"The
Brazos River is being pounded, and all of that water is coming down from the tributaries and creeks into the river," Trower said.
Officials in suburban Fort Bend County issued mandatory evacuation orders late Sunday along the
Brazos River levee districts as the river rose to major flood stage.
Meanwhile, officials in Fort Bend County, Houston's south-western suburbs, issued widespread mandatory evacuation orders along the
Brazos River levee districts.
The
Brazos River was forecast to crest at a record high in the next two days about 30 miles (50 kms) southwest of Houston, forcing the mandatory evacuation of about 50,000 people in Fort Bend County, where officials described the predicted deluge as the worst in at least eight centuries.
Meanwhile, officials in Fort Bend County, Houston's south western suburbs, issued widespread mandatory evacuation orders along the
Brazos River levee districts.
Householders living near the
Brazos River levee in Fort Bend County, Houston, were given mandatory evacuation orders.
Communities living close to the
Brazos River prepare for the worst as rain continues to fall from Hurricane Harvey.
Texas officials were also evacuating 4500 inmates from three prisons south of Houston as the
Brazos River rose as a result of heavy rain.
About 4,500 inmates from prisons south of Houston are being evacuated to other prisons in east Texas because the
Brazos River nearby is rising significantly, local officials said.
Current distribution of Texas Shiner is within and downstream from spring complexes from the San Gabriel River in the
Brazos River basin on the northeast extent of its range, to the Pecos River basin in the west, and to the Rio Grande basin in the south (Garrett et al., 2002; Hubbs et al., 2008).
In the "Model Calibration" section, the sentence reading "The
Brazos River Basin, which has the largest drainage area, does not match the observations well during the low flow seasons (August-November)" should be changed to "The
Brazos River Basin, which has the largest drainage area, does not match the observations well during the late summer and fall (August-November)."