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By May 26, 2015 | updated 11 years ago

Motorists are stranded along I-45 along North Main in Houston after storms flooded the area, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Overnight heavy rains caused flooding closing some portions of major highways in the Houston area. (Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Cody Duty)

Photos from the flooding that hit Texas on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2015.

Motorists are stranded along I-45 along North Main in Houston after storms flooded the area, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Overnight heavy rains caused flooding closing some portions of major highways in the Houston area. (Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Cody Duty)
Motorists are stranded along I-45 along North Main in Houston after storms flooded the area, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Overnight heavy rains caused flooding closing some portions of major highways in the Houston area. (Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Cody Duty)
Motorists are stranded along I-45 along North Main in Houston after storms flooded the area, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Overnight heavy rains caused flooding closing some portions of major highways in the Houston area. (Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Cody Duty)
Motorists are stranded along I-45 along North Main in Houston after storms flooded the area, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Overnight heavy rains caused flooding closing some portions of major highways in the Houston area. (Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Cody Duty)
Hudson Doty, 18, left, and Grant Guzal, 17, right, walk along the bank of the Blanco River near the foundation and stilts of the Carey family home on Deer Crossing Lane, in Wimberley, Texas, on Monday, May 25, 2015. The Carey family and McComb family, from Corpus Christi, Texas, have been missing since after their home was swept away by the Blanco River early Sunday morning. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
Hudson Doty, 18, left, and Grant Guzal, 17, right, walk along the bank of the Blanco River near the foundation and stilts of the Carey family home on Deer Crossing Lane, in Wimberley, Texas, on Monday, May 25, 2015. The Carey family and McComb family, from Corpus Christi, Texas, have been missing since after their home was swept away by the Blanco River early Sunday morning. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
Mikaila Castro, 7, and her mother, Piedad, watch the rushing waters of Williamson Creek from Emerald Forest Drive on Monday, May 25, 2015. (Dborah Cannon/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Dborah Cannon)
Mikaila Castro, 7, and her mother, Piedad, watch the rushing waters of Williamson Creek from Emerald Forest Drive on Monday, May 25, 2015. (Dborah Cannon/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Dborah Cannon)
First responders uses a rope to guide them back to a fire truck while checking on a home located near rising waters Monday, May 25, 2015 in Waco, Texas. Widespread flooding and trapped vehicles were reported throughout the area. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald via AP) (Rod Aydelotte)
First responders uses a rope to guide them back to a fire truck while checking on a home located near rising waters Monday, May 25, 2015 in Waco, Texas. Widespread flooding and trapped vehicles were reported throughout the area. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald via AP) (Rod Aydelotte)
A motorist is rescued from a car trapped at a low spot near an intersection Monday, May 25, 2015 in Waco, Texas. Widespread flooding and trapped vehicles were reported throughout the area. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald via AP) (Rod Aydelotte)
A motorist is rescued from a car trapped at a low spot near an intersection Monday, May 25, 2015 in Waco, Texas. Widespread flooding and trapped vehicles were reported throughout the area. (Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune Herald via AP) (Rod Aydelotte)
Shelly Guzal and her son, Grant, 17, stand by the Blanco River by where an A-frame house owned by the Carey family once stood in Wimberley, Texas, Monday, May 25, 2015. Corpus Christi resident Jonathan McComb, 36, and his family were guest in the house when it was swept away by floodwaters Saturday night. McComb was able to escape but his wife, Laura, 33, and their children, Leighton, 4 and Andrew, 6, are missing. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) (Jerry Lara)
Shelly Guzal and her son, Grant, 17, stand by the Blanco River by where an A-frame house owned by the Carey family once stood in Wimberley, Texas, Monday, May 25, 2015. Corpus Christi resident Jonathan McComb, 36, and his family were guest in the house when it was swept away by floodwaters Saturday night. McComb was able to escape but his wife, Laura, 33, and their children, Leighton, 4 and Andrew, 6, are missing. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) (Jerry Lara)
April Jones and Jodi Boyd load items into a semi trailer out of Boyd's home in the Richmond Rd. bottoms area of Texarkana, Texas. Monday, May 25, 2015, in preparation of the Red River flooding. A neighbor brought a semi trailer to the elderly widow's home so valuables could be moved to a safer area. All along the Red, residents are working together to help neighbors and family move what they can to higher ground. Over the coming days the Red River is expected to crest near the same level it did in 1990, the last time there was large-scale damage here from the Red topping its banks. (Evan Lewis/The Texarkana Gazette via AP) (Evan Lewis)
April Jones and Jodi Boyd load items into a semi trailer out of Boyd’s home in the Richmond Rd. bottoms area of Texarkana, Texas. Monday, May 25, 2015, in preparation of the Red River flooding. A neighbor brought a semi trailer to the elderly widow’s home so valuables could be moved to a safer area. All along the Red, residents are working together to help neighbors and family move what they can to higher ground. Over the coming days the Red River is expected to crest near the same level it did in 1990, the last time there was large-scale damage here from the Red topping its banks. (Evan Lewis/The Texarkana Gazette via AP) (Evan Lewis)
A wooden sign is all that is left except the cement stilts of the home belonging to the Carey family that once overlooked the Blanco River on Deer Crossing Lane, in Wimberley, Texas, on Monday, May 25, 2015. The Carey and McComb family, from Corpus Christi, Texas, have been missing since after their home was swept away by the Blanco River early Sunday morning. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
A wooden sign is all that is left except the cement stilts of the home belonging to the Carey family that once overlooked the Blanco River on Deer Crossing Lane, in Wimberley, Texas, on Monday, May 25, 2015. The Carey and McComb family, from Corpus Christi, Texas, have been missing since after their home was swept away by the Blanco River early Sunday morning. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
With downtown Dallas in view, water from the Trinity River floods the area below the Sylvan Avenue bridge Monday, May 25, 2015, in Dallas. Several people were reported missing in flash flooding from a line of storms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News via AP) (Louis DeLuca)
With downtown Dallas in view, water from the Trinity River floods the area below the Sylvan Avenue bridge Monday, May 25, 2015, in Dallas. Several people were reported missing in flash flooding from a line of storms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. (Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News via AP) (Louis DeLuca)
Gordon Welch surveys damage to the house his family has owned since 1964 along River Road next to the Blanco River in Wimberley, Texas, Sunday, May 24, 2015. Welch said that he and his wife watched the house get swept away by flood water. (Kelly West/Austin American-Statesman via AP) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT (Kelly West)
Gordon Welch surveys damage to the house his family has owned since 1964 along River Road next to the Blanco River in Wimberley, Texas, Sunday, May 24, 2015. Welch said that he and his wife watched the house get swept away by flood water. (Kelly West/Austin American-Statesman via AP) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT (Kelly West)
Rescue personnel grab the the hand of a man stranded in rushing water at the northwest corner of Lamar Blvd. and 15th St. in Austin, Texas. Shoal Creek overflowed its banks and inundated the major traffic artery with rushing water. Several cars were stalled under and near the 15th St. bridge Monday, May 25, 2015. (Alberto Martinez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Alberto Martinez)
Rescue personnel grab the the hand of a man stranded in rushing water at the northwest corner of Lamar Blvd. and 15th St. in Austin, Texas. Shoal Creek overflowed its banks and inundated the major traffic artery with rushing water. Several cars were stalled under and near the 15th St. bridge Monday, May 25, 2015. (Alberto Martinez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Alberto Martinez)
People stand near a destroyed vehicle after a powerful tornado swept past in Ciudad Acuna, northern Mexico, Monday, May 25, 2015. A tornado raged through the city on the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, destroying homes and flinging cars like matchsticks. At least 13 people were killed, authorities said. The twister hit a seven-block area, which Victor Zamora, interior secretary of the northern state of Coahuila, described as
People stand near a destroyed vehicle after a powerful tornado swept past in Ciudad Acuna, northern Mexico, Monday, May 25, 2015. A tornado raged through the city on the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, destroying homes and flinging cars like matchsticks. At least 13 people were killed, authorities said. The twister hit a seven-block area, which Victor Zamora, interior secretary of the northern state of Coahuila, described as “devastated.” (AP Photo) (AP)
Hays County Precinct 4 Deputy Constable John Ellen patrols River Road at the 7A Resort in Wimberley, Texas, Monday, May 25, 2015. Heavy rains led to historical floods along the Blanco River in Wimberley. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) (Jerry Lara)
Hays County Precinct 4 Deputy Constable John Ellen patrols River Road at the 7A Resort in Wimberley, Texas, Monday, May 25, 2015. Heavy rains led to historical floods along the Blanco River in Wimberley. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) (Jerry Lara)
The cement stilts of the home belonging to the Carey family of Corpus Christi, Texas, are all that remain the home was swept away by the Blanco River early Sunday morning during a flash flood in Wimberley, Texas, on Monday, May 25, 2015. The Carey and McComb family, from Corpus Christi, Texas, have been missing since. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
The cement stilts of the home belonging to the Carey family of Corpus Christi, Texas, are all that remain the home was swept away by the Blanco River early Sunday morning during a flash flood in Wimberley, Texas, on Monday, May 25, 2015. The Carey and McComb family, from Corpus Christi, Texas, have been missing since. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
A couch hangs in a tree as people search for possessions after a flash flood along the Blanco River, Monday, May 25, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Several people were reported missing in flash flooding from a line of storms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
A couch hangs in a tree as people search for possessions after a flash flood along the Blanco River, Monday, May 25, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Several people were reported missing in flash flooding from a line of storms that stretched from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
Residents clear away debris from their home after a powerful tornado swept past in Ciudad Acuna, northern Mexico, Monday, May 25, 2015. A tornado raged through the city on the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, destroying homes and flinging cars like matchsticks. At least 13 people were killed, authorities said. The twister hit a seven-block area, which Victor Zamora, interior secretary of the northern state of Coahuila, described as
Residents clear away debris from their home after a powerful tornado swept past in Ciudad Acuna, northern Mexico, Monday, May 25, 2015. A tornado raged through the city on the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, destroying homes and flinging cars like matchsticks. At least 13 people were killed, authorities said. The twister hit a seven-block area, which Victor Zamora, interior secretary of the northern state of Coahuila, described as “devastated.” (AP Photo) (AP)
Hudson Doty, 18, left, and Grant Guzal, 17, right, stand overlooking the Blanco River near the cement stilts of the Carey family home, far left, in Wimberley, Texas, on Monday, May 25, 2015. The Carey and McComb family, from Corpus Christi, Texas, have been missing since early Sunday morning after their home was swept away by the Blanco River in a flash flood. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
Hudson Doty, 18, left, and Grant Guzal, 17, right, stand overlooking the Blanco River near the cement stilts of the Carey family home, far left, in Wimberley, Texas, on Monday, May 25, 2015. The Carey and McComb family, from Corpus Christi, Texas, have been missing since early Sunday morning after their home was swept away by the Blanco River in a flash flood. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
A home on the Blanco River was taken off its foundation after heavy overnight rain caused flash flooding in Wimberley, Texas, Sunday, May 24, 2015. Record rainfall was wreaking havoc across a swath of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, causing flash floods in normally dry riverbeds, spawning tornadoes and forcing at least 2,000 people to flee. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
A home on the Blanco River was taken off its foundation after heavy overnight rain caused flash flooding in Wimberley, Texas, Sunday, May 24, 2015. Record rainfall was wreaking havoc across a swath of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, causing flash floods in normally dry riverbeds, spawning tornadoes and forcing at least 2,000 people to flee. (Rodolfo Gonzalez/Austin American-Statesman via AP) AUSTIN CHRONICLE OUT, COMMUNITY IMPACT OUT, INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM, MAGS OUT (Rodolfo Gonzalez)
Cars sit in floodwaters along Interstate 45 after heavy overnight rain flooded parts of the highway in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways in the Houston area are closed due to high water. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)
Cars sit in floodwaters along Interstate 45 after heavy overnight rain flooded parts of the highway in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways in the Houston area are closed due to high water. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)
Stranded motorists wait for floodwaters to recede on Interstate 45 after heavy rains overnight in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways are closed in the Houston area due to high water. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)
Stranded motorists wait for floodwaters to recede on Interstate 45 after heavy rains overnight in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways are closed in the Houston area due to high water. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)
A man is comforted after finding out that a relative drowned in her truck at 5757 Ranchester in Houston on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. A holiday weekend of storms dumped record rainfall on the American heartland, caused major flooding and spawned tornadoes. More than 1,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Texas, and thousands of residents are displaced. (Thomas B. Shea/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Thomas B. Shea)
A man is comforted after finding out that a relative drowned in her truck at 5757 Ranchester in Houston on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. A holiday weekend of storms dumped record rainfall on the American heartland, caused major flooding and spawned tornadoes. More than 1,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Texas, and thousands of residents are displaced. (Thomas B. Shea/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Thomas B. Shea)
Police work the scene where a woman drowned in her truck at 5757 Ranchester in Houston on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. A holiday weekend of storms dumped record rainfall on the American heartland, caused major flooding and spawned tornadoes. More than 1,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Texas, and thousands of residents are displaced. (Thomas B. Shea/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Thomas B. Shea)
Police work the scene where a woman drowned in her truck at 5757 Ranchester in Houston on Tuesday, May 26, 2015. A holiday weekend of storms dumped record rainfall on the American heartland, caused major flooding and spawned tornadoes. More than 1,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Texas, and thousands of residents are displaced. (Thomas B. Shea/Houston Chronicle via AP) (Thomas B. Shea)
A cross sits at water-level of the still flooding Blanco River and in view of debris from a flood days earlier, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Recovery teams were searching for 12 members of two families who are missing after the rain-swollen river in Central Texas carried a vacation home off its foundation, slamming it into a bridge downstream. The hunt for the missing picked up after a holiday weekend of terrible storms that dumped record rainfall on the Plains and Midwest, caused major flooding and spawned tornadoes and killed at least eight people in Oklahoma and Texas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (Elaine Thompson)
A cross sits at water-level of the still flooding Blanco River and in view of debris from a flood days earlier, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Recovery teams were searching for 12 members of two families who are missing after the rain-swollen river in Central Texas carried a vacation home off its foundation, slamming it into a bridge downstream. The hunt for the missing picked up after a holiday weekend of terrible storms that dumped record rainfall on the Plains and Midwest, caused major flooding and spawned tornadoes and killed at least eight people in Oklahoma and Texas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (Elaine Thompson)
Lennie Blatt, left, and Mark Maaskant paddle down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)
Lennie Blatt, left, and Mark Maaskant paddle down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)
Domingo Molina, right, paddles with his granddaughters Crystal, left, and Alicia, center, down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)
Domingo Molina, right, paddles with his granddaughters Crystal, left, and Alicia, center, down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (David J. Phillip)
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