Cars Submerged, Houses Surrounded As ‘Life-threatening’ Floods Hit Texas [Video]

Flash flood warnings and other flood-related weather alerts remain in place across Central Texas on Tuesday as videos revealing floods’ widespread impact make their way across social media.

Enough rain fell across Texas on Monday to break at least one daily rainfall record by nearly an inch. Last Friday, the National Weather Service’s (NWS) West Gulf River Forecast Center posted a rainfall map showing that parts of Texas were expecting up to 7 inches of rain over the weekend. The heaviest rain was forecast near the Louisiana border. That forecast came to fruition on Monday afternoon, when so much rain fell in Galveston that NWS meteorologists issued a flash flood warning for the island city, ordering people in the affected area to immediately seek higher ground.

Moisture-laden storms battered other parts of the state as well and continued to dump rain on Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon, flood-related weather alerts remained in place across Central Texas. Videos posted to social media showed the extent of the …