Ron Brackett
Published: June 25, 2020
Numerous roads in Houston and areas west of the city flooded Thursday morning, causing some people to become stranded in their cars.
A Harris County Sheriff's Office Deputy said at least three motorists were stranded in Katy, Texas, west of Houston, KHOU-TV reported.
Flooded roads were also reported in the Sugarland area.
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In Fort Bend County, the Cane Island Parkway was closed because of flooding for several hours, according to the county sheriff's office.
The National Weather Service reported at least one home in the Bear Creek Village of Jersey Village, northwest of Houston, was flooded.
Lower South Mayde Creek overflows onto Greenhouse Road west of Houston on Thursday, June 25, 2020.
The NWS office in Houston reported at about 6:30 a.m. CDT that up to 8 inches of rain had fallen in the area within the past 12 hours.
The flooding was caused by a persistent batch of slow-moving thunderstorms traveling from the southwest to the northeast over the Houston area for several hours Thursday morning, weather.com meteorologist Ari Sarsalari said.
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