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[NovoMira]

Hey Ron...started to send you the following the other day but got busy. It's old news now and the flooding fears have returned. It's been pouring here off and on for two days now...


Threat of flooding eases in south Texas

SAN ANTONIO - Even as the threat of floods in south Texas eased, the threat that rivers could spill their banks in the central part of the state remained, the National Weather Service said.

High water was still a problem for some recreational areas and ranches Monday but posed little threat to homes, officials said. As much as 17 inches of rain fell over the weekend, causing flooding that destroyed several houses and led to numerous high-water rescues.

The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for parts of the state late Monday, but no problems were immediately reported.

Several Central Texas rivers were either at flood stage or expected to reach that level through Thursday, the weather service said. Some major flooding was possible in the Nueces and Guadalupe river basins later this week, according to forecasts.

Medina County saw the heaviest rain and worst flooding Saturday, especially along Seco Creek, which flows through D'Hanis.

There were no estimates of the number of homes destroyed by the flood, but Medina County Sheriff Randy Brown said he believed it was more than a dozen. No injuries were reported, but as many as 90 people sought emergency shelter, he said.

A Boy Scout troop had to flee a campsite along the rapidly rising Guadalupe River on Saturday, and an Amtrak train was halted by water on the tracks about 75 miles west of San Antonio.