Torrential rainstorms kill 2 in Texas


_{Drivers make their way down a flooded highway Monday east of Rio Hondo, Texas.}

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) -- Flooding caused by torrential rainstorms swept cars off roads in central Texas, killing two people Monday, authorities said.

One woman drowned after the car she was washed off a road north of Seguin, about 35 miles east of San Antonio, said Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke. He said the woman got out of the car but was swept downstream.

A second woman was found Monday a quarter-mile downstream from her car in Rebecca Creek in Comal County, northeast of San Antonio, authorities said.

Much of the Hill Country outside San Antonio got at least 3 inches of rain in just nine hours overnight.

Lockhart, about 70 miles northeast of San Antonio, received an estimated 8 inches, said meteorologist Greg Jackson at the National Weather Service. He said more rain was possible Tuesday.

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