Flood News

So authorities there shut down Highway 14 between Grundy Center and Conrad on Sunday because water covered the road in places.

Several search and rescue teams in inflatable boats were moving through the muddy water trying to find the teen in Schertz, where he was reported missing Saturday.

Rescue crews in a San Antonio suburb worked on Sunday to find a teenager believed to have drowned during a flash flood a day earlier, which could raise the storm's death toll to three.

A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio.

The scene in the 400 block of rhapsody where a woman whose vehicle was swept off the road tried to climb out and drowned.

Two women are believed to be dead in the US state of Texas following torrential rains over the weekend.

The heaviest rainfall was occurring over southern victoria county west of McFaddin and Bloomington.

The severe weather is expected to hit parts of the North Island this weekend as a low moves across the country.

A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains on Saturday.

San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Christian Bove says the 29-year-old woman was trapped in her car, got on the roof and was swept away in floodwaters.

One person has been killed, another is missing and about 130 have been rescued in the San Antonio area after the region was inundated with nearly 10 inches of rain Saturday.

A flood gage shows waters just under 10 feet at an intersection, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in San Antonio.

The fatality occurred when a woman was swept from her vehicle, fire department spokesman Christian Bove told CNN.

The fatality occurred when a woman was swept from her vehicle, fire department spokesman Christian Bove told CNN.

At 4:30 p.m., a band of showers and thunderstorms was moving northward across the coastal plains and toward the San Antonio metro area.

Environment Agency chiefs insist that multi-million pound flood defences in Carlisle were NOT to blame for the flooding which devastated north Cumbria at the weekend.

Despite some large puddles on city streets, including this one at the intersection of Country Village Link and Country Village Road N.E., officials say the risk of flooding is not as great as had been forecast earlier in the week.

NOT INFORMED: Hathaway Court body corporate spokesman Jim Mitchell and resident Gaile Noonan on the banks of the Maitai River, with Civic House in the background.

It seemed an impossible situation. Firefighters, trained to serve and protect the Cedar Rapids community, found themselves dispersed in four boats early June 12, 2008, with rain pounding and calls for help pouring in.

As authorities suggested residents of a northeastern North Dakota city flee their homes earlier this week in case a rain-swollen dam burst, Daryl Thompson hurriedly prepared meals at his Main Street cafe for the emergency workers who would stay behind.