Storms Wreak Havoc on Texas Again This Week, Flooding Roads and Dropping Hail the Size of Ping-Pong Balls

Heavy rain battered southeast Texas as the area was hit with another round of flooding and severe storms. Residents saw ping-pong ball sized hail.

Hsien-Min Yeh, his wife, Julie, and their 20-month-old baby Winston, walk down Austin Parkway at Sweetwater Boulevard back to their home after spending the night in their car in a church parking lot in the Colony Bend area of Sugar Land, Texas, on May 8, 2019. Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP

Heavy rain battered southeast Texas as the area was hit with another round of flooding and severe storms. Residents saw ping-pong ball sized hail, lightning and, in some areas, two to three inches of rain per hour on Thursday.

The intensity of the storm brought not only flooding, but power outages and emergency rescues. The Houston Police Department received reports of about 40 people trapped on East Interstate Highway 10 at Wayside by flood waters Thursday and sent a high-water rescue vehicle to the area, the department said.