At least 5 dead, hundreds rescued from high water in Houston flooding desiree smith period 4

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No injuries or deaths have been reported, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters Monday."I think we're going to see more and more" of those as water levels rise, Emmett told reporters. As of mid-morning, more than 100,000 homes and businesses in the region were without electricity, according to CenterPoint Energy. Some areas had received as much as 16 inches of rain by Monday morning, according to the flood control district. The heavy rains forced seven of the city's many bayous out of their banks and created flooding in parts of the city that had not flooded for many years, Turner said.

Nine hospitals in the region were closed to additional patients because of the flooding, the mayor added. More than 1,000 homes had flooded in Harris County, Emmett told reporters. The city's bus and rail service shut down early Monday amid "Severe and ever worsening weather conditions." The storm snarled traffic at Houston's Hobby Airport, where more than 140 flights had been canceled as of mid-morning, according to the airport's Twitter account. Flash flood warnings were up in about two dozen Texas counties across in the southern part of the state, including the Houston and Austin metropolitan areas