North Texas Officials Look Ahead To Likely Weekend Flooding
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Emergency management officials in North Texas are preparing for heavy rain to continue through the weekend and the widespread flooding that may follow.
Rain fell steadily Friday through much of the state and is forecast to continue through at least Saturday as a storm system slowly moves eastward.
By lunchtime in North Texas, several highways including FM 2499 in Flower Mound, Highway 183 at Grauwyler in Irving, and Northwest Highway at Hillcrest were all closed because of high water. Also in Dallas, the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business was evacuated and closed after portions of the first-floor flooded.
As of 1:20 p.m. Green Line trains were not going through downtown Dallas. Passengers were boarding an Orange Line train to go south at Victory Station and a shuttle bus between Deep Ellum and Pearl/Arts District Station.
Many parts of Texas, including Dallas and Houston, could see upward of 12 inches of rain by early Saturday.
Officials are concerned the current system will be followed by the wet remnants of powerful Hurricane Patricia, which is now approaching the west coast of Mexico.
The systems will bring the most rain the state has seen since the devastating Memorial Day weekend flooding that led to at least 30 deaths.
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