Latest on flooding: High water hampering Texas search
Source: AP
12:40 p.m.
Authorities in Houston have confirmed two more storm-related deaths, raising the combined Texas and Oklahoma death toll to 19 people.
Houston's emergency operations center announced the deaths Wednesday in a news release.
Searchers are still looking for more than a dozen people in Texas who went missing during the powerful storms in recent days. The storm-related death toll in Texas stands at 15. Four people were confirmed killed in Oklahoma.
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Workers attempt to relieve the pressure from the earthen dam at Padera Lake, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Midlothian, Texas. Water was flowing over the top of the dam early Wednesday morning following days of heavy rain. Police say emergency personnel could shut down a highway if the dam, southwest of Dallas breaks. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
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