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The death toll continues to rise in Texas and Oklahoma as Houston is hit with more destruction: Over 100,000 million gallons o raw sewage spilled into the surrounding floodwaters after Houston’s Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant flooded when a nearby bayou overflowed.
Water from the Trinity River floods the area below the Sylvan Avenue bridge Monday, May 25, 2015, in Dallas. (Photo by Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate flood-threatened areas of Texas on Wednesday as storms bringing torrential rains battered the state, where at least 19 people have been killed in weather-related incidents this week, including six in Houston.
The death toll in Texas was expected to rise, with about a dozen people still missing and a new round of thunderstorms pelting the already flood-hit cities of Houston and Austin.
Debris lines the path at Buffalo Bayou park after massive flooding (Photo by Eric Kayne/Getty Images)
In Hays County alone, nine people were missing after flooding on Monday caused homes to break off their foundations.
The return of heavy rains was impeding emergency rescue efforts.
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