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 Scores of people were rescued from flash flooding in central Texas early Friday, as emergency responders throughout the state struggled to cope with another round of storms during the wettest May on record. 
 
 In Dallas alone, more than 200 people — all believed to be in cars — were rescued from flooding in the city overnight, according to the Dallas Office of Emergency Management. Nearly 7 inches of rain fell on the city, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths, assistant emergency management coordinator Kevin Oden told NBC News. 
 
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 Waterlogged highways and roads around Dallas became parking lots through the morning for drivers trying to get to work. The local Red Cross delivered Girl Scout Cookies and water to stranded drivers, reported NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. 
 
 Officials have been closely watching rising rivers and creeks in Texas after heavy rains last weekend. At least 27 people have died and 13 went missing in flooding across the state this week. Another victim was identified Friday as Jack Howard Alter, 87, who disappeared in Houston following an attempted water rescue by emergency responders. 
 
 The latest flooding alerts have been widespread, extending nearly 800 miles from southern Texas to central Missouri, according to The Weather Channel. 
 
 Tarik Hawkins, a 30-year-old who works for a Dallas freight company, said he became stranded while trying to drive to work. 
 
 Flash #flood emergency from Garland to Allen Texas until 7:15 am CDT. Travel has become impossible in many areas. pic.twitter.com/QeDUL1Yp05 — The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) May 29, 2015 
 
 Speaking to NBC News from the side of the road, Hawkins said it had taken him two hours to drive about a mile and described the situation on the road as "very chaotic." 
 
 He added: "It's extremely dangerous out there. I drive a Mustang and in some areas the water has been coming up to the hood. The people who have tried to drive through have become stuck, so there are tow trucks and fire trucks rescuing people. 
 
 "I've never seen anything like this before. I have seen some severe weather, but this extremely dangerous." 
 
 5 cars submerged in water on Northwest Hwy at Harry Hines Blvd. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/tO0ZWugiO9 — Ellen Bryan (@EllenBryanNBC5) May 29, 2015 
 
 Tow-truck driver Robert Levtzow, was stranded on a flooded Dallas street after responding to a police call. 
 
 "I was trying to put in reverse to get out and it died off and the water started rising immediately," he told The Weather Channel. "I was scared, didn’t know really what to do [so] I called my wife immediately." 
 
 Israel Ramos, 32, a tower inspector at a communications company in Dallas, said there was 3 inches of water inside his home and the street outside resembled "a river." 
 
 He said his neighbor called the police after seeing an SUV floating down the street with a person trapped inside. "They had to be rescued by the fire department," he said. 
 
 Officials in Johnson County, about 54 miles south of Dallas, said they had evacuated about 12 people caught in flooding overnight — including some rescued from "homes inundated with water." 
 
 Other incidents involved vehicles and authorities instructed residents to stay off the roads for their own safety. 
 
 Johnson County emergency management coordinator Jamie Moore told NBC News that 45 roads had been closed in the area by 3:30 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. ET). About an hour earlier, his agency tweeted that "rescue requests continue to flow in." 
 
 Serious flooding ongoing from Johnson into SE Tarrant & Dallas Co. Very dangerous situation! #dfwwx pic.twitter.com/idmjzZ5z31 — NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) May 29, 2015 
 
 In the Austin suburb of Volente, emergency workers recovered a houseboat with 16 people aboard that went adrift in the record floodwaters. There were no injuries, fire officials said. 
 
 Flood warnings were issued for 21 communities and flash flood warnings for six, including western Dallas, according to NBC Dallas Fort-Worth. Hail, tornadoes and thunderstorms also remained a possibility. 
 
 About 6,700 people in Dallas County were without power as of 10 a.m. local time, with another 1,000 customers in the dark in Collin County, 1,600 in Tarrant County and 181 in Denton County. 
 
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 The hardest-hit area on Thursday night was the corridor running from Laredo on the border with Mexico up through Dallas and over into Oklahoma City, according to The Weather Channel's Michael Palmer. 
 
 Palmer added that the past month had been the wettest May since records began in the late 1800s. 
 
 There has been enough rain across #Texas during May to cover the entire state nearly 8 inches deep. That's over 35 trillion gallons! #txwx — NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) May 29, 2015 
 
 More than 100 flights were canceled or delayed going in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on Friday, according to FlightAware.com. 
 
 Dallas officials warned commuters to be extremely cautious while driving. 
 
 "If you see water on the roadway even if you think it is 1 inch don’t attempt to drive through it ... if there are barricades up on the road, they're there for a reason," Oden told NBC News. ||||| Death toll reportedly reaches 5 as Harvey spawns massive flooding in Houston area Here's what you need to know about the storm, damage, forecasts 
 
 City officials urged people to call 911 only if they are in "imminent danger" as flood water in the Houston area continued to rise. 
 
 Tropical Storm Harvey hovered over Houston early Sunday and dumped 20 to 30 inches of rain on already saturated streets, killing at least five people and prompting evacuations of apartment complexes and dramatic rescues, according to the National Weather Service. 
 
 "It's catastrophic, unprecedented, epic -- whatever adjective you want to use," said Patrick Blood, a NWS meteorologist. "It's pretty horrible right now." 
 
 As of 7 a.m., the weather service said August was the wettest month on record for the Houston area, with an average rainfall of nearly 23 inches, beating June 2011. 
 
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 Across the region, rising waters pinned some into their homes or on rooftops, as low-lying areas turned into massive lakes and streams. Freeways in some parts were so deluged, water was lapping at overhead freeway signs. 
 
 Police were using transit buses to evacuate those unable to get to shelters on their own. 
 
 Here is the latest on forecasts, damage, evacuations, closures and more as the storm continues to churn in South Texas. 
 
 FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS - 6:10 a.m. 
 
 The entire Texas Gulf coast is under a "catastrophic" flash flood emergency until 10:45 a.m. 
 
 The 12 counties under a flash flood emergency are the counties of Harris, eastern Wharton, Austin, southeastern Grimes, southeastern Washington, Galveston, southwestern Montgomery, Fort Bend, northern Brazoria, Waller and central Matagorda. 
 
 Rainfall totals for the past 12 hours topped 20 inches. And the forecast for the next few days remains dire, with computer models showing continued rounds of thunderstorms spawned by Harvey, which has been downgraded from a hurricane to tropical storm. Blood said the Houston area can expect at least an additional 15 to 25 inches over the next few days. 
 
 "I know for a fact this is the worst flood Houston has ever experienced," Blood said. "Worse than (tropical storm) Allison. It's so widespread." 
 
 Our Google Crisis Map shows public alerts by county, flooded streets in the Houston area and evacuation shelters all over Texas. Created by Data Journalist Rachael Gleason 
 
 STORM-RELATED DEATHS - 5:01 a.m. 
 
 Five people have died in the Houston area in unconfirmed flood-related deaths, according to the National Weather Service. 
 
 The actual toll from Harvey remains unclear as rescue workers are still trying to reach vehicles and people stranded across the region. 
 
 Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez tweeted at 2:41 a.m. about an unconfirmed report that a female and child were inside a submerged vehicle along Interstate 10 near Lathrop. 
 
 A woman who allegedly tried to exit her flooded car near the Buffalo Bayou became the city's first fatality Saturday night, authorities said. 
 
 RESCUES, 7:35 a.m. 
 
 Emergency workers are overwhelmed with calls for water rescues early Sunday. Harris County Judge Ed Emmett estimated 1,000 water rescues had taken place. 
 
 "We're all under water out here," said Jonell Soto, the wife of South Houston mayor, Joe Soto. The couple was in an 18-wheeler on Sunday morning trying to reach Joe Soto's 87-year-old mother, who lives on Indiana Street in South Houston. 
 
 "It's just crazy out here," she said. 
 
 Houston police officials also evacuated two apartment complexes in Greenspoint, rescuing more than 50 children from rising flood waters overnight. 
 
 "It breaks your heart," Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said via a livestream on Twitter, as he stood in waist-high water in north Houston. "But, it's Texas, we'll get through it." 
 
 Relief efforts Sunday morning were coming in from across Texas and the nation. Drivers in high-water rescue trucks were aproaching from College Station. 
 
 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio committed 120 city staff, saying they were headed to Houston. 
 
 "After Superstorm Sandy, so many cities stepped up to help our people," he said via Twitter. "We'll do all we can to help those affected by this storm." 
 
 Houston TranStar listed 181 high-water locations on the roads, which were lined with stalled and stranded motorists. Hobby Airport closed because of flooding. Metropolitan Transit Authority suspended all service. Harris County Toll Road Authority ceased tolling, so those forced to avoid high water could use the tollways. 
 
 Dozens of exits were closed along freeways and tollways, cutting off many neighborhoods, which were dealing with their own isolated, rising waters. 
 
 State roads will not reopen until waters recede and any debris can be cleared. 
 
 "We have crews ready to head out to do what they can," said Danny Perez, spokesman for TxDOT in Houston, adding "they will do so when it is safe." 
 
 As of 7 a.m., CenterPoint said more than 65,000 people in their Houston coverage area were without power, and number that was steadily rising. 
 
 In Harris County, the heaviest rainfalls over the past 12 hours were around Webster, where the county flood control gauge on the Galveston County line registered 19.3 inches since 5:30 p.m. 
 
 Harris County Sheriff's were responding to numerous rescue requests in the area, stressing people should only use 911 in dire emergencies, as dispatchers were struggling to keep up with the calls. 
 
 "Difficult to get to everyone right away," Gonzalez tweeted. "Hang tight." 
 
 Panic set in Saturday night as entire neighborhoods were swallowed by feet of rain, forcing some residents to flee to their attics, especially along Interstate 45 between downtown and Clear Lake, including parts of Pasadena, said Jeff Lindner with the Harris County Flood Control District. 
 
 About 119 sections of waterways in Harris County had spilled over their banks, according to the Harris County Flood Warning System. One of the rain bands dumped between 5 and 6 inches of rain on parts of the Houston metro area late Saturday, and a second still working its way across the area could bring 6 additional inches. 
 
 A third band of torrential rain is moving its way up from along Highway 59 from El Campo and could bring another 3 to 5 inches of rain on top of the 15 inches some areas received. 
 
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 SUNDAY MORNING SITUATION: Dozens of high water locations, Thousands without power - 4:45 a.m. 
 
 With a few hours to go until dawn and no end to the rain in sight, officials are carefully watching many high water locations and telling residents waking up to another day with Harvey to stay put. 
 
 Houston TranStar listed 154 high-water locations on the roads, which were lined with stalled and stranded motorists. Hobby Airport closed because of flooding. Metropolitan Transit Authority suspended all service. 
 
 As of 4:30 a.m., CenterPoint said nearly 57,000 people in their Houston coverage area were without power. 
 
 SHELTER IN PLACE: Pasadena fatality may not be weather-related - 4 a.m. 
 
 Battered by heavy rains overnight, the city of Pasadena remained under orders to shelter in place through Sunday morning with many of the city's roads made impassable from flood waters. 
 
 The shelter in place was issued by the city's Office of Emergency Management at approximately 12:45 a.m. after hours of continuous rainfall pounded many of the city's streets, according to Pasadena Police Department spokesperson Jessica Ramirez. 
 
 At Richey Street and Highway 225, the roadway, which dips at a certain point, was completely submerged by water. 
 
 "You can't even tell it's a freeway right now," Ramirez said. 
 
 From what officers could tell, she added, it appeared that no vehicles had been on the road at the time. 
 
 According to Ramirez, police responded to a significant number of residents reporting flood waters in their homes. 
 
 "We've people hundreds of people call that they had water damage and were trapped in their homes," she said. "It may be a matter of having a few inches in their homes and they can't go anywhere at this point because the streets are flooded." 
 
 Impassable roadways also posed challenges to emergency responders, said Ramirez. 
 
 "We are responding to emergency situations but the roads are pretty flooded and some of our high-water vehicles can't get to certain places right now," she said. 
 
 Police reported one fatality overnight, with police responding to a 911 call from a home on Pauline Street just after midnight, but police say that it was likely unrelated to weather conditions and the death remains under investigation, Ramirez said. 
 
 Ramirez said no major weather-related injuries had been reported as of 4 a.m. Sunday. 
 
 "It's too soon to tell at this time," she said. 
 
 RESCUES: Surge of water rescues in Pasadena, Clear Lake and La Marque - 2 a.m. 
 
 Emergency officials said they've seen a spike in the number of people requiring water rescues but were unable to give any specific numbers. 
 
 Mario Gomez, a volunteer with the Harris County Joint Information Center, said hundreds of water rescues were ongoing by Sunday morning. He said the majority of rescues are happening in the southeast Houston region, around Pasadena, La Marque and Clear Creek. 
 
 Within one hour Saturday night, the Houston Fire Department responded to 17 water rescues along Houston roads, according to its Twitter account. The areas most affected by water rescues include the Southwest Freeway, the Katy Freeway and Westheimer Road. 
 
 Emergency officials urged drivers to stay off the roads Saturday night and into early Sunday morning. 
 
 The Coast Guard rescued 20 people and a dog left stranded after Harvey Saturday. 
 
 FORECAST: Harvey to sit over inland Southeast Texas until Monday - 1:50 a.m. 
 
 After nearly making it through two intense bands of rain, the blog Space City Weather reports that a third band of torrential rain is on track to hit the Houston area during the early hours of Monday morning. 
 
 As of about 1:45 a.m., the second band was still working its way across west Houston, while the first band had stalled over east Houston, including Baytown. The third band had passed El Campo and was heading northeast along Highway 59. 
 
 The National Weather Service predicted the center of Tropical Storm Harvey would remain inland over southeastern Texas through Monday, according to their 1 a.m. update. The storm is expected to drift towards the south or southeast. 
 
 Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 45 miles per hour with higher gusts, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles away from the center. 
 
 The National Hurricane Center said a severe thunderstorm capable of spawning a tornado was located over northern Pasadena, moving north at about 15 miles an hour. Those in Pasadena, Deer Park, Galena Park, Cloverleaf, Channelview and other nearby areas should seek shelter. 
 
 The thunderstorms are part of a second band of strong rain that will drench the area early Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service. 
 
 Officials said the new band is generating 5 to 6 inches of rainfall each hour. 
 
 Space City Weather predicted the third band could bring an additional 3 to 5 inches of rain on top of the 5 to 15 inches that had already fallen across the Houston area. 
 
 FLOODING: Multiple bayous, Lake Conroe spill over their banks - 1: 25 p.m. 
 
 About 119 sections of waterways - including bayous and rivers - had spilled past their banks early Sunday morning, according to the Harris County Flood Warning System. At least six of those areas were within the I-610 Loop, but about 19 were located in southeast Harris County. 
 
 Lake Conroe exceeded its normal elevation by early Sunday, and officials planned a series of water releases through the lake's dams throughout the morning. 
 
 The cities of Pasadena and Dickinson told residents to shelter in place overnight Sunday as flood waters continued to rise in both areas. 
 
 The Dickinson Police Department said all roads in the city are impassable, and that the department had conducted multiple high water rescues. 
 
 The National Weather Service has blanketed huge swaths of the Houston area a flash flood warnings, among the most dire alerts the agency can issue. It issued flash flood emergencies for the following areas: from the Hobby Airport to Friendswood and Pearland; from Cloverleaf to Pasadena to near San Luis Pass; and from west central Harris, east Fort Bend and north Brazoria counties. 
 
 Acevedo tweeted that as many as 110 city roads were impassable at about 11:45 p.m. due to flooding. That number had jumped to 142 by 1:30 a.m. The high water road closures are listed here. 
 
 Friendswood officials issued an alert at 10:57 p.m. Saturday that the city is experiencing street flooding. Residents were urged to to stay in their homes and avoid driving through high water. 
 
 Turner tweeted that a rain band appeared to stall over the Braeswood and Meyerland areas, producing as much as 4 inches of rainfall within one hour there. City and emergency officials warned people in those neighborhoods to move valuables and electronics off the floors and to be prepared for water to come into some residences. 
 
 Officials in Fort Bend County warned drivers to avoid multiple roads as water crept onto area streets Saturday evening. 
 
 US 59 southbound and Northbound lanes from FM 762 to Reading Road were closed due to high water by Saturday evening, as was the State Highway 99 northbound feeder road at Highland Knolls, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office. Deputies also urged caution as water levels rose on roadways in the Sunrise Meadow subdivision and on Beechnut Road between Harlem and Mason roads. 
 
 Keegans Bayou was so high Saturday afternoon that it lapped at the concrete support struts under the Roark Road bridge at U.S. 59, swelled onto the grassy banks in places, and crept up the walking path there. 
 
 "I've never seen it like this," said Mark Cardenas, 24, from Rosenberg, who stopped just to see the whitewater. "It looks pretty bad. That water is flowing." 
 
 The meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District said the county has yet to see severe flooding. Some streets and a few feeder roads have flooded, but meteorologist Jeff Lindner said it was nothing threatening. 
 
 Lindner said, the areas of concern were South Mayde Creek near west Houston's George Bush Park, where the creek rose a foot above its banks by mid-morning near Greenhouse Road. Officials were also watching Keegans Bayou in the southwest part of the county, near Sugar Land. 
 
 Francisco Sanchez, spokesman for the county's emergency management team, added that officials are watching high water on freeways, but most has been limited to feeder roads. The highway most affected as of 10 a.m. was Beltway 8 in the Pasadena area. 
 
 "Stay home if you can," Sanchez warned drivers. 
 
 High rain fall was also reported in Fort Bend County. Nearly 9 inches had already fallen near First Colony around 6:15 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. 
 
 POWER OUTAGES - More than 40,000 without power in the Houston area - 11:50 p.m. 
 
 More than 41,000 CenterPoint Energy customers were without power late Saturday night, according to the utilities company. Earlier in the evening, only about 19,000 were without power. 
 
 At one point over the past 48 hours, Centerpoint Energy Spokeswoman Alicia Dixon said as many as 197,000 were without power, but power had been restored to more than 170,000 customers. 
 
 "Others continue to lose power as rain bands and tornadoes go through," Dixon said. "Overall we serve 2.4 million customers and haven't had a large percentage impacted. The system has held up really well." 
 
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 TORNADOES: Multiple tornadoes confirmed - 8:51 p.m. 
 
 The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office and the Stafford Police Department reported tornado sightings at about 8: 30 p.m. The Sheriff's Office also tweeted that a different tornado had been spotted near U.S. 90 and the Texas Parkway minutes earlier. 
 
 A tornado warning has been issued for Meadow Place, Addicks and Santsuma through 9 p.m. 
 
 National Weather Service Meteorologist Wendy Wong confirmed seven tornadoes touched down in the Houston area between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. 
 
 A possible eighth tornado may have formed near FM 359 and McCrary Road in Fort Bend County, according to a Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office Twitter post at 7:15 p.m. 
 
 Four of those tornadoes spawned in northwest Harris County within the 4 p.m. hour Saturday, Wong confirmed. Another struck the Sienna Plantation neighborhood in Fort Bend County earlier Saturday. 
 
 On Friday, two tornadoes spawned closer to the coast - one near La Marque and Texas City and another on Galveston Island, Wong said. 
 
 Among the recent tornadoes in northwest Harris County, the first touched down at 4 p.m. near Cypress Ranch High School and moved toward Hockley, Waller and Todd Mission. Video on social media showed a large but disorganized funnel cloud moving near Barker Cypress Road and West Road near Cypress-Fairbanks. 
 
 It was not immediately clear where the other three tornadoes touched down in that area Saturday afternoon. 
 
 Gonzales tweeted that some homes had suffered "extensive damage" in the Lone Oak Subdivision, and that other buildings had been impacted near the Barry Center; Black Horse Ranch; Fry Road at Cypress North Houston Road; and between Tuckerton and West roads. Photos tweeted by Gonzales show the roof of one home was almost completely ripped off, while gutters and other hardware hung down the walls of another. 
 
 Other twisters caused damage near College Station and Sargent. 
 
 Melissa Huffman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Houston, said Harvey's strong winds have set in motion smaller vortexes, resulting in frequent but brief tornadoes. Such conditions are expected to continue through Monday. 
 
 "They're not super long-lived," she said. "That's the good thing." 
 
 EVACUATIONS: Red Cross opens two emergency shelters in Houston - 8:30 p.m. 
 
 The Red Cross has opened two emergency shelters in Houston at the following locations: the Chinese Community Center, located at 9800 Town Park Dr., Houston, Texas, 77036; and the M.O. Campbell Education Center, located at 1865 Aldine Bender Rd., Houston, Texas 77032. 
 
 "We want to assure people who live in flood prone areas, as well our most vulnerable residents, that resources will be available if they need them," said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. "With the experience of the American Red Cross on our side, we will continue to muster every available resource to protect all residents as much as possible from this very unpredictable threat." 
 
 Fort Bend County Judge Robert Hebert issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents of low-lying areas surrounding the San Bernard River earlier on Saturday, warning it could swell to record levels by Monday afternoon. 
 
 Hebert also announced a voluntary evacuation order for residents in low-lying areas near the Brazos River, and urged residents in both areas to "quickly gather your loved ones, pets, emergency kit and necessities before leaving the evacuation zones as soon as safely possible." 
 
 The National Weather Service forecasts record flooding along both rivers, with a potential crest of 55 feet along the Brazos River and a crest of 34.1 feet for the San Bernard River at Sweeny. Both projections show rivers will rise above the record-setting levels reached in 2016. 
 
 Evacuation orders were issued to about 4,000 residents near Surfside Beach, prompted by fears that storm surges could reach up to 8 feet. County officials have opened an emergency shelter in Angleton, about 20 miles inland. In Holiday Lakes, a town of 350 households, local leaders also prepared Saturday to issue a mandatory evacuation order. About 95 percent of Holiday Lakes households were flooded last year. 
 
 Oil companies have evacuated personnel from about 15 percent of the manned oil-production platforms and half of the working drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials said Saturday. 
 
 As of 11:30 a.m., Gulf operators reported they have evacuated 112 out of 737 platforms and five of 10 drilling rigs, and one so-called dynamically positioned rig has moved off its drilling site, a precautionary move as the storm swept through the region, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. 
 
 The Texas Department of Criminal Justice evacuated about 4,500 inmates in the Ramsey, Terrell and Stringfellow units in Rosharon in Brazoria County by buses to facilities in East Texas. 
 
 READ ALSO: Corpus Christi newspaper staff forced to evacuate 
 
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 CLOSURES: Major grocers plan Saturday night closures - 2:20 p.m. 
 
 Kroger announced Saturday afternoon that it will close all Houston-area stores at 9 p.m. Saturday night. H-E-B stores, including Joe V's Smart Shop and Mi Tienda, will close at the same time. 
 
 Walmart closed some Houston-area stores Saturday, including one on Interstate 45 near Greenspoint and locations in La Marque, Lake Jackson, Humble, Angleton and West Columbia. It also closed eight Sam's Club stores in Houston, Katy, Humble, Conroe and La Marque. 
 
 The University of Houston announced that it will not be open on Monday. The campuses in Katy and Sugar Land will also be closed. Texas Southern University announced it would decide Sunday by 3 p.m. on whether classes would be held as scheduled. 
 
 More than 20 Houston-area school districts cancelled classes Friday, Monday or both days in light of the storm. In some districts, including Houston ISD, closing school meant cancelling the first day of school on Monday, postponing the start of the school year. 
 
 FLIGHTS: More than 300 departures cancelled -- 12:35 p.m. 
 
 United Airlines announced Saturday afternoon that it is suspending flights out of Houston to non-hub airports. That represents about 300 departures. 
 
 It plans to continue operating flights from Houston to its hub airports and most international destinations, United spokesman Charlie Hobart said in an email Saturday. 
 
 As of Friday, United suspended operations at Corpus Christi, McAllen Miller and Valley international airports. 
 
 
 
 DAMAGE: Reported tornadoes in Missouri City, Katy - 12:15 p.m. 
 
 A suspected tornado brought on by Hurricane Harvey tossed trailers and pushed over a billboard early Saturday at a boat and RV storage business in Katy. 
 
 Katy Freeway Boat and Storage and Trailer World of Katy along the Katy Freeway near FM 1463 were hit about 5:30 a.m. 
 
 "We have two businesses here on the property - or we did," said manager B.J. Prendergast as he was surveying the damages. 
 
 Although it could not be officially confirmed by the National Weather Service, Prendergast said he was told a bystander reported seeing the twister moving across a road toward the business. 
 
 Another reported tornado caused damage to about 50 homes and left trees down inside the Sienna Plantation neighborhood overnight in Missouri City, according to the Fort Bend Office of Emergency Management. The Red Cross is in route to the area and will evaluate the need for shelter for residents. 
 
 The tornado touched down in Missouri City around 12:50 a.m., according to reports from the National Weather Service. 
 
 Downed poles and power lines were also reported in Rosenberg by the police department. 
 
 Across the Rockport area, there were reports of damaged buildings, including a high school. People were believed to be trapped in multiple buildings and some structures collapsed with people inside, according to preliminary reports. 
 
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 Other bayous across Houston area also were quickly gaining water. Brays Bayou at Beltway 8 was already at 52 feet around 7:30 a.m. During Hurricane Ike, the bayou reached 58 feet. 
 
 The National Weather Service issued flash-flood watches for the following counties: Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria, Galveston, Montgomery, Waller, Liberty, Grimes, Chambers, Brazos, Colorado, Austin, Washington, Jackson, Burleson and Wharton. 
 
 Harvey is expected to produce total rainfall amounts of 15 to 35 inches, with isolated pockets of 40 inches through Wednesday. The weather service said "rainfall of this magnitude will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flooding." 
 
 GOVERNMENT: What's the latest storm detail from Texas, U.S. 
 
 President Donald Trump tweeted Friday night that he signed a disaster proclamation, "which unleashes the full force of government help!" 
 
 Gov. Greg Abbott requested a presidential disaster declaration for Hurricane Harvey as it neared the Texas coast. 
 
 "I want to continue to encourage Texans to take this threat seriously, heed warnings from local officials, and do all they can to prepare as the state of Texas works to ensure we are in the best position to respond to urgent needs following this storm," Abbott said in a statement Friday afternoon. 
 
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 In Freeport, home to about 12,000 residents, city officials issued a mandatory evacuation for low-lying areas and urged all residents to leave. Seven counties from Corpus Christi to the western end of Galveston Island were also evacuated. 
 
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 Four people died in North Texas floods this holiday weekend. 
 
 Heavy rains caused widespread flooding in several areas across North Texas from Thursday to Sunday. 
 
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 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 
 
 9:30 p.m. - Dallas Fire-Rescue reported the following numbers regarding high water calls this weekend, between Thanksgiving morning and Sunday evening: 
 
 38 "water rescue" calls (with one swift-water rescue) 
 
 27 third-party "investigation" calls 
 
 446 motor vehicle accidents 
 
 The rain began to taper off across most of North Texas Sunday, but water rescue crews were still busy throughout the day. David Goins has more. 
 
 7:45 p.m. - The 76-year-old woman who died in Fort Worth floods early Friday morning has been identified as Zenola Jenkins of Burleson. Crews had not begun recovery efforts due to dangerous conditions. 
 
 "Fast moving water coupled with debris, such as branches and logs, are incredibly dangerous to a diver fighting the current with 1 to 2 feet of visibility underwater," Fort Worth Police said in a release. 
 
 3:13 p.m. - WFAA reporter David Goins finds that flood waters are slow to recede in some spots: 
 
 3:07 p.m. - The last batch of rain is now leaving the Dallas-Fort Worth area; only spotty showers are in store for the rest of the day. That means the bulk of the rain event is finally over! 
 
 A radar image snapped at 2:50 p.m. Sunday shows rain on the way out of the region. (Photo: WFAA) 
 
 3:03 p.m. - The Sachse Police Department says Merritt Road between Sachse Road and Pleasant Valley road remains closed due to high water. That stretch will likely remain closed until Monday. 
 
 11:15 a.m. - Traveling today? The Texas Department of Transportation offers a handy map of Texas with driving conditions across the state: 
 
 9:41 a.m. - The National Weather Service says major flooding is over for the Trinity River in Dallas. 
 
 Trinity River at #Dallas crested at 41.08' Saturday afternoon. Major flooding has ended; level is now 39.48'. #dfwwx#txwx#flood — NWS Fort Worth (@NWSFortWorth) November 29, 2015 
 
 9:03 a.m. - McKinney has been drenched by nearly 10 inches of rain since Thanksgiving Day. Here are the latest rainfall totals for North Texas from Thursday through 6 a.m. Sunday courtesy of the National Weather Service: 
 
 Rainfall totals for North Texas (Photo: National Weather Service) 
 
 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 
 
 10:30 p.m. - Rain returns overnight. Another batch of showers arrives after midnight. 
 
 Lull continues for NTX, but another batch is brewing! Next round arrives after 12AM. Flooding is an ongoing concern: pic.twitter.com/SCpl5zC7o0 — WFAA-TV (@wfaachannel8) November 29, 2015 
 
 6:40 p.m. - Rain tapers off in North Texas. Another band of overnight showers is expected. 
 
 Radar has fallen quiet tonight with only a few showers. We expect another rain band to move through overnight 3-6AM: pic.twitter.com/Dh0scpqQm6 — WFAA-TV (@wfaachannel8) November 29, 2015 
 
 5:25 p.m. - Most of North Texas has seen under 1" of rain today. The break in rain doesn't mean it's over! We expect another band of moderate to heavy rain overnight from roughly 3:00am-6:00am. Rain chances will decrease Sunday. -- Colleen Coyle 
 
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 4:03 p.m. - Traveling in Grayson County today? Here's a compilation of the latest weather-related road closures: 
 
 🚧Road closure update - Turn Around Don't Drown (or drive off into a creek where a road is no longer) #txwxpic.twitter.com/zvSzSJksmh — Grayson County OEM (@GraysonCounty) November 28, 2015 
 
 2:37 p.m. - The City of Plano is reporting two sanitary sewer overflows. The first occurred at Bigleaf Court. It started overflowing at 1:30 a.m. Saturday. Before midnight Saturday, the estimated overflow volume will exceed 100,000 gallons. Big Leaf Court is located east of Jupiter Road and north of Parker Road. 
 
 The second sanitary sewer overflow happened at Campbell Road on the property of the Gleneagles Country Club starting at 2:15 a.m. Saturday. The estimated overflow volume there has also exceeded 100,000 gallons. This overflow is located west of Campbell Road and south of Plano Parkway. 
 
 Map locates two sanitary sewer overflows in Plano on November 28, 2015. (Photo: WFAA) 
 
 1:47 p.m. - Had enough rain yet? Here's how much more precipitation the National Weather Service estimates you'll be getting by midnight on Sunday: 
 
 More rain in the National Weather Service forecast. (Photo: National Weather Service) 
 
 10:23 a.m. - WFAA viewer Jennifer Nicole in Fort Worth shared this photo and message: "We put this out Thanksgiving morning and haven't moved it... please tell me it's going to stop! 
 
 WFAA viewer Jennifer Nicole said she put this bucket outside on Thanksgiving Day. (Photo: Jennifer Nicole via Facebook) 
 
 9:37 a.m. - Nearly one inch of rain has fallen in Dallas since midnight Friday. Weather conditions right now are dreary: Fog, mist and drizzle, with temperatures in the upper 30s. The highest rain totals are along Interstate 35 and to the northeast. 
 
 9:29 a.m. - A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the widow and young son of Ben Floyd, the 29-year-old Wylie man who died on his way to work Friday when his vehicle was swept off a Garland road by raging flood waters. 
 
 Benjamin Floyd with his wife and young son (Photo: Family photo) 
 
 9:04 a.m. - The National Weather Service issued this report on rainfall totals in North Texas through 6 a.m. Saturday: 
 
 Rainfall totals as of 6 a.m. Saturday, November 28. (Photo: National Weather Service) 
 
 8:49 a.m. - Heavy rain and icy conditions are likely to stick around through most of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in parts of the central U.S. due to a slow-moving, complex weather system that's being blamed for at least 3 flash-flooding deaths. 
 
 "There's a pretty substantial shield of rain extending from parts of Texas across a lot of Oklahoma and into the mid-Mississippi Valley," said John Hart, a meteorologist with the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. 
 
 The National Weather Service issued ice storm warnings in the Texas Panhandle and central Oklahoma that will remain in effect through noon Saturday, with up to a quarter or half-inch of ice expected to accumulate. - Associated Press 
 
 7:32 a.m. - The National Weather Service says a Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for North Texas through Sunday afternoon. Additional rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are possible... that's in addition to the 1 to 6 inches that have accumulated since Thanksgiving Day. The ground is saturated, which means additional precipitation is likely to cause flooding, especially near creeks and streams. You've heard it before, but heed this warning: Do not drive where water covers the road; you can't be sure the road surface is intact. 
 
 7:30 a.m. - Dallas Fire-Rescue helped a woman to safety after her vehicle was inundated by flood waters early Saturday morning. Her 911 call for help came in around 1:30 a.m. A rescue team waded into deep water at Wildwood Drive and California Crossing in Northwest Dallas, an area known for flooding during heavy rains. 
 
 A car abandoned in high water in Northwest Dallas on November 28, 2015. (Photo: Michael Forbes / WFAA) 
 
 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 
 
 10:56 p.m. - Several more rounds of rain before it's all said and done. Rainfall rates in this next batch about 1/4" per hour. Usually that wouldn't be a problem for North Texas, but today it is due to the previous 3"-6" of rain that has fallen over the past 48 hours. Even "light showers" may cause impacts. Rainfall totals will just continue to add up. Exercise caution and common sense while out on the roads! ? - Meteorologist Colleen Coyle 
 
 9:46 p.m. - Plano is reporting two sewer overflows at Big Leaf Court and on the Gleneagles Golf Course on Campbell Road. Officials say more than 200,000 gallons of sewage will overflow in those places combined before midnight. 
 
 9:26 p.m. - An ice storm is in progress to our west across the eastern Texas Panhandle-South Plains, north into western Oklahoma. Meanwhile, another broad area of cold rain is moving into north Texas from the southwest and will cover all the Metroplex and surrounding area, adding another 1 to 4 inches on top of the 4 to 8 inches that have already fallen. Flooding concerns will only increase as the night progresses. 
 
 The rain will be with us on and off (mostly on) throughout the weekend although not quite as heavy as what we have already seen. Still, some locations will approach nearly a foot of rain by sunset Sunday. -- Meteorologist Steve McCauley 
 
 Rescue crews in Garland (Photo: WFAA) 
 
 8:39 p.m. - Moisture continues to stream into North Texas. That will keep the rain going as more development moves from San Angelo to DFW. It's like a conveyor belt of showers! 
 
 7:16 p.m. - Another heavy band of rain has made its way into parts of the DFW area. Rainfall rates are around 1" per hour. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem, but this is falling on top of the 4"-6" of rain that we've already received. Flooding issues will persist. 
 
 5:19 p.m. - Arlington Christkindl Market will be closed tonight. A new opening date has not been set. 
 
 5:16 p.m. - A batch of heavy rain is moving northeast across Palo Pinto County. Rainfall rates are about 1"-1.25" per hour. It should move through quickly, but we will need to monitor for any flooding problems. 
 
 4:52 p.m. -Another wave of rain is approaching the DFW area. Don't let the "on and off showers" and "lighter rain" fool you today! Even the light showers are adding to our rainfall totals. As time ticks away, our rainfall totals will continue to slowly and steadily rise. That will keep the flood threat high overnight. Flooded roadways will be hard to see after dark so use extreme caution! 
 
 3 p.m. - Weekend weather outlook: 
 
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 2:30 p.m. - High water forced the closing of Prairie Lights in Grand Prairie. 
 
 "To ensure public safety, Prairie Lights is closed tonight Friday, November 27, due to high water caused by the rains," a city spokesperson said. "We expect to be open for business tomorrow, Saturday, November 28, receding water levels permitting." 
 
 2:15 p.m. - Dallas Fire-Rescue said that, by 11 a.m., it had responded to 27 water rescues and 83 motor vehicle accidents. DFR said the water rescues "didn't necessitate a boat or swift water team," and that a majority of the calls were in reference to cars stalled in high water. 
 
 A nearly submerged vehicle in west Dallas. Swift water rescue crews did not find anyone inside. (Photo: Chance Horner, WFAA) 
 
 2 p.m. - It's beginning to look a lot like…a wet and cold Holiday Weekend! On the heels of Thanksgiving, waves of rain will continue to affect North Texas through Sunday afternoon. Most of the area has already seen 3"-6" of rain since Noon Thursday. With additional rainfall on top of already saturated soils, flash flooding remains a high threat. Exercise caution and common sense when travelling over the weekend. 
 
 Though we expect rain to continue, severe weather and winter weather are not expected in North Texas. Though temperatures tumbled behind our cold front Friday morning, everybody will stay above freezing. However, you will run into Old Man Winter if your plans are taking you into parts of the Texas Panhandle. Here at home, we will experience a cold rain with temperatures only warming to the 40s Saturday and Sunday afternoon. 
 
 As of 12:14am Friday, 2015 broke rainfall records becoming the wettest year ever for the DFW area. 
 
 -- Meteorologist Colleen Coyle 
 
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 1:25 p.m. - The 70-year-old woman who was missing after being trapped in swift water was pronounced dead early Friday afternoon, bringing the total number of deaths to four in the holiday weekend floods. She had been stranded in high water since roughly 1 a.m. Crews were recovering the body just before 1:30 p.m. Friday. 
 
 The woman had not been identified. Her family was watching as crews searched for her Friday morning. 
 
 1:20 p.m. - News 8 photojournalist Billy Bryant captured an image of a flooded portion of the roadway on the 440 block of FM 660 southeast of Ferris, TX. 
 
 Flooded roadway southeast of Ferris, TX (Photo: Billy Bryant, WFAA) 
 
 12:30 p.m. - The second victim in Johnson County was identified as 48-year-old Jose Vargas. A Johnson County Sheriff's Office spokesperson said Vargas drowned. The call came in at 12:38 a.m. and Vargas' body was found just after 10 a.m. The other two people who were in a pickup with Vargas survived. 
 
 County Sheriff's officials said the flooding took place near the Johnson County-Mansfield border, off County Road 917. 
 
 12 p.m. - A second death was confirmed in Johnson County floods, bringing the total number of deaths to three. County officials were expected to release information on the second death early Friday afternoon. Sandra Jones, 33, was found dead around 8:40 a.m. after being washed out of her vehicle in high water overnight. 
 
 11:50 a.m. - A Dallas swift water rescue team responded to a car nearly submerged in high water. No one was found inside the vehicle. 
 
 Car stuck in high water in west Dallas. Swift water rescue didn't find anyone in the car. @wfaachannel8pic.twitter.com/zJCgRedxU0 — Chance Horner (@chancehorner) November 27, 2015 
 
 11:30 a.m. - News 8 viewer Kim Caples sent in video of members of the Denton Fire Department rescuing two horses from high water. Caples said the department rescued a stranded motorist first. 
 
 From viewer Kim Caples: Denton Fire Department rescues two horses in high water https://t.co/s8eU6x5mWLpic.twitter.com/i30Xq7gcvT — WFAA-TV (@wfaachannel8) November 27, 2015 
 
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 9:45 a.m. - Multiple fatalities have been reported in North Texas flooding. In addition to a 33-year-old woman found after being washed out of her vehicle by high water in Johnson County, a man's body was pulled from a vehicle near Balmoral and Brand Road in Garland. 
 
 Capt. George Winton of Garland Fire said that, when his crew arrived, the vehicle was still visible. By the time a rescue team arrived, the car was submerged in flood waters. 
 
 He was identified as 29-year-old Benjamin Floyd of Wylie. 
 
 Garland Fire & Rescue recovered male body from submerged car near Balmoral & Brand Rd. #wfaaweather@wfaachannel8pic.twitter.com/Zc1H2xcDu5 — Carla N. Wade (@CarlaNWade) November 27, 2015 
 
 9 a.m - Periods of light to moderate showers will continue for the rest of today. A heavier batch rain is expected to move in late this afternoon and evening. 
 
 This will certainly aggravate the flooding problem going into tonight. An additional 3-5 inches of rain is expected today through early Sunday. Locally higher amounts are possible. This is on top of the nearly five inches we've seen at DFW as of 8 a.m. Friday. 
 
 Another round of heavier rain is also expected during the day on Saturday as moisture from Hurricane Sandra streams into the area. 
 
 2015 is now the wettest year on record with 55.23" so far. This breaks the old record of 53.54" in 1991. 
 
 The other part of the weather story today are the temperatures. We dropped from near 70 degrees early this morning into the 40s with the passage of the front. Gusty north winds will continue today at 15-20 mph. We likely will not get out of the 40s the remainder of the day. Some areas may not get out of the 30s on Saturday. Temperatures are expected to stay well above freezing, so winter precip. is not expected right now. 
 
 -- Greg Fields 
 
 8:45 a.m. - A Tarrant County Sheriff's Office deputy was found safe after being swept away in high water early Friday morning. The woman stranded in the vehicle had still not been rescued. 
 
 The rain Thursday and Friday morning made 2015 the wettest year on record for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. 
 
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 A freight train overturned on waterlogged tracks Saturday morning in Texas as heavy rains pounded the region for a third straight day — with remnants of Hurricane Patricia threatening to keep a large part of the state under a flash flood watch. 
 
 One person, a man walking his dog in San Antonio, was missing as a result of the floods, authorities said. 
 
 Patricia was downgraded Saturday to a tropical depression after making landfall in Mexico Friday evening. But many parts of Texas were still expecting significant rainfall. 
 
 A train overturned in floodwaters in Navarro County, Texas. NBC News 
 
 Houston Mayor Annise Parker warned that 8 to 10 inches of rain were expected overnight. 
 
 In addition, Houston, Corpus Christi, and other portions of southeast Texas were under a tornado watch until 10 p.m. CT, according to the Weather Channel. 
 
 Two train crew members were rescued after a Union Pacific train derailed around 3:30 a.m. local time in Navarro County south of Dallas, officials told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. Union Pacific spokesman Jeff DeGraff told the station that one locomotive and several rail cars were partially submerged, but no one was injured. 
 
 Both crew members "swam to high ground" and were pulled out by a high-water rescue team, DeGraff said. 
 
 The 64-car train was en route from Midlothian to Houston when it got caught in floodwaters, which have closed major highways throughout North Texas. 
 
 Related: Hurricane Patricia to Intensify Heavy Rains in Texas, 10M Under Flood Watch 
 
 The train remained on its side on Saturday, about 4 miles north of Corsicana, as authorities waited for the water to recede before attempting to right it and remove it from the tracks. 
 
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 Eric Myers, emergency management coordinator for Navarro County, told NBC News the tankers contained cement. He said that the county had received 20 to 21 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours, and said authorities had performed 72 swift water rescues. 
 
 Interstate 45 near Corsicana was closed for several hours Friday night, creating traffic backups that were miles long. 
 
 Elsewhere in Texas, heavy rainfall was causing power outages and flight delays. In San Antonio, emergency responders were searching for a man who was swept away Saturday around 3 a.m. local times (4 a.m. ET), The Associated Press reported. The man fell into a flooded drainage ditch while trying to pull his dog back. 
 
 The dog was found, but firefighters had to suspend the search for his owner due to the weather. 
 
 Strong thunderstorms dropped more than 7 inches of rain across Dallas-Fort Worth, NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reported, with flash flood watches and warnings in effect in many places until Sunday. 
 
 The remnants of Patricia — which made landfall Friday evening in southwestern Mexico as a Category 5 storm — are expected to reach Texas by Saturday night and exacerbate the flooding, forecasters said. 
 
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 "It should start to move out Sunday night, but East Texas is going to still be in the rain Sunday night, even Monday," Jon Rowe, senior meteorologist for The Weather Channel, told NBC News. "There will be some lingering rain showers even by Tuesday." 
 
 The heaviest of the rain should be done by Sunday night, he added, "but they're going to have flooding problems in South and East Texas at least through tomorrow." 
 
 Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed on Thursday and Friday at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The airport got 3.24 inches of rain on Friday alone — a daily record.
– An Anheuser-Busch brewery in Georgia began filling its cans with something other than beer late Wednesday night to help those affected by flooding in Texas and Oklahoma. "Right now our production line is running emergency drinking water," the Cartersville brewery manager told NBC News. The brewery—one of 12 Anheuser-Busch operates in the US—has directed about 2,000 cases of 24 cans to the battered states. It's not exactly a novel move for the brewery, which partners with the American Red Cross to produce emergency water a few times each year. "There are a lot of folks in need," a Red Cross rep says. And their ranks could swell: CNN reports battered Houston could be in for five more days of storms, and up to 6 inches is expected in some areas of Oklahoma through Sunday. Flood and flash flood warnings were issued yesterday for more than 20 communities, including the Dallas area, where up to 6 inches overnight caused major flash floods; more than 100 flights in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth were canceled yesterday and today. Some 50 miles south in Johnson County, a dozen people had to be rescued overnight, in some cases from "homes inundated with water," NBC News reports. Reuters reports this month has been the wettest May on record in Texas, with the average rainfall hitting 7.54 inches to beat June 2004's 6.66 inches. The bit of good to come from the bad: As of Tuesday, only 5% of Texas was experiencing drought conditions, per the US Drought Monitor; one year ago, that figure was 71%.