Waves up to ten feet high forced an empty tanker to run aground. And more flooding in neighboring louisiana. Power outages forced businesses to close. Others getting by on candle light. Bazi kanani, abc news, washington. No reported weatherrelated deaths. Lessons learned from the deadly storms that hit texas in may seemed to keep drivers out of danger. And as the storm moves north and east, we turn to Accuweather Meteorologist justin povick, tracking it all for thus morning. Justin, good morning to you. Reena and kendis, thanks. Good morning to you. A Welcome Break for eastern texas. Were not dealing with any more additional heavy rain. Now we turn to areas further east. Throughout alabama, georgia, more specifically from new orleans to mobile. The threat here for gusty thunderstorms and flash flooding. All this rain, eventually, has it sights set on the Tennessee Valley and then midweek for the northeast. Reena and kendis, lets toss it back to you. Justin, thank you. Mexico survived t
A close call for the more than 70 rescued south of dallas. This man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. Another man stuck when he waded in to find his submerged vehicle. I just stood there and watched my car slowly disappear. Reporter when flood waters derailed this freight train, the two people on board swam to safety. A cow needed help getting back on solid ground. In san antonio, rescuers managed to reach a man swept more than a mile through a storm drain. You can imagine crashing along the walls in there. Its an amazing story. It was a wild ride for him. Reporter the storms swept in with damaging winds, two reported tornadoes. I looked out the window. And all you saw was a whirlwind of trash. Reporter roofs ripped off. Fences toppled. Along the coast in galveston, flags warn of the dangerous surf. Waves up to ten feet high forced an empty tanker to run aground. And more flooding in neighboring Power Outages forced businesses others getting by on candle light. Bazi kanani,
Good monday morning. Im reena ninan. And im kendis gibson. Were going to get started, of course, with the soaking rain thats been menacing people on the gulf coast. After clinging to texas for several days. Texas will get a chance to dry out today from the widespread flooding that filled up homes and cars and triggered dramatic rescues. Louisiana is now getting the worst of the rain this morning. Hurricane patricia converging with another powerful storm system. You can see how much moisture there is there. We get the latest right now from abcs bazi kanani. Reporter the Lone Star State drenched. Up to 20 inches of rain falling over parts of texas. Weve got the boat over there right now. Reporter emergency crews going in with boats and humvees. To reach stranded residents. A close call for the more than 70 rescued south of dallas. This man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. Another man stuck when he waded in to find his submerged vehicle. I just stood there and watched my car s
Homecoming parade goers saturday morning at Oklahoma State university. Were gonna need a bunch of help. We got a car through a crowd up here. Reporter the casualty count is staggering. Four dead and 47 injured. It hit people, just like thump, thump, thump. As people were flying. Most of the people i saw were just laying on the ground in crumpled messes. Reporter police say this is the woman responsible for all of the carnage 25yearold adacia chambers, arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. Shes also facing four counts of Second Degree murder. The District Attorney says investigators believe chambers was using drugs. Coworkers say chambers was sent home early from her job at this local Fast Food Restaurant just before the crash at 10 30 in the morning. Among the fatalities, retired 65yearold osu professor marvin stone and his wife bonnie. 23yeaearold nita nakal, an mba student from the nearby university of oklahoma, and 2yearold nash lucas. His father posting on facebook
Over parts of texas. Weve got the boat over there right now. Reporter emergency crews going in with boats and humvees. To reach stranded residents. A close call for the more than 70 rescued south of dallas. Is man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. Another n stuck when he waded in to find his submerged vehicle. I just stood there and watched my car slowly disappear. Reporter when flood waters derailed this freight train, the two people on board swam to safety. A cow needed help getting back on solid ground. In san antonio, rescuers m managed to reach a man swept more than a mile through a storm drain. You can imagine crashing along the walls in there. Its an amazing story. It was a wild ride for him. Reporter the storms swept in with damaging winds, two reported tornadoes. I looked out the window. And all you saw was a whirlwind of trash. Reporter roofs ripped off. Along the coast i galveston, flags warn of the dangerous surf. Waves up to tefeet high forced an empty tanker to