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Students stranded at school amid flooding in Houston area
HOUSTON (AP) — Dozens of students in the Houston area had to spend the night at school after flooded roads prevented buses from leaving and parents from reaching their children.
Most of the approximately 1,500 students at an elementary school in Cleveland, northeast of Houston, were able to leave by the end of the day after being stranded for a time Tuesday as up to 10 inches (254 millimeters) of rain swamped the region. However, the school district says about 60 students stayed overnight.
The downpour brought flooding to schools and homes as emergency personnel worked into the night to evacuate people.
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Residents push a stalled car as thunderstorms hit the Kingwood area flooding parts of Kingwood Drive, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Kingwood, Texas. Heavy rain is battering parts of southeast Texas prompting flash flood warnings, power outages and calls for water rescues. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP) lessResidents push a stalled car as thunderstorms hit the Kingwood area flooding parts of Kingwood Drive, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Kingwood, Texas. Heavy rain is battering parts of southeast Texas prompting flash … more
Photo: Jason Fochtman, AP
Residents push a stalled car as thunderstorms hit the Kingwood area flooding parts of Kingwood Drive, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Kingwood, Texas. Heavy rain is battering parts of southeast Texas prompting flash flood warnings, power outages and calls for water rescues. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP) less
Residents push a stalled car as thunderstorms hit the Kingwood area flooding parts of Kingwood Drive, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, in Kingwood, Texas. Heavy rain is battering parts of southeast Texas prompting flash … more
Photo: Jason Fochtman, AP
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings. It warned that storms could continue to batter the state’s Gulf Coast with rain later into the week.