Texas flash floods cause death and destruction - in pictures
Days of torrential rain causes massive flooding in Texas with hundreds of homes swept away. In Johnson County, just outside Dallas, residents grappled with the third large flood in four weeks that have also included the region’s largest earthquake and a mile-wide tornado. The county’s emergency management coordinator said the weather events were unprecedented in the area’s history
Tue 26 May 2015 10.43 EDT Last modified on Fri 14 Jul 2017 17.06 EDT
The streets of Austin are flooded after days of heavy rain Photograph: Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterVehicles are left stranded on a flooded Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday Photograph: Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA resident of Corpus Christi picks through her possessions after her home was washed away Photograph: Jerry Lara/EPA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSome inhabitants of Kyle are rescued by firefighters after clinging to a tree during the flood on Sunday Photograph: TNS/Landov/Barcroft Media
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA house on the Blanco River was reduced to its foundations in Wimberley Photograph: Rodolfo Gonzalez/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe flash floods uprooted trees and destroyed cars in the Hyde park district of Austin Photograph: Zuma/Rex Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAn employee of the Whole Earth Food provisions company works to get rid of flood water in Austin Photograph: Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLarge areas of Houston are under water after the torrential rains Photograph: Larry W Smith/EPA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterIn this aerial photo a parking lot of Walmart is submerged after the San Marcos River flooded in San Marcos on Sunday Photograph: Rodolfo Gonzalez/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA DPS Trooper walks along the Highway 12 bridge over the Blanco River in Wimberley which was blocked by large trees after the flooding Photograph: Jay Janner/Zuma Press/Corbis
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterPeople help salvage belongings from a house destroyed near Wimberley where the Blanco river rose 26ft in an hour Photograph: Jay Janner/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA firefighter rescues a woman from flood waters in San Marcos Photograph: Don Anders/Reuters
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