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DALLAS (AP) — Heavy rain is falling in parts of Texas.
Flooding on Thursday floated several travel trailers and a double-wide mobile home away from an RV park in the West Texas town of Rankin, 60 miles south of Odessa. No one was hurt.
The rain is expected to increase in intensity Friday and Saturday as Hurricane Patricia in the eastern Pacific Ocean makes landfall Friday near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and moves north toward Texas.
Emergency crews in Odessa conducted about 30 swift-water rescues from stranded vehicles and flooded structures on Thursday. Forecasters say 3.7 inches of rain soaked Odessa, flooding more than a dozen homes. Midland recorded at least 2.2 inches of rain.
The National Weather Service says the rain occurred along a stalled cold front. Heavy rain is forecast for parts of Texas from Dallas-Fort Worth south to Austin and San Antonio on Friday morning through Saturday morning, with up to 4 to 8 inches expected -- along with isolated pockets of up to a foot of rain.
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285-a-05-(Brian McGary, battalion chief, Midland Fire Department, in interview)-"and don't drown"-Midland Fire Battalion Chief Brian McGary says drivers need to avoid low crossings and other areas where flooding is evident, and emergency crews have put up warnings. COURTESY: KOSA TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (22 Oct 2015)
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283-a-06-(Brian McGary, battalion chief, Midland Fire Department, in interview)-"draw, Midland Draw"-Midland Fire Battalion Chief Brian McGary says they received a call about a tractor-trailer truck in need of rescue early Thursday. COURTESY: KOSA TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (22 Oct 2015)
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284-a-06-(Brian McGary, battalion chief, Midland Fire Department, in interview)-"up going downstream"-Midland Fire Battalion Chief Brian McGary says they didn't want to put emergency responders into the floodwaters, but it was the only way to free a trucker whose cab was stuck in five feet of water. COURTESY: KOSA TV ((mandatory on-air credit)) (22 Oct 2015)
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236-r-09-(Sound of heavy rain and cars sloshing through wheel-high water, during rainstorm in Odessa, Texas that led to flooding)--Sound of heavy rain and cars sloshing through wheel-high water during rainstorm in Odessa, Texas that led to flooding. COURTESY: KWES ((Mandatory on-air credit)) EMBARGO: May not be used by stations in Odessa/Midland, Texas market (22 Oct 2015)
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APPHOTO TXODE103: Water flows into a neighborhood Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in Midland County, Texas following heavy rains overnight. One home owner said he had water in his garage and his neighbor had water in his house. (Mark Sterkel/Odessa American via AP) (22 Oct 2015)
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