That ranked second for the top 10 most rain over 24 hours in Dallas on record. The official National Weather Service record station at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport reported 9.19 inches (23 centimeters) of rain in the 24 hours ending at 2 p.m. 'The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight,' said Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The wettest August was 10.33 inches (26 centimeters) in 1915.Stalled cars sit abandoned on the flooded Interstate 635 Service Road on Monday in Mesquite, Texas.Įlías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via APĭALLAS - Heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads and water seeped into some homes and businesses. As of 2 p.m., the National Weather Service reported total rainfall for August of 10.08 inches (25 centimeters) at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. With the amount of rain that fell Monday, this August now ranks as the second-wettest on record for the area. Meanwhile, the weather caused hundreds of delays and cancellations in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and at Dallas Love Field.

“I don’t give up too easily.”ĭallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said on Twitter that based on preliminary damage assessments, he was declaring a state of disaster in Dallas County and requesting state and federal assistance. “I’m hoping by Thursday we’ll be able to open up the bar with a few snacks,” he told the newspaper. He said he may be able to salvage the furniture but he’ll need to replace rugs and carpets. Peter Tarantino, who owns Tarantino’s Cicchetti Bar and Record Lounge in Dallas, told The Dallas Morning News that about 6 inches of water flowed into the dining room, but had receded by late morning. He noted that with so much concrete in urban areas, “there’s just only so much that the drain systems can handle.” “We had to get to them by boat and pull them to safety,” said Neal, who added that others chose to stay in their flooded homes.

Fire Chief Eric Neal said they rescued four people from one flooded home and one person from another. In Balch Springs, a Dallas suburb where last month a grass fire that started in a tinder-dry open field damaged over two dozen homes, officials on Monday rescued people from flooded homes. A 60-year-old woman was killed in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite when flood waters from South Mesquite Creek swept her vehicle from Texas 352 westbound at Interstate 635, officials said.ĭallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, as presiding officer of the Dallas County commissioners, declared a disaster had occurred in the county and requested federal and state assistance for affected individuals. “There was quite a bit of variation in the rainfall totals,” Barnes said.Īt least one fatality was blamed on the downpours as emergency responders across the area reported responding to hundreds of high-water calls. Puerto Rico extends power contract amid outages, objections

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