Heavy rains and flooding affect schools and homes in the Houston area Monday morning.
The largest school district in Texas has canceled classes as heavy rain drenched parts of the state.
The Houston Independent School District called off classes Monday as a precaution due to severe weather. The district, with about 215,000 students, made the announcement as the Houston area was under a flash flood watch through Tuesday morning.
The wide-ranging flash flood watch area also included Austin, San Antonio, Bryan-College Station, DFW, the Tyler-Longview area and as far east as Texarkana.
Authorities had no immediate reports of anyone hurt.
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Forecasters estimate some areas could get 3 to 8 inches of rain.
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Several high-water rescues were reported Monday in the Austin area, where rain flooded several roads. Some highways in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and Houston were also closed due to flooding.
