have been engaged in texas and lou...