Important Takeaways:

• Devastating flooding hit the Rio Grande Valley on Thursday after repeated rounds of thunderstorms dumped as much as a foot of rain in less than 48 hours.
• McAllen, Texas, took the worst of it, picking up 7.93 inches, which is good enough for the city’s third-wettest day of all time, and more than a third of their average annual rain, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
• U.S. Border Patrol agents worked through the night in the Rio Grande Valley, rescuing residents affected by the storms’ impacts.
• “Prayers for all our residents who are affected by the storm and flooding,” U.S. Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector said.

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