Floods hit Texas

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Warnings of flash flooding have been issued across seven US states as a massive downpour of torrential rain triggered extremely dangerous conditions in Houston, Texas.

Over 30 million Americans were told to brace for dangerous thunderstorms including record-breaking flooding, hail and possible tornadoes.

Meteorologists have warned that the terrible weather could expand to other areas.

11 deaths have been confirmed as a result of the storm. At least 12 people are still missing, and countless more have been evacuated .

In Houston, more than 80,000 people were without power and the flood waters closed roads including Interstate 10 and Interstate 45.

A state of disaster was stated in Houston on Monday.

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Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor

Shem Banbury is the Editor of Kiwi Kids News and is the Deputy Principal at Mount Maunganui Intermediate. In his spare time, he likes to train and compete in triathlons, play cricket and spend time with his family.

7 Responses

batman11 says:

May 28, 2015 at 9:56 am

Now thats just so sad
jbanks says:

May 28, 2015 at 10:02 am

I wonder how high the flood waters will reach.
thomascarney5432 says:

May 28, 2015 at 1:19 pm

it has really hit texsas
MeronC says:

May 28, 2015 at 4:55 pm

oh no , i feel so
sorry for everyone who had
to put up with floods like that:(
alexwellsmiller says:

June 2, 2015 at 9:13 am

hmmm thats sad
Elsa9630 says:

June 2, 2015 at 1:50 pm

oh no , I feel so
sorry for everyone who had
to put up with floods like that 🙁
I wonder how high the flood waters will reach.
mo105 says:

June 4, 2015 at 9:41 am

I feel so sad for the people of Texas. No one deserves to go through that. Hopefully they can work together and help rebuild buildings.