Storms Dump Record Rain in Oklahoma and Cause Death in Texas

A car drives through standing water on Sylvan Avenue in Dallas, Sept. 22, 2018. A storm system has dumped record amounts of rain in parts of Oklahoma and caused flooding in Texas, including in the Dallas area, where floodwaters swept a man from a bridge to his death. By Carly Geraci/The Dallas Morning News/AP

DALLAS—A storm system dumped record amounts of rain in parts of Oklahoma and caused flooding in Texas, including in the Dallas area, where floodwaters swept a man from a bridge to his death near the University of Texas’ campus in nearby Arlington.

“(A) witness ... stated that the victim was swept under a bridge by rushing waters,” shortly before midnight Sept. 21, according to Arlington Fire Department Lt. Mike Joiner.