The tragedies in Texas are only mounting as the flood waters continue. Most recently, Homecoming Queen Alyssa Ramirez was killed while driving home from her senior prom
Ramirez, 18, was driving from the prom in San Antonio to her home in Devine, which is about 35 miles away from the major city, when the waters rose around her car. The road had not yet been blockaded and she unknowingly drove right into high waters, causing her car to stall. She tried to reach 911, but the waters were rising too quickly for her to escape the water or for officials to do anything to save her. Read the full Inquistr report on the tragic accident here .
This isn’t the first accident to occur from the massive flooding this weekend that spanned across both Oklahoma,Texas. The Washington Post reports that nine were killed, just over the Memorial Day weekend, and thousands of structures were damaged, forcing tens of thousands to rush from their homes.
Other tragedies in Texas include the report that 12 people have gone missing following the flooding as a vacation home was swept away into the rising water. Recovery teams have been searching for the 12 individuals who were reportedly staying in their family vacation home before it was demolished in the storm. There have been no leads as of yet.
Officials report that 11 inches of rain fell overnight on Tuesday, which is the major cause of the flooding. However, there have also been other severe weather conditions, including tornadoes, which have ripped apart homes in Oklahoma, Texas, and Northern Mexico, killing 13 in Mexico. Today’s deaths bring the total to 22 from this massive weather outbreak.
The flash flood warning was still valid on Tuesday morning, as weather experts predicted that the rains will continue into the afternoon and possibly longer in both Texas and Oklahoma.
Even the cities that did not receive massive rainfall are experiencing the backlash of the excess water. The flooding has spread across several states, turning the roads into water city.
Gage Mueller, a Houston Resident of 40 years talked to CNN.
“We’ve seen flooding before, but not nearly to this extreme. It rains and it rains and it rains, and there’s really nowhere for the water to go.. It’s ridiculous.”
Texas and Oklahoma aren’t the only states to have received massive rainfalls. USA Today reports that come Thursday, the forecast is rain across the entire country. Thankfully, the weather isn’t expected to cause more flooding in most of the country, but the Texas, Southern Arkansas, Lousiana, and Misissipi area can expect severe weather. The USA Today meteorologist reports.
“The threat [there] will be gusting winds, hail, and tornadoes.”
Members of the area are advised to take measures to protect themselves and their homes from the severe weather in order to avoid another tragedy in Texas this week.
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