“Right now, as a Texas sheriff, the only thing that I really want is for people to pray that it will quit raining.” Tropical Depression Imelda could bring up to 35 inches of rain in some areas of Texas through Friday.
Cars drive on a flooded street in Sargent, Texas, as seen in this aerial photo Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Sargent received 22 inches of rain since tropical storm Imelda hit the area on Tuesday, according to Matagorda County Constable Bill Orton.
during Hurricane Harvey. In Winnie, a town of about 3,200 people 60 miles east of Houston, a hospital was evacuated and water was inundating several homes and businesses. “Right now, as a Texas sheriff, the only thing that I really want is for people to pray that it will quit raining,” he added. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for several counties, saying “life-threatening amounts of rainfall” have fallen and more was expected Thursday. Imelda’s center was about 110 miles north of Houston early Thursday and was moving north-northwest at 5 mph , according to the National Hurricane Center.
Karen Romero, who lives with her husband in Sargent, said it was the most rain she had had in her neighborhood in her nine years living there.She said her home, located along a creek, was not in danger of flooding as it sits on stilts, like many others nearby.
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