Police and fire crews responded to hundreds of calls, wading through floodwaters to rescue terrified, stranded civilians.
Published: 19:00 GMT, 22 August 2022 | Updated: 13:54 GMT, 23 August 2022Ī 60-year-old Uber driver has been killed in Dallas after her car was swept away in floodwaters while she was on the phone with her husband - with the grim news coming just as Texas recorded the wettest August day in history.Īs of 2pm on Monday, 5.66 inches had fallen - breaking the record of 4.28 inches set in 1946. It was the second wettest August day of all time for the state only a September day in 1932 beat Monday's total.
Rain is forecast to continue falling in the Dallas area throughout the week, although not as much as Mondayīy Harriet Alexander and Chris Jewers For Dailymail.Com. Four people have been taken to hospital, and 10,000 were without power on Monday night. Dallas police have responded to almost 470 traffic and water-related calls since 6pm Sunday, including 147 calls reporting people stuck in high water. Dallas Fire-Rescue responded to 334 emergency calls from 6pm Sunday and 1pm Monday, including 94 calls to rescue people stranded in water. Dallas has been deluged by torrential rain: At 2pm on Monday, Texas authorities declared it the wettest August day ever, with 5.66 inches of rain having fallen. 
Police in Mesquite, a town in the Dallas suburbs, confirmed that 60-year-old Uber driver Joleen Jarrell died when her car was swept away by flood waters. Female Uber driver, 60, dies as her car is swept away in Dallas floodwaters - while describing harrowing situation to her husband on the phone: 14M across south are hit with weather warnings
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