five people have died from weather-related causes since Houston began experiencing major flooding late Sunday night, according to the Associated Press.
Traffic cameras showed two of the victims driving around barricades in an unsuccessful effort to drive through a flooded underpass, Harris County Judge and chief administrator Ed Emmett said in an afternoon press conference, the AP reports.
All parts of Houston are virtually flooded.. And the billions estimated in damage is the worst since Allison in 2001..