Some areas in Texas have experience more than 30cm of rain over the weekend as the remains of Hurricane Patricia hit the southern parts of the US. Flash floods were in the headlines, with a shipment train crashed after the rail tracks were swept away.
From the strongest storms ever recorded in the Americas, Hurricane Patricia quickly lost power as it passed over the highlands of the Mexican terrain. There, the devastation was less than feared with no reported casualties.
The government have extended their assistance , but some houses were flooded and an outage on water and power were distinct along some ares of the thinly populated Costa Alegre. Meanwhile, a clean-up is being worked on.
Patricia rapidly depleted, but connected with another storm system to take heavy rains to Texas and other parts on the Gulf of Mexico - with some areas even getting more than a month's equivalence of rain.
Mayor Annise Parker in Houston advised its people to stay away from roads especially after dark and keep their eyes open for possible flash floods. Several motorists were also stranded according to reports.
The US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin was also reported to be affected by the bad weather. According to authorities, in San Antonio, a man was said to have been swept into a drainage and is now missing. Flood advisories were raised for the eight south-eastern Texas counties.
The town of Powell, 60 miles (100km) south of Dallas, with the worst hit, Reuters news agency reported, with 20in (50cm) of rain falling over the weekend. Flooding derailed a freight train on Saturday near Corsicana. The two crew members swam to safety.
Flights at the Dallas Fort Worth international airport have also been postponed. However, meteorologists predict that the awful weather should be clear during Sunday, moving on to Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia, which could also experience heavy rain.
