Tornadoes strike near Corpus Christi amid Harvey recovery as flooding inundates Texas

Severe storms caused home damage and flash flooding across parts of southern Texas on Wednesday and Thursday.

Severe flooding turned roads into rivers on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Wednesday afternoon.

The College Station Police Department reported that several cars throughout the city stalled out after attempting to drive through floodwaters. Many roads were closed in the city due to flooding.

Both San Antonio and Austin, Texas, established daily maximum rainfall records for the month of March on Wednesday.

San Antonio received 3.51 inches, surpassing the old record of 2.63 inches on March 29, 1922. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport reported a total of 5.99 inches, breaking the previous record of 2.69 inches on March 20, 2012, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

At least 45 roads were closed in Bexar County, Texas, on Wednesday due to high water, leading to many traffic problems, according to My San Antonio.

Three tornadoes were reported during the overnight hours Thursday in southeastern Texas, near Corpus Christi.

The NWS reported that the second story of a house was destroyed by a tornado on Bel Aire Drive in Holiday Beach, Texas, located about 40 miles northeast of Corpus Christi. At least seven occupants needed to be rescued.

Another tornado was reported near Woodsboro, Texas, where several homes lost their roofs and suffered window damage. Home damage also occurred in the community of Seadrift.

A third tornado touched down in the community of Seadrift.

The storm damage occurred in areas that were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey last August. According to KRIS-TV, one of the damaged homes in Holiday Beach had just recently been rebuilt from last summer’s hurricane.

The storms also caused a ground stop of 75 minutes at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.

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