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Omaha Steve

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Tue May 26, 2015, 05:24 AM May 2015

The Latest: Harris County residents warned to not leave home [View all]

Source: AP-Excite

4:30 a.m. CDT

Harris County Flood control has advised residents waking up for work and school Tuesday morning to not leave their homes.

KHOU-TV reports The National Weather Service has issued an emergency flash flood Warning for southwest Harris County and northeast Fort Bend County.

Fans at the Toyota Center for the Houston Rockets' playoff game Monday night were advised not to leave because of weather conditions. About 200 people remained at the arena as of 3:50 a.m.
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2:30 a.m. CDT

Evacuations are underway in Austin, Texas, due to rising water that's threatening homes.

FULL story at link.



Andrea Jones helps remove a downed tree on River Road, Monday, May 25, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Around a dozen people were reported missing in flash flooding from a line of storms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150526/us--severe_weather-the_latest-6d8dda33e4.html

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