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ByJuanA.Lozanoand Seth Robbins The Associated Press HOUSTON Although the deadly thunderstorms that lashed much of Texas have tapered off, many cities were still in danger of flood- ing Thursday as heavy rain from earlier in the week poured downstream, swell- ing rivers. The Houston area got a respite from the rain a day earlier, but runoff from ear- lier in the week lifted the San Jacinto River above flood stage, and it kept climbing. Nearby residents watched the high water with alarm. "We came back out here today to get a few of our things that we had parked by the road," said Brian Har- mon, who lives in suburban Kingwood. "The water keeps rising and rising. We didn't want to lose anything else." Harmon's home had up to 2 feet of water. Nearby streets had water rushing over them. 'Verystressful' "It's very stressful," he said. "I'm very tired of it." About 60 miles south- west of Houston, the mayor of Wharton asked residents to voluntarily evacuate about 300 homes because of the predicted rise of the Colorado River. And in the rural Parker County community of Horseshoe Bend, some 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth, officials asked peo- ple in 250 homes to flee from the Brazos River. By early Thursday, Parker County Emergency Manage- ment spokesman Joel Ker- tok said the Brazos had al- most crested, but officials had no immediate reports of flooded homes and were monitoring the situation. He said the river, which has a flood level of 21 feet, was at nearly 24 feet. This week's storms and floods in Texas and Okla- homa have left at least 21 people dead and at least 10 others missing. In Miami, President Barack Obama said the flooding should serve as a re- minder of the need to make the nation more resilient against natural disasters. He said climate change is affect- ing both the pace and inten- sity of storms. "The best scientists in the world are telling us that ex- treme weather events, like hurricanes, are likely to become more powerful," Obama said during the first visit of his presidency to the National Hurricane Center. "When you combine stronger storms with rising seas, that's a recipe for more devastating floods," he said. In Central Texas, crews continued searching for eight people feared dead af- ter the swollen Blanco River smashed through Wimber- ley, a small tourist town be- tween San Antonio and Aus- tin, over the Memorial Day weekend. Authorities there are concerned that more rain forecast for the region could hamper the search. Debris fields The Hays County emer- gency management coordi- nator, Kharley Smith, said more rain could shift debris fields and complicate efforts to find entangled victims. A portion of the San Ja- cinto on Thursday was at nearly 53 feet, about 4 feet above flood stage, said Kim Jackson, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Flood Control District. Joey Shedd, 23, didn't plan on evacuating his home in the Moonshine Hill neighborhood along the San Jacinto. Shedd said his home is safe because it stands on stilts, but he ex- pected his parents' home next door to flood because it's at ground level. "It hasn't been this bad since Hurricane Ike," in 2008, he said. The all-terrain vehicle he was using to ride across flooded roads "barely makes it to my house." Chuck Bayne was among those who decided to fol- low authorities' advice and leave his North Texas home in Horseshoe Bend. On Wednesday, Bayne, owner of the Brazos RV Resort, headed to his second home in Arlington. "Everybody on the river is leaving, except you have a couple dozen who aren't leaving," he said. "They're afraid of looters, and some are just plain stubborn." Farther west, about 20 homes flooded after wa- ters rose at Lake Leon. Fire Chief Darrell Fox said offi- cials had asked for volun- tary evacuations of 100 to 150 homes around the lake, which is 100 miles south- west of Fort Worth. In Wharton, the Colo- rado River is expected to crest at about 45.5 feet, nearly 7 feet above flood stage, by Saturday. HEAVY RAIN St or ms e as e in T ex as , bu t ru no ff could cause even more flooding By Omer Farooq and Katy Daigle The Associated Press HYDERABAD,INDIA Eating onions, lying in the shade and splashing into rivers, Indians were doing what- ever they could Thursday to stay cool during a brutal heat wave that has killed more than 1,400 in the past month. But some had no choice but to venture into the heat. "Either we have to work, putting our lives under threat, or we go without food," farmer Narasimha said in the badly hit Nal- gonda district of southern Andhra Pradesh state. Meteorological officials have said the heat would likely last several more days — scorching crops, killing wildlife and en- dangering anyone labor- ing outdoors. Officials warned people to stay out of the sun, cover their heads and drink plenty of water. Still, poverty forced many to work. "If I don't work due to the heat, how will my family survive?" said construction worker Mahalakshmi, who earns a daily wage of about $3.10 in Nizamabad, a city about 90 miles north of the state capital of Hyderabad. Most of the 1,412 heat-re- lated deaths so far have oc- curred in Andhra Pradesh and neighboring Telan- gana, where temperatures have soared to 117 degrees Fahrenheit, according to government figures. "The rains which have eluded us for the last cou- ple of years have created se- rious drought conditions," said state minister K.T. Rama Rao in Telangana, which was carved out of Andhra Pradesh as a sepa- rate state just last year. Indians scramble for relief from heat MORE THAN 1,400 DEAD PATSULLIVAN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS A house built on tall piers is surrounded by flood water from the San Jacinto River on Thursday in Kingwood, Texas. Washington 86/70 New York 82/64 Miami 88/75 Atlanta 84/66 Detroit 85/68 Houston 85/71 Chicago 82/62 Minneapolis 71/50 Kansas City 76/60 El Paso 95/65 Denver 63/46 Billings 63/49 Los Angeles 80/60 San Francisco 66/54 Seattle 78/53 AIRQUALITYFORECAST Whatitmeans: 0-50:Good; 51-100:Moderate; 101-150:Unhealthyforsensitivepeople; 151+:Unhealthyforall. Source: Airnow.gov City Today'sairquality City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W CALIFORNIA CITIES National and world forecast s-sunny,pc-partly cloudy,c-cloudy,sh-showers,t-thunderstorms,r-rain,sf-snow flurries,sn-snow,i-ice City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Summary National Extremes World Extremes North and South America Asia, Australia Africa CarsonCity Hawthorne Reno Herlong Lovelock Sacramento Yuba City Napa Ukiah Chico Corning Lakeview Alturas Susanville Redding Red Bluff Laytonville Fort Bragg Point Arena Eureka Redway Mount Shasta Yreka Crescent City Ashland Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Shown are today's noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. ALMANAC Precipitation Temperatures ALLERGY REPORT Pollenlevels Source: National Allergy Bureau TODAY'S UV INDEX (The higher the number, the faster skin damage will occur.) Extreme Very high High Moderate Low SUN SETTINGS, MOON PHASES Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Hoursofsunlight River Levels SacramentoRiver Flood 7a.m. 24-hr Stage yest. chg. Lake Levels Elevation Yesterday Storage (acre-feet) Percent Capacity Q: A: SATURDAY 91° 62° SUNDAY 88° 61° Some sun, t hen clouds and warm Partly sunny and hot MONDAY 82° 59° Pe riods of clouds and sunshine TUESDAY 87° 60° Pa rtly sunn y TODAY 94° 63° Partly sunny and hot. Mainly clear tonight. High ....................................................................... 87° Low ........................................................................ 60° Normal high ......................................................... 85° Normal low ........................................................... 57° Record high ........................................... 108° in 1984 Record low .............................................. 45° in 2006 Humidity noon today ........................................ 33% 24 hours through 2 p.m. yesterday ................. 0.00" Month to date ................................................... 0.30" Normal month to date ..................................... 1.12" Season to date ................................................ 19.97" Normal season to date .................................. 23.94" Red Bluff through 2 p.m. yesterday Chico .................................................................. Good Napa ................................................................... Good Red Bluff .............................................. Not available Redding ............................................... Not available Yuba City ........................................................... Good Allergy, dust and dander today: Beneficial Grass ............. Moderate Mold .........................Low Trees ....................... Low Weeds ..................... Low 8 Highest at 1 p.m. Today 5:43 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 4:44 p.m. 3:29 a.m. Saturday 5:43 a.m. 8:30 p.m. 5:43 p.m. 4:02 a.m. 14 hr., 47 min. Jun2 Full Jun9 Last New Jun16 First Jun24 aboveBendBridge......................27 ...........2.50 ....... -0.20 atHamiltonCity.........................148 ......129.10 ....... -0.21 atOrdFerry................................114 ........96.70 ....... -0.14 atRedBluffDiversionDam.......253 ......238.50 ....... -0.20 atTehamaBridge ......................213 ......201.20 ....... -0.20 atVinaWoodsonBridge............183 ......167.10 ....... -0.15 BlackButte ....................455.70..............69,812 .....48.6% LakeOroville..................739.52.........1,581,784 .....42.3% LakeShasta ...................981.16.........2,438,727 .....53.6% LakeTrinity..................2259.11.........1,035,893 .....39.1% Whiskeytown...............1209.32............238,919 .....99.1% Weather Trivia ™ Can there be lightning but no thunder? No, but if the lightning is very distant the thunder may not be heard. Today Saturday Anaheim 84/63/pc 86/61/pc Bakersfield 95/67/s 99/69/s Chula Vista 70/61/pc 70/60/pc Crescent City 58/51/s 58/52/pc Death Valley 107/69/s 110/76/s Eureka 58/51/pc 58/50/pc Fremont 69/55/pc 71/55/pc Fresno 96/64/s 99/67/s Glendale 89/61/pc 91/64/s Huntington Beach 72/61/pc 72/61/pc Irvine 72/61/pc 74/63/pc Lake Tahoe 77/41/s 77/46/s Long Beach 79/62/pc 80/63/pc Los Angeles 80/60/pc 80/60/pc Mammoth Mountain 77/44/s 79/45/s Modesto 92/59/s 94/60/s Monterey 63/52/pc 65/52/pc Moreno Valley 93/59/s 97/59/s Napa 74/51/pc 73/52/pc Needles 103/75/s 106/78/s Oakland 65/54/pc 66/53/pc Oxnard 71/58/pc 73/59/pc Redding 96/66/pc 93/66/pc Riverside 91/58/s 94/63/s Sacramento 87/57/s 87/57/s San Bernardino 91/58/s 93/62/s San Diego 72/62/pc 72/63/pc San Francisco 66/54/pc 68/53/pc San Jose 76/55/pc 77/55/pc San Luis Obispo 75/52/pc 75/54/pc Santa Ana 76/62/pc 77/62/pc Santa Barbara 72/55/pc 73/57/pc Santa Clarita 89/61/s 91/62/s Stockton 89/55/s 91/56/s Ventura 70/58/pc 71/58/pc Yosemite Valley 90/55/s 92/55/s Today Saturday Albuquerque 83/58/pc 80/57/t Atlanta 84/66/t 86/69/t Baltimore 86/65/t 88/68/pc Boston 70/58/pc 81/62/pc Buffalo 85/67/pc 80/48/t Chicago 82/62/t 64/44/r Cincinnati 83/66/t 81/61/t Dallas 77/66/t 79/62/t Denver 63/46/t 71/51/pc Detroit 85/68/t 77/48/r El Paso 95/65/pc 91/66/pc Fargo 61/37/c 62/44/s Honolulu 83/70/sh 84/71/pc Houston 85/71/t 84/68/t Indianapolis 83/67/pc 77/55/t Kansas City 76/60/t 69/56/r Las Vegas 97/71/s 100/72/s Louisville 82/69/pc 82/68/t Miami 88/75/pc 89/76/pc Minneapolis 71/50/r 65/45/pc New Orleans 84/73/t 85/72/t New York City 82/64/pc 83/68/pc Oklahoma City 81/62/t 73/57/t As warm, humid air holds in the South, the sum- merlike air will surge into the Northeast again today following a brief cooldown. Spotty showers and thunderstorms will affect the Appalachians and upper Ohio Valley. A more general zone of showers and thunderstorms will stretch from parts of Texas to the upper Great Lakes. A flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico ahead af an advancing cool front will enhance the storms and the rainfall. Localized flooding can occur over the southern Plains as a result. A more general swath of rain will affect the northern Plains. High ........................... 101° in Needles, CA Low ............... 27° in Bodie State Park, CA High .......................... 118° in Luxor, Egypt Low ... -28° in Summit Station, Greenland Bogota 65/49/t 66/48/c Buenos Aires 62/52/pc 64/51/pc Caracas 85/75/t 86/75/t Ensenada 77/58/pc 79/57/pc Mexico City 72/56/t 71/56/t Montreal 80/63/s 83/48/r Rio de Janeiro 77/68/r 78/69/c Tijuana 73/62/pc 75/60/pc Toronto 79/62/pc 81/42/r Vancouver 71/53/s 69/54/pc Orlando 88/71/t 90/73/t Philadelphia 85/67/pc 88/69/pc Phoenix 101/75/s 104/78/s Pittsburgh 83/66/t 83/62/t Portland, ME 73/54/pc 78/61/pc Portland, OR 84/57/pc 80/59/pc St. Louis 85/69/t 79/56/t Salt Lake City 74/54/pc 82/63/pc Seattle 78/53/s 74/53/pc Tucson 98/68/s 101/71/s Washington, DC 86/70/t 89/73/pc Cairo 85/65/s 84/67/s Casablanca 80/60/pc 79/61/s Johannesburg 74/49/s 74/50/s Kinshasa 90/71/t 90/73/t Lagos 88/76/t 87/73/t Nairobi 77/61/t 76/62/t Tripoli 82/64/s 89/67/pc Baghdad 102/80/pc 106/81/pc Beijing 85/63/c 84/63/t Hong Kong 89/82/c 89/82/t Jerusalem 79/53/s 79/53/s Kabul 76/52/t 83/50/t Manila 93/81/c 92/81/t Melbourne 57/48/pc 60/50/c New Delhi 110/84/pc 109/83/pc Seoul 84/62/pc 74/56/pc Singapore 89/80/t 90/79/t Sydney 70/52/pc 65/51/pc Tehran 93/73/c 92/73/c Tokyo 76/70/sh 82/70/pc Amsterdam 59/47/r 58/47/sh Athens 70/59/sh 74/59/s Belgrade 69/48/s 77/54/s Berlin 67/52/pc 63/45/sh Budapest 72/49/pc 77/55/s Dublin 55/39/sh 57/45/c London 58/45/sh 62/51/c Madrid 86/59/t 84/57/pc Moscow 79/60/t 74/58/r Paris 67/50/pc 66/51/sh Rome 75/53/s 75/55/pc Stockholm 59/44/sh 56/44/sh Vienna 73/53/pc 75/56/t Zurich 73/51/t 69/50/t 84/50 91/54 88/56 88/55 87/53 87/57 92/59 74/51 88/53 90/63 93/63 81/46 83/45 84/53 96/66 94/63 86/56 60/51 74/56 58/51 77/53 86/53 89/55 58/51 90/59 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Celebrating 40 Years in Business! 6186 Churn Creek Rd. •365-5383 Hours: Mon-Sat 8-5, Sunday 10-4 • Go to www.goldleafnursery.com for map WaterWiseLandscaping Replace your thirsty landscapes with one that is more water thrifty. • Consultations • Landscape Design • Installations. 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