Photos: Catastrophic flooding across Houston area

A White Oak Bayou retention pond at Hollister and West Little York was nearing capacity Aug. 27. 

A West University Place response vehicle helps a stalled driver at the corner of Rice Boulevard and Kirby.

A KHOU 11 viewer says all their family could do was watch pre-recorded Ghostbusters while floodwaters came into their house.

An SUV attempted to pass through floodwaters at Houston Ave. and Washington near downtown. A viewer reports the SUV didn't see the severe drop.

KHOU 11 reporter Brandi Smith and photographer Mario Sandoval helped rescue the driver of this off Beltway 8 and the Hardy Toll Road.

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610 at Market Street suffers major flooding.

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Waugh Drive under water.

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A truck drives through flooded waters in Bellaire.

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Street flooding in southwest Houston.

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Flooding rains in Bellaire.

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A boat dock is submerged as a nearby flood gauge registers at six feet.

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A possible tornado destroyed this house on Blessing Street in Matagorda County.

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A submerged SUV at George Bush Park.

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A White Oak Bayou retention pond at Hollister and West Little York was nearing capacity Aug. 27. 

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Strong winds knocked down this basketball goal and pouring rain flooded streets.

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Flooding in Mar Bella near Hwy 96 and 146.

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Flooded streets in Richmond.

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Flooding on the San Jacinto River.

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Flooded backyards in Lake Shore Harbour in Missouri City.

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Flooded streets in Bellaire.

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White Oak Bayou at T.C. Jester at noon on Aug. 27.

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A KHOU 11 viewer says the man in this kayak was attempting a rescue in Meyerland

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Flooded cars in an apartment parking lot in Greenspoint.

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Flooding between 249 and Spring Cypress in northwest Harris County.

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An aeiral view of the Brazos River in Richmond.

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Major street flooding in the Copper Creek subdivision in northwest Houston.

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A bayou about to be out of its banks behind the Walmart at Hwy 290 and Tidwell.

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Major rains caused street flooding and flooded homes in Bayou Vista.

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Heavy rains caused major street flooding and flooded homes in Bayou Vista.

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Flooding at Voss and Del Monte.

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A swollen Colorado River in Columbus. 

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Flooding at Voss Road north of Westheimer and south of San Felipe.

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The Bering Ditch at Briarwood and Westheimer.

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Flooded feeder roads at Beltway 8 and I-10.

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Pouring rain in League City.

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Heavy rains have caused street flooding in Bayou Vista.

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Neighborhoods near White Oak Bayou are flooding since it came out if its banks.

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Heavy rains have caused major street flooding in Bayou Vista.

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Heavy rains have caused major street flooding in Bayou Vista.

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A car is submerged in a ditch near Ventana Lakes off Clay Road in Katy.

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Cars flooded in Meyerland.

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A West University Place response vehicle helps a stalled driver at the corner of Rice Boulevard and Kirby.

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Flooding in LIncoln Green East.

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Flooding at the Nob Hill apartments off Braeswood.

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Flooding in the Northern Point subdivision in Tomball.

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Flooding along White Oak Bayou at Ella and T.C. Jester.

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Flooding in Dickinson.

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Flooding in Meadows Place.

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A collapsed roof at the Uvalde apartments.

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The EA Smith YMCA parking lot.

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Flooding along the bayou at Cartwright Road in Missouri City.

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Flooding at the Nob Hill Apartments off North Braeswood.

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Flooding at apartments off Worthington at Beltway 8 in Greenspoint.

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A KHOU 11 viewer says all their family could do was watch pre-recorded Ghostbusters while floodwaters came into their house.

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Flooding at Allen Parkway at Studemont near Buffalo Bayou.

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A kayaker in Friendswood.

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Flooding at the Nob Hill apartments off North Braeswood. 

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Waist-high water in the Bayou Place neighborhood.

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An SUV attempted to pass through floodwaters at Houston Ave. and Washington near downtown. A viewer reports the SUV didn't see the severe drop.

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A view of Buffalo Bayou from the Studemont bridge.

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Buffalo Bayou overcame its banks and flooded Allen Parkway.

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White Oak Bayou cresting over its banks.

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A field mouse runs from floodwater.

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Flooding along West Werrington Way in north Houston.

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Sims Bayou at the top of its banks.

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Flooding in the 5200 block of North Braeswood in southwest Houston. 

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KHOU 11 reporter Brandi Smith and photographer Mario Sandoval helped rescue the driver of this off Beltway 8 and the Hardy Toll Road.

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Flooding in Hitchcock, Texas.

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Flooding in Clear Lake Shores.

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A vehicle underwater at I-45 and Little York.

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Flooding in the Bella Vista neighborhood in Cleveland.

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Flooding in the Bella Vista neighborhood in Cleveland.

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A flood home and car near North Wayside and 610.

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