15-year-old drowns in flooded Texas pond as Potential Tropical Cyclone One looms over Gulf

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – Officials person confirmed the decease of a 15-year-old teen who drowned Tuesday aft walking into a flooded retention pond successful the Magnolia area.

Texas has been dealing with life-threatening flash flooding triggered by Potential Tropical Cyclone (PTC) One arsenic it churns disconnected the Gulf Coast.

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At astir 6 p.m. section time, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office received a 911 telephone regarding a missing juvenile and instantly launched a large-scale hunt operation.

Crews hunt for missing teen who entered flooded retention pond and ne'er resurfaced Tuesday adjacent the Magnolia area. The teen was aboriginal located and pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

(Montgomery County ESD No. 10/Magnolia Fire Department / Facebook)

According to officials, a radical of teenagers was playing adjacent a operation roadway and adjacent retention pond erstwhile the 15-year-old entered the h2o and failed to resurface.

A monolithic multi-unit hunt was coordinated, with boats and specialized diving teams deployed. 

Following an extended hunt and the usage of sonar technology, the teen was located submerged successful the h2o and pronounced deceased astatine the scene, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

Crews hunt for missing teen who entered flooded retention pond and ne'er resurfaced Tuesday adjacent the Magnolia area. The teen was aboriginal located and pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

(Montgomery County ESD No. 10/Magnolia Fire Department / Facebook)

A decease probe is being conducted arsenic modular protocol, and the sheriff’s bureau has extended its deepest condolences to the family. 

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Officials would besides similar to punctual the nationalist of the dangers of floodwaters, particularly pursuing dense downpours.

Crews hunt for missing teen who entered flooded retention pond and ne'er resurfaced Tuesday adjacent the Magnolia area. The teen was aboriginal located and pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

(Montgomery County ESD No. 10/Magnolia Fire Department / Facebook)

That said, PTC One volition proceed to bring days of dense tropical rainfall crossed the South this week, putting millions astatine hazard from eastbound Texas to Georgia.