Crews searching for 10-year-old girl swept away by Texas floodwaters

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Brenham, Texas — Rescue crews successful Texas were searching for a 10-year-old miss swept distant by rapidly rising floodwaters arsenic forecasters warned that Tuesday could bring much dense rains and flooding to the Houston country and the state's coast.

Teams of radical scoured the metropolis of Brenham connected Monday night, utilizing drones with thermal imaging and dogs to effort to find the girl. But arsenic dense thunderstorms moved done the area, the Brenham Fire Department was forced to standard backmost the h2o rescue operation. It was expected to resume successful the morning, the section said.

The section was moving with astir a twelve supporting agencies to find the girl, who was past seen astatine astir 4 p.m. Monday.

Several bystanders tried to rescue the miss earlier exigency crews arrived, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU-TV reported.

A Brenham constabulary serviceman who besides tried to rescue her became caught successful the current, KHOU added, but was rescued downstream and was being treated by Washington County EMS.

"There is atrocious upwind connected its mode truthful we inquire for prayers for the household and each the archetypal responders progressive successful the hunt and rescue," the Brenham Fire Department section said successful a societal media post.

The adjacent circular of terrible storms could bring arsenic overmuch arsenic 6 inches of rainfall Tuesday to parts of southeastern Texas, according to the National Weather Service successful Houston.

The upwind work besides warned of a bid of beardown rip currents and flooding on Gulf-facing beaches, particularly during precocious tides.

A ample swath of the state, on with parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi were nether a National Weather Service flood ticker aboriginal Tuesday.

Just past week, storms drenched overmuch of confederate Oklahoma and bluish Texas, flooding and washing retired roads and causing hundreds of flights to beryllium canceled oregon delayed astatine large airports.

Brenham ia astir an hr and 15-minute thrust northwest from downtown Houston, KHOU points out.