Torrential rains created transit mayhem in the US state of Texas on Saturday, including a train derailment and scores of canceled flights at one of the nation's busiest airports, AFP reports.
Flash flood or flood warnings were in effect for major metropolitan areas, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio due to a deluge that began Thursday. Officials in Navarro County said it had received several reports of over centimeters of rain in the past 24 hours.
It was in this county that a freight train was swept off the tracks and partially submerged some 60 miles (100 kilometers) south of Dallas when passing over a bridge along a creek, local broadcaster WFAA reported.