Weather

Storms Wreak Havoc Across North Texas

DALLAS (CBS 11 News/ AP) ― Wednesday morning should shed light on the damage left behind by Tuesday's floodwaters.

The rain came down in sheets, causing high-water rescues throughout North Texas. Fortunately there were no reports of injuries.

In the Dallas suburb of Lancaster, Ten Mile Creek spilled its banks after daylong rains, flooding at least one house and leaving a handful of cars stuck in watery streets.

The City of Lancaster implemented its "Reverse 911" system and called residents to inform them of dangerous flooding along ten mile creek.

By 2 p.m. homes near West Main and Houston School Road were partially under water.

CBS 11 News video showed officials bringing rescue boats to the area. Firefighters conducted a high water rescue to save one woman and her dog.

While neighbors were being rescued, several horses had to simply wait for the water to recede, which occurred around 4 p.m.

In Oak Cliff, the flooding affected isolated areas. Carolyn Buster happened to find one of the flooded areas at the intersection of Zang and Pratt. Buster had just returned from the hospital with her newborn child. Her two other children were also in the car when flood waters rushed into her vehicle.

A Good Samaritan passing by rushed to the family's aid and pulled the children from the vehicle. Mother and children are safe and have since been reunited.

Winds of more than 100 mph briefly were reported at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, where lightning struck a ramp earlier Tuesday. Airport officials said the strongest winds occurred in microbursts and caused no damage.

In Red Oak, just south of Dallas, about 17 mobile homes were cleared out as a precautionary measure as Red Oak Creek continued to rise, said Renee Freeman, a communications supervisor for Red Oak police. A dispatcher said that by the evening, the mobile home park had reopened to residents.

Dozens of streets were closed off in the Dallas area as waters continued to rise.

A Dallas Area Rapid Transit bus had to be abandoned by the driver and passengers when it became stranded in high water. Nobody was hurt.

A bolt of lightning struck close to a 17-year-old girl at a church in south Arlington.

Storms continued across East Texas, bringing high winds to that area as well.

Rusk County Commissioner Bill Hale said there were some reports of trees down in an area along U.S. 259 south of Kilgore. He said they didn't know if the damage was caused by straight-line winds or a tornado.

Weather led to cancellation of college baseball games in Waco, Fort Worth and Abilene.

Another round of heavy rain is expected to roll in during the evening and overnight hours.

There will still be some rain early Wednesday morning, but the area will be drying out by the Wednesday afternoon. The end of the work week looks great with lots of sunshine and temperatures in the low 70s. There is another low chance of rain for Easter Sunday.

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