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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: EC on May 28, 2015, 09:14:13 am
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HOUSTON (AP) — Homeowners dragged soggy carpet to the curb and mopped up coffee-colored muck Wednesday after a barrage of storms and floods in Texas and Oklahoma left at least 20 people dead and a dozen others missing.
More rain fell on the hard-hit Houston area, temporarily complicating the cleanup a day after a downpour of nearly a foot triggered the worst flooding the nation's fourth-largest city has seen in years. Hundreds of homes were damaged.
Severe weather continued in other parts of Texas, with hundreds of people west of Fort Worth told to evacuate along the rising Brazos River and flash flood warnings posted in many areas.
Read more: http://report24.co.uk/article/200458/homeowners-clean-up-in-texas-death-toll-climbs-to-20