11:20 a.m. (CDT)
Preliminary damage estimates show the flooding from recent torrential rains in the Houston area will cost at least $45 million.
Francisco Sanchez with the Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management says as of Saturday there was more than $25 million in damage to public utilities and infrastructure.
He said Sunday that the cost to remove storm debris from bayous, flooded neighborhoods and elsewhere is about $15 million. There’s another $4.5 million in damage to buildings and equipment.
Sanchez says there are about 1,500 homes in Harris County, including those in Houston, with some level of flood damage, and this number will increase as damage-assessment teams canvass the area.
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11:30 p.m. (CDT)
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department says a 7-year-old girl has been killed after a crash that ejected her into floodwaters.
Sheriff’s spokesman Raul Reyna tells the Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/1I13fMW ) that the girl, her mother, a man and three other children were in a vehicle that crossed one or two lanes of U.S. Highway 175, hit an embankment and flipped over into the water Saturday evening.
Reyna said the 7-year-old and a 9-year-old were ejected, and that fire department rescuers were able to save the older child. The younger child was carried away in the water, and Reyna confirmed about 8:30 p.m. that crews had found her body.
Reyna said the other children were hospitalized in stable condition. The adults were also hospitalized but their conditions were not known.