A man surveys floodwaters caused by heavy rains in San Antonio, United States, May 25, 2013.<\/p>\n
Two people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the US city of San Antonio.\n<\/p>\n
According to police, a 29-year-old woman died on Saturday after her car was washed into a creek when she tried to drive across a bridge. Her body was later discovered against a fence.\n<\/p>\n
Another woman, in her 60s, was killed when the rising waters swept away her car as firefighters were trying to pull her from the vehicle.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThey were in the midst of getting her out when the currents changed and washed that vehicle away,\u201d San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said.\n<\/p>\n
Authorities say more than 100 people had been rescued before the floodwaters started to subside.\n<\/p>\n
Priscilla Ingle, the vice president of the city\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Via Metro Transit said the rescue teams pulled a city bus driver and three passengers to safety, adding that bus service would not work until the water reached safer levels.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cThe bus was driving down the street when water got under its tires. This forced the bus off the street as the water rose,\u201d Ingle said.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Mayor Julian Castro urged people to keep off the roads and stay home.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cMany roads throughout the city continue to be impassable and dangerous,\u201d the mayor said in a statement. \u00c5\u201cJust because it\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s not raining at the moment, does not mean that the threat has passed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Flash-flood warnings were in place across south-central Texas, including in San Antonio, through Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
By Saturday afternoon, the San Antonio International Airport had recorded almost 10 inches of rain since midnight.\n<\/p>\n
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