Water rescues and evacuations in Conroe’s flooded River Plantation community

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Conroe and other vulnerable areas could get hit by another three inches of rain over the weekend.

Bun B’s Trill Burgers introduces Trill Smash Taco with Alex Bregman’s Wild Sol salsa just in time for Cinco de Mayo 😋🍽– The River Plantation community in Conroe has been hit hard by this week’s flooding, and it’s facing up to three more inches of rain this weekend, according to

Harris County leaders urge remaining residents to heed calls for mandatory evacuation near San Jacinto RiverShe noticed the water rising around 5 p.m. Thursday, and the reservoir in her backyard filled. Water started flooding her house after dark.“I’m ready to go to bed,” Grines said. She plans to figure out where to go from here after some good sleep.

“I don’t know, but did I think it would get this bad. I was just glad it wasn’t worse. We knew it could happen. We heard it, you know, on average about every six, seven years you’re going to experience this down here. So, I don’t know, I just I, I’ve put a lot of my faith in God and don’t really stress about what could or couldn’t happen.”. The water rose so fast they too got stuck, had to abandon their truck at the highest point they could find and ride out with the rest of the evacuees.

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