Dallas Flooding Today: Videos Show Submerged Cars, Damaged Houses After Heavy Rains

The Dallas-Forth Worth area in Texas was submerged earlier today in a massive flood after continuous heavy rainfall.

The Dallas flooding extended into the surrounding cities, leading to one person's death in Mesquite.

Reports indicate that the 10-inch rain that flooded the area was so severe that it qualified to be a "1-in-1000 year flood."

Dallas-Forth Worth, Mesquite Submerged in Massive Flood, Heavy Rainfall

According to Dallas Morning News, the city of Dallas-Forth Worth and its surrounding cities were affected by a massive rainfall late Sunday evening into Monday. Because of this, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins has declared the entire county under a state of disaster following an initial damage assessment of the storm.

For context, declaring disasters like these could ramp up the government's disaster response and funnel federal financial assistance to disaster-stricken communities.

Emergency medical services have been deployed and responding to various calls of accidents and emergencies throughout the area.

The first day of school in Dallas is swamped, especially for North Texas students, because of the thick floods that have not subsided yet. Per Accuweather meteorologist Andrew Johnson-Levine, because the rain hit an area with hard surfaces that could not soak in water, it becomes a combination that they have to know to cause "damaging urban flooding.

A recent forecast has estimated that the Dallas area had received eight inches of rainwater, while some areas even peaked at a 14-inch downpour.

Per The Washington Post, the rainfall totals could now be considered a "1-in-1,000-year flood," which sounds ironic because of the scorching drought the city had encountered in the past months.

While some gauged a 10-inch rainfall in some areas, the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport tallied a record-breaking 3.01 inches of rain at some point during the disastrous storm.

Dallas Storm Wreak Havoc, Injuries, Death

Because of the massive rainstorm and flood that drenched Dallas and surrounding cities earlier today, a woman in Mesquite was found dead - marking the disaster's first fatality.

"A 60-year-old woman was killed when her vehicle was swept away by flood waters. Please keep her husband and family in your prayers. Even less than and inch of water on roadways can cause the loss of control of a vehicle," County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a Twitter statement.

Meanwhile, power outages are also affecting the people in the county. Oncor reported that there were 432 outages already, which rough estimates point to affecting more than 10,000 families.

The Dallas Police Force has been non-stop in responding and attending to almost 500 traffic and water-related emergencies since last Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

A police officer was reported to have sustained a non-life threatening injury in the leg while responding to a high-water call in South Dallas.

The police have already responded to 147 calls of people stuck in high water and a hundred involved in freeway incidents.

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Written by: Ivan Korrs

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