Texas Flood Derails Union Pacific Train

He could not say how many homes may have flooded.

The heaviest band of rain moved over the Gulf of Mexico, triggering coastal flood warnings and flash flood watches in southwest Louisiana, though New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana were soaked by the slow-moving system, the National Weather Service said. Exxon said the storms did not affect operations at its 344,600 bpd Beaumont, Texas, refinery.

Parts of Texas have experienced more than a foot (30cm) of rain over the weekend as the remnants of Hurricane Patricia hit the southern US.

It comes after Patricia, which was at one point the strongest ever storm recorded in the Western Hemisphere, caused less damage than feared in Mexico. By Sunday morning, as swollen bayous around Houston receded and closed roads reopened in Austin, daybreak also revealed scant damage. Severe thunderstorms are forecast for Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama and these areas could see a further 100-200mm of rain today.

A driver attempts to navigate through high water on Northwest Highway during a heavy rain fall Friday, October 23, 2015, in Dallas.

No deaths were reported from the most recent storm.

Parts of Navarro County have received more than 18 inches of rain since storms started on Thursday.

County authorities requested sandbags for homes being evacuated because of the flooding, and I-45 was shut down in a few spots Taylor Bates, 19, said she had not been home since Friday, when all roads leading to her home in an unincorporated area of the county flooded and partially washed away. Near Austin, the soaking helped firefighters contain the last of a long-simmering wildfire that had burned 18 square kilometers and destroyed almost 70 homes. Power outages are also possible as a result of gale force winds, authorities said.

A Union Pacific freight train carrying cement derailed in Navarro County after a creek overflowed, washing out the tracks.

What remains of Hurricane Patricia that walloped Mexico and dumped over a foot of rain in Texas will likely bring about an inch of rain locally on Wednesday as the main slug of moisture passes to our west, the National Weather Service said.

The crew “escaped the train after it stopped and swam to high ground, ” DeGraff said.

In San Antonio, a 41-year-old homeless man was swept into a storm drain by floodwaters Saturday as he attempted to rescue his dog, according to Christian Bove, a spokesman for San Antonio Fire Department.