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Heavy rain, flooding, tornadoes forecast for Houston region

Dec 7, 2018 | 1:00 PM

Houston authorities have activated their emergency operations centre and the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch as a storm system could bring up to 10 inches (25 centimetres) of rain in some areas.

The weather service says flooding is likely for a broad region extending down to the Gulf Coast, with the heaviest rainfall occurring late Friday night into early Saturday.

Most areas will receive upward of 5 inches (13 centimetres) of rain and the coastal region could see damaging winds and isolated tornadoes.

Heavy rain and flash flooding is a concern for other parts of Texas as well, such as the Austin and San Antonio areas.