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The NWS received reports for several vehicles stranded on Interstate 2 in waist-deep water, according to the agency.
From ABC News
Cars were submerged by floodwaters in McAllen, Texas, on Thursday, March 27, as severe thunderstorms brought heavy rain to the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, triggering flash flooding.
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Abandoned vehicles littered submerged roads across South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Thursday and Friday after over half year’s worth of rain - approaching a full year’s worth in some places - caused at least four deaths and forced dozens of water rescues near the US-Mexico border.
The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that damaged buildings, whipped up deadly dust storms and fanned more than 100 wildfires.
At least five people have been killed in a monster storm sweeping across much of the U.S. At least two people were killed in Missouri after a tornado struck the Bakersfield area.
Whipping winds moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South, with at least two people killed in Missouri. Three people died in car crashes during a dust storm in the Texas Panhandle.
Winds gusting up to 80 mph were predicted from the Canadian border to Texas, threatening blizzard conditions in colder northern areas and wildfire risk in warmer, drier areas to the south.
Streets were flooded Friday in a Mexican city across from Texas, after heavy downpours along the Mexico-U.S. border led to at least three deaths in Texas and one in Mexico.