Flood-Ravaged Texas to Start Week on a Dry Note

Little if any additional rainfall is slated next week for the state.

ByABC News
May 31, 2015, 9:15 AM

— -- Relief may finally be in store for flood-ravaged Texas after another bout of heavy rain and flooding that hit the state Saturday morning.

Drier weather is expected to start today, and little if any additional rainfall is slated for Texas next week.

Overall, May is ending on a wet note across the southern plains, where city after city either broke or came close to having their wettest May on record.

On Saturday, strong slow moving storms flooded Houston’s Minute Maid Park – where the Houston Astros were hosting the Chicago White Sox -- with 3 to 4 inches of water reported in the stadium. It resulted from overwhelmed drainage issues within the venue. The water stood for five to six minutes before receding.

During the seventh inning, the public address system announced that the stadium would remain open after the game for fans who wanted to wait out the storm.

Additional reports of over 3.88 inches of rain fell in southeast Houston Saturday night over the course of three hours.

Further west and south, water rescue was reported in Hays County Texas because of rising water. Over 3 inches of rain fell in Laredo Texas, with water reported up to the roof of cars and water rescues being performed in a couple of spots from Corpus Christi to the southwest Texas-Mexico Border.

There were over 80 storm reports Saturday, almost all of them wind. A 70-mph wind gust was reported near Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday night. A 54-mph wind gust brought a tree down on Simpson County Courthouse in Kentucky. Six people were injured but there were no severe injuries reported.

In Michigan, over 5.5 inches of rain has fallen in two hours in Jackson County. Some minor flooding is being reported there.

Trees were downed by the strong storms in a chunk of the Ohio River valley and northeast Texas.

The recent storms Texas and Oklahoma that happened Memorial Day claimed at least 26 lives in Texas. President Obama signed a disaster declaration for Texas in response to the flooding.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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