The sun may be out in Texas but the flood waters are still rising

CBSDFW.com:
The National Weather Service River Forecasters are predicting a second and much higher crest of the Brazos River in Parker County.

Just a day after homeowners near the river were warned to evacuate over concerns it would crest and rise to a level of 23.5 feet on Thursday – authorities are now expecting the waters to crest near 27 feet by Saturday night, May 30th.

“The river is already above flood stage and will continue to rise through today and tomorrow,” Parker County Emergency Management Coordinator George Teague said. “This situation will get worse before it gets better.”
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The Brazos River was almost out of its banks where Texas 105 crosses it on Friday.  I also got a call from the Washington county Judge explaining that Lake Somerville is at capacity and may have uncontrolled water flowing over its spillway as more water accumulates.  There are some road closures already in the area.

The area around Houston continues to grapple with the runoff.
The missing man found Thursday night was Houston's 8th victim of the torrential flooding here. A fisherman whose body authorities discovered Friday brought the tally to nine.

But the struggle hasn't been limited to Houston: on Thursday and Friday, storms dumped as much as 7 inches of rain on communities around Dallas, flooding roads and prompting first responders there to make a dozen high-water rescues.

Southwest of Houston, the water levels in Wharton prompted a mandatory evacuation of parts of that city, forcing as many as 900 people from their homes.

Officials in Brazoria County and Fort Bend County warned some residents to evacuate or be prepared to evacuate as floodwaters rose. The town of Rosenberg has called for a mandatory evacuation of residents in certain areas along the Brazos River.

Texans around the state continued to grapple with the rains of the last month, which are blamed for at least 26 deaths in Texas and Oklahoma - with at least 22 of those fatalities here in Texas - and have spread further havoc to Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana. At least a dozen people across the state are still missing from the flooding.
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Dealing with the runoff will test the areas' flood management.

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