More than 1,000 people have been evacuated after tropical storm Imelda brought chaos to Texas with up to 40 inches of rainfall and flash flooding. Governor Greg Abbott declared 13 counties disaster zones as the National Weather Service warned 'life-threatening amounts of rainfall' had fallen, with more expected over Thursday Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Tropical Storm Imelda: more than 1,000 rescued as floodwaters swamp Texas ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/19/imelda-latest-storm-news-texas-floods Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► http://www.youtube.com/theguardian Owe Show more