Texas Flooding Strands Passenger Train

More than 170 passengers on Amtrak train were stranded for hours after storms dumped more than a foot of rain in Texas.rescue crews elsewhere were forced to pull at least 50 people to safety.

water covered tracks about 75 miles west of San Antonio, stopping an Amtrak train carrying 176 passengers at around 9 a.m. Saturday, authorities said.

buses were sent in to drive the passengers to El Paso, but could not reach the train until Saturday evening due to flooded roads, Amtrak authorities said.

There was no reported injuries in the latest round of floods, that have recently hit the state.but they did force many roads to be closed and many evacuations.