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Weekend Rain Floods Roads And Causes Bridge Problems In North Texas

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Parts of State Highway 66 between Royse City and Caddo Mills were flooded Sunday.

We saw yet more rain over the weekend – 3 to 6 inches in some areas -- and all of that water flooded roads and crept into some homes. It also caused a bridge to collapse in Hunt County, which is northeast of Dallas.

Around 2:30 Sunday afternoon, a bridge over the South Sulphur River collapsed – just as a pickup truck was crossing. A family was inside. A Good Samaritan threw out a rope and the family climbed back onto the road.

We’re not aware of any significant injuries.

There were reports of other high-water rescues in Hunt County.

In Grayson County, an elderly Pottsboro man died Sunday after his truck was swept away in flood water, the Herald Democrat newspaper is reporting.

In Collin County, some water seeped into homes in the town of Josephine.

There have been several road closures – part of Interstate 30 east of Dallas was shut down for several hours Sunday due to high water.

Part of U.S. Highway 69 connecting Oklahoma and Texas was reopened Sunday – it was closed because of high water along the Red River. The bridge connects Texas and Oklahoma near Lake Texoma and had been completely closed for more than an hour.

There are scattered flood warnings across North Texas and several roads are still closed because of flooding.

It should be a dry week – mostly sunny skies are in the forecast all week. The next chance of rain comes Saturday night. 

Eric Aasen is KERA’s managing editor. He helps lead the station's news department, including radio and digital reporters, producers and newscasters. He also oversees keranews.org, the station’s news website, and manages the station's digital news projects. He reports and writes stories for the website and contributes pieces to KERA radio. He's discussed breaking news live on various public radio programs, including The Takeaway, Here & Now and Texas Standard, as well as radio and TV programs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.