Houston fears the worst is still to come
Apr-20-2016

While some parts of Houston are starting to recover from paralyzing flooding, some residents believe the worst is yet to come.

The problem: Cypress Creek in northwest Houston keeps rising and still hasn't crested, officials say, and forecasters expect more rain Wednesday.

In the town of Klein, John Martin stuffed his suitcase and bolted for a friend's house.
"I got a week's worth of clothes and all my important papers," he said.

His new car was one of dozens partially submerged in the complex parking lot, which now looks like a dirty brown pool. Neighbors tore down a fence in the back of the complex to move their cars to higher ground.

Ahmed Sharma and his wife, Emily, couldn't leave their apartment without the help of an inflatable raft tugged by their neighbors.

"We all knew it was going to rain, but we didn't know it was going to be this bad," Emily Sharma said.

The catastrophic flooding has killed seven people, flooded 1,000 homes and caused more than $5 billion in damage.

The Houston-area community of Hockley got pummeled with 17 inches of rain in less than 24 hours. That's more rain than Salt Lake City gets in a year.

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