Hundreds of people have been rescued from flooded homes and roads in the Houston area of southern Texas, where rainfall continued into Sunday, while to the north in the Fort Worth area, a child has died after a car was caught in floodwaters.
In the past few days, storms have forced numerous high-water rescues in the Houston area, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes, the Associated Press reported.
In Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, a five-year-old boy died when he was swept away after the vehicle he was riding in became stuck in swift-moving water near the community of Lillian early on Sunday morning, an official said.
The child and two adults were trying to get to dry ground when they were swept away, Jamie Moore, the Johnson County emergency management director, wrote in a Facebook post.
The two adults were rescued about 5am and taken to a hospital, while the child was found dead about 7.20am. in the water.
