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Storms Cause Flooding and Power Outages Across Deep East Texas Counties
• Several counties in Deep East Texas are experiencing flooded areas and power outages due to weekend storms. • Road closures and hazards have been reported, including flooded roadways and a slope failure on SH 21 East, with specific locations in Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Polk, Shelby, and Trinity counties.
TRAFFIC ALERT: East Texas roads flooded, washed out by rain
POLK COUNTY, Texas (KETK) – Polk County Emergency Management, the City of Lufkin and TxDOT have reported that several roads are flooded or washed out on Sunday as heavy rains hit East Texas. On Monday, Nacogdoches County authorities said the following road hazards have been reported, and that more rainfall is expected: The following road […]
'We lost everything'
East Texas residents confront their future after flooding Clinton Jones looked across the emergency shelter Friday. His children were going stir crazy. His wife, Samantha, and mother-in-law, Lee Farrell, were making the best of the cots and blankets they received from the Red Cross. The 27-year-old’s family was one of thousands who fled their Southeast Texas homes as heavy rains saturated land in multiple counties and filled lakes and streams. An unknown total of homes, businesses and other property has been ' damaged this week by unrelenting storms stretching across Polk, Montgomery, Harris and other counties. ' We lost everything. We lost everything...
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