Areas in and around the city of Houston in the us state of Texas hit by big floods after the tropical storm Imelda is gone into the country with tropical rains in the tail.
Two reported killed in floodwaters, while rescue boats have come hundreds of drivers flooded cars to help.
hundreds of other drivers have left their cars in the flooded streets of Texas’ largest city.
A man in a van that ended up in deep water, have lost their lives. He is, according to the local sheriff, a man in the 40’s or 50’s, reports CNN.
– the Water level was approximately eight feet (almost 2.5 metres). The driver was briefly stopped, but the speeded-up so up and drove out in the water, and it got his van to go under, ” explains the sheriff in a tweet.
another person died of an electric shock to the south of Houston, when he tried to move his horse from a corral.
Houston’s mayor Sylvester Turner advise people to stay off the roads. Photo: Thomas B. Shea/Ritzau Scanpix
the Storm struck the power supply in pieces to 100,000 homes in the Houston town and the Houston international airport had a transition stop air traffic.
The torrential rain slowed somewhat during the night to Friday Danish time.
But the authorities are wary of continued flooding.
the Mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, advised the night of Friday, people to caution and to stay away from the roads.
the Storm Imelda moved Friday further north and is expected later to hit the states of Oklahoma and Arkansas. And who in Texas has the heavy rain with it.
