DALLAS (AP) – The Latest on severe weather moving through the southern Plains (all times local):
10:10 a.m.
Authorities near Houston say they’ve recovered the body of a 22-year-old man whose kayak capsized as a strong storm moved into the area.
Dickinson police spokesman Tim Cromie said in a statement Tuesday that Francisco Ruben Garza, of Hidalgo, was kayaking Monday evening with another man in Dickinson Bayou, southeast of Houston near Galveston Bay.
He says the men were fishing as a strong storm system moved into the region. The other man was wearing a life vest and swam to shore to summon help. Garza was not wearing a vest.
Forecasts call for up to 10 inches of rain in the Houston area, and the National Weather Service says up to 12 inches could fall in East Texas, western parts of Louisiana and parts of Arkansas.
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9:30 a.m.
Emergency personnel have waded through thigh-deep water to rescue children from a school bus caught on a flooded North Texas road.
The Denton Independent School District bus was in water as high as the wheel hubs during Tuesday morning’s rescue.
Parts of the region received heavy rain Monday night, leading to day-after flooding along some roads.
KXAS-TV (http://bit.ly/1ntzcHY) reports that the bus got trapped near Aubrey, about 40 miles northwest of Dallas.
Rescuers walked through the water to reach the school bus, which had the back door open to allow children out. The children were carried to safety.
District officials didn’t immediately return messages Tuesday.
Forecasters predict a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Dallas-Fort Worth area through Thursday.
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Information from: KXAS-TV, http://www.nbcdfw.com