Heavy rains due to drench Texas Gulf Coast, Midwest
(Reuters)
- Heavy downpours were expected to drench the Gulf Coast of Texas and
the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday and could cause flooding especially along
already swollen rivers and in low-lying areas, forecasters warned.
Up
to 5 inches (13 cm) of rain was forecast for parts of the Texas coast
along the Gulf of Mexico and in the Middle Mississippi Valley states of
South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas throughout the day and into
Thursday, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
"Be
prepared for water over roads due to rapid rises on creeks and streams
or even water flowing from farm fields," the NWS in Des Moines, Iowa,
said in an advisory.
Authorities
closed roadways early Wednesday in several communities along the Des
Moines and Mississippi rivers in the Midwest where intense rains have
already fallen over the last few days, according to the NWS.
Showers
and thunderstorms were also expected for Rockford, Illinois, where five
inches of rain fell in less than four hours on Monday night. Emergency
crews rescued people from numerous submerged vehicles.
In
Corpus Christi, Texas, where more than 2 inches of rain was forecast
after more than a foot of rain has fallen, crews conducted several
high-water rescues on Tuesday while police closed roadways, local media
reported.
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