Historic flooding rushes through Texas

This Texas still recovering from historic flooding right now. The rain may have stopped but the rivers are rising and there's a new weather threat to the north today. A B C's Andrew Dibert has the latest. The catastrophic flooding in Texas turning deadly south of Fort Worth in Johnson County say two adults and a four year old boy were in a vehicle hit by fast moving flood water. A witness says all three trying to get out were swept away. The adults survived. The boy's body was found hours later, parts of Southeast Texas received 2 ft of rain in just a matter of days. The area from Beaumont to College Station seeing 800% of its normal rainfall. A kick in the in the say that more than 200 people have been rescued so far in Harris County, outside of Houston, this man and his three dogs saved by police on jet skis in water. 10 ft deep. The storms have passed for now but local rivers could be swollen for days. Now, the attention turns to the planes bracing for possible tornadoes today. From Oklahoma to Nebraska. A nine year old Oklahoma boy is being hailed a hero for saving his parents when a recent tornado hit, I went to go get help. I said, don't Branson Baker and his parents were driving to a storm shelter late last month when they say the ef four tornado tossed their truck into a pile of trees. His parents suffered serious injuries but Branson was uninjured in the back seat. So he ran about one mile to get help for him to run as fast as he did, as hard as he did. He's very courageous son for a nine year old boy, not many adults would have done what he did. Andrew Dember, ABC News, New York.

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Published: Mon May 06 2024