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BLOXOM: LIVE A dissipating tropical storm Fe-lice today brought badly-wanted rains to much of the eastern two-thirds of Texas. At some points, the rains were torrential. Late this afternoon, flash flooding forced the closing of several highways and rural roads AAb, A eCLA around Van Horn, in west Texas. fr6OOt WAO1V/V6 Fe ice came ashore about 9 o'clock last night, northeast of Galveston, which received 6-inches of rain.