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FLOODING CONTINUES IN EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY

4.11 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BECOME IMPASSABLE. THE NWS HAS ISSUED FLOOD WARNINGS FOR BOTH PEACH CREEK ON THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS OF SPLENDORA AND THE EAST FORK OF THE SAN JACINTO ON THE EASTERN CITY LIMITS OF SPLENDORA. OLD HOUSTON ROAD IS FLOODED IN MANY PLACES FROM CANEY CREEK COWBOY CHURCH TO FM 1314. IN ADDITION, THE NEW SECTION OF OLD HOUSTON WHICH TOOK 2 YEARS TO BUILD TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC IS UNDERWATER IN PLACES. MANY YARDS ARE ALSO UNDERWATER. ONE RESIDENT SAID HE THOUGHT THE COUNTY WAS BUILDING A NEW ROAD BUT HE SAID, “I WAS MISTAKEN, THIS IS THE OLD HOUSTON DAM THAT THEY HAVE CONSTRUCTED.” HE SAID HIS YARD NEVER FLOODED, EVEN IN HARVEY, NOW IT IS UP TO THE FIRST STEP OF HIS HOUSE.

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