Rain from Imelda, now a tropical depression, is still drenching parts of Texas and Louisiana, with as much as 35 inches forecast in some places by Friday night.
Fast-moving Hurricane Humberto, a Category 3, swept Bermuda before heading out into the Atlantic. In the Pacific, Hurricane Lorena hovers off Baja California.
reported. The Beaumont Police Department said on Twitter that 911 had received requests for more than 250 high-water rescues and 270 evacuations.“It’s bad. Homes that did not flood in Harvey are flooding now,” Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick said. During Harvey, Beaumont’s only municipal water system pump station wasThe National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for several counties Thursday.
Coastal counties, including Brazoria, Matagorda and Galveston, were hit hard by rainfall through Wednesday. Sargent, a town of about 2,700 residents in Matagorda County, had received nearly 20 inches of rain since Tuesday.
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