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2 teens killed in Texas floods
October 13, 1997
Web posted at: 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT)CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNN) -- Flooding in Texas claimed the lives of two teen-aged boys, a police spokesman in Corpus Christi said.
Authorities said the boys were apparently sucked underwater while playing in flooded fields near a large drainage ditch. Their parents had reported them missing on Saturday afternoon. The bodies were discovered Sunday.
The floodwaters were beginning to recede in Corpus Christi following days of rain.
The nearby towns of Bishop and Driscoll, harder hit by the heavy rainfall, also saw receding waters. Residents of both towns faced evacuations after up to 15 inches of rain fell on the area in three days. Nearly half of Bishop's 5,000 residents were evacuated to the Bishop High School.
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Related sites:
- "Boys drown in ditch" - from the Corpus Christi Caller-Times Interactive
- National Weather Service
- Texas Severe Storms Association
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