SAN ANTONIO, July 22 (UPI) -- Up to 17 inches of rain dumped on parts of Texas, stranding 176 passengers on an Amtrak train and leaving others to be rescued by helicopter and boat.
Water covered the tracks in Knippa, west of San Antonio, stranding a westbound Amtrak train for most of the day Saturday. Buses arrived in the late afternoon to take the passengers to El Paso, the San Antonio Express-News reported Sunday.
No serious injuries were reported as parts of Uvalde, Medina and Bexar counties got up to 17 inches of rain Saturday and hundreds of people sought higher ground. Seco Creek overflowed, flooding the town of D'Hanis near San Antonio with several feet of water.
Throughout the state, more than 50 people were reported rescued by boats and helicopters, including four people stranded on a truck in San Antonio.
Some longtime residents seemed resigned to the periodic downpours in Texas.
In flooding in 1987, "I had to throw my wedding dress in the car and drive away," said Debbie Nolasco of D'Hanis.
