Five Dead, Deadly Floods Cripple Parts of Texas

At least ffive people are dead and another is missing as storms thundered through parts of Texas, dumping more than a foot of rain on some areas and causing floods that trapped school buses and other vehicles, officials said, NBC News reported.

The body of a driver who went missing in the floods was found in Travis County Friday, the county Officer of Emergency Management said. A woman was also missing after she and another man went missing in the floods, the office said. The man was found alive.

Another body was found at Joint Base San Antonio Camp Bullis in Bexar County after a driver was swept away in flood waters on Camp Bullis Road at around 6:15 a.m., base spokesman Oscar Balladares said. The driver's identity was not released, but Balladres said he was a contract employee.

Meanwhile, a possible tornado tossed a tractor-trailer onto the roof of a hotel in Floresville, Texas, and damaged cars and homes.

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