Photos show severe flooding from Tropical Depression Imelda across southeast Texas

Severe flooding and storm damage has been reported in several Houston-area counties as Tropical Depression Imelda continues to move across southeast Texas.

Liberty County officials issued a shelter-in-place order Thursday after some areas of the county saw as many as 26 inches of rain over the last two days, the Chronicle reported. All offices are closed in Montgomery County after parts of that area saw more than eight inches of rain. Many streets in Conroe and The Woodlands were passable as of Thursday morning.

Click through the photos above for a look at the severe weather across parts of southeast Texas…

A Flash Flood Emergency had been issued for northeast Harris County for the areas of Kingwood, Humble, Huffman, Sheldon and Crosby, according to a National Weather Service. Montgomery, Liberty and Chambers counties are also under a flash flood emergency.

SCHOOL CLOSURES: Conroe ISD, Humble ISD among school districts closed due to Tropical Depression Imelda

Areas in Beaumont saw record rain that has some residents claiming Imelda was worse than Hurricane Harvey in 2017. All service roads are impassable and two local hospitals are inaccessible, the Beaumont Enterprise reported. Interstate 10, between Houston and Beaumont, was impassable due to the severe flooding in the area, officials said.

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