USA – Three people have died in flood-related incidents in southeast Texas after the region was inundated with rain, authorities said. All three were killed in Washington County, about 75 miles west of Houston, an area hammered with 17 inches of rain Thursday. Although the rain stopped Friday night, the area remains clogged with floodwaters. Rescue boats helped people stranded in their homes and trapped in their cars.

The body of a man who was reported missing was found Saturday morning, said John Brieden, a county judge. The other fatalities in Washington County include a person found in a mobile home in Brenham city and thought to have drowned, said police spokeswoman Angela Hahn. An additional person found dead in a vehicle swept away is believed to have died of a heart attack, Hahn said. (CNN/foto: bostonherald.com)…[+]