5 Dead After Storms Sweep Through State

Drenching storms swept through Texas, spawning a tornado that killed one person and floods that killed four others, including three in San Antonio. The three San Antonio drowning victims--a man and two women--were washed away in cars stranded on flooded roads on the city’s north side. All three bodies were recovered. However, a woman believed to have been in one of the cars remained missing. In Pflugerville, northeast of Austin, the body of an 8-year-old girl was recovered. The storm dumped up to 20 inches of rain. Roads throughout the region were closed by the flooding, and officials in Austin had to evacuate residents of a mobile home park cut off by rising waters. Authorities in Austin and San Antonio spent much of the morning rescuing motorists from flooded roads, said Jo Schweikhard Moss of the Division of Emergency Management. More rain is expected today.