Between october 18 and 20, a strong low-pressure system stalled over the houston area producing more than 30…

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San Jacinto River Spill; Channelview, Texas.
Channelview, Texas.
1. Between October 18 and 20, a strong low-pressure system stalled over the Houston area producing more than 30 inches of rain. The San Jacinto River rose from its normal height of 2.5 feet to 24.3 feet. The river overtopped its banks, cutoff a meandering loop, and scoured a new channel through a normally dry area containing pipelines. As a result of the flooding, Houston had been declared a National Disaster Area and the estuarine environments of Galveston Bay were stressed because of the influx of fresh floodwaters. As the flood waters began to recede, pipelines began to rupture. It was surmised that large debris or some barges had broken free and were caught in the high-river currents and collided with the pipelines, causing four of them to rupture. It is also possible that the new channel cut by the flooded river may have undercut the pipeline supports, which were not designed for [...]
2. COMMODITY: GASOLINE, HOME HEATING OIL, ARABIAN CRUDE, AND NATURAL GAS.
3. POSITION 29.808N 095.067W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 7053: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/7053