The family found in the van were relatives of the late singer Selena. Her father Abraham Quintanilla posted on social media that the victims were his cousins.
I heard a report a couple of days ago that the Toledo Bend Reservoir Dam is releasing at least twice as much water per second than what flows over Niagara Falls. All that water has got to go somewhere.
Listen to this father keep his kids from panicking as they take shelter in the bathroom. He video-tapes the possible tornado as it forms over a Lindale neighborhood on Saturday, and it went on to damage several homes. Would you be this calm?
On Friday morning, Central Texas woke up to severe weather and to torrential downpours. Areas from New Braunfels to Austin received nearly a foot of rain.
Record setting rainfall amounts have made numerous roads in north central and northeast Texas impassable. Many Lufkin football fans traveling on Friday night found out the hard way that Interstate 45 and other surrounding roads had been shut down.
Up to 6 inches of rain fell overnight in areas around Austin and Travis County overnight turning dry creek beds into raging torrents. Authorities northwest of Austin are searching for a Travis County deputy whose squad car was swept away by the floods.