Houston's airport temporarily halts flight, tens of thousands of people lose power as remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda dumps torrential rains over the region
A couple wades through high water on 59th Street near Avenue S in Galveston, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, as heavy rain from Tropical Depression Imelda caused street flooding on the island.
"We're still putting water on top of water," said Jeff Linder, meteorologist of the Harris County Flood Control District. Hawthorne said emergency workers completed more than 300 rescues overnight and some residents were up on their roofs because of rising floodwaters. Dupre said the department was currently working with local law enforcement on a plan to get people off the roadway.In Beaumont, a city of just under 120,000 people about 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, authorities said all service roads were impassable and two hospitals were inaccessible, the Beaumont Enterprise reported. Beaumont police said on Twitter that 911 had received requests for more than 250 high water rescues and 270 evacuations.
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