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Texas begins to evacuate about 2,600 inmates as flooding threatens prisons

Xinhua, May 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

The U.S. state of Texas began Sunday to evacuate about 2,600 inmates from the two facilities near the Brazos River due to the threat of historic flooding.

According to local TV station ABC13, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said that the Terrell and Stringfellow units in Rosharon, south of Houston, began evacuations on Sunday morning, while inmates at the Ramsey Unit trusty camp will be moved into the main prison building.

Meantime, in Huntersville, a city in southeast Texas and has the headquarters of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, an emergency command center has been set up to deal with high water breaching the banks of the Brazos River.

Heavy storms hit southeast Texas over the past days, causing four deaths and damages to a number of houses.

The weather service has warned that heavy rain is expected to come next Wednesday and Thursday. Endit