Residents in San Antonio were recovering after a month's worth of rain swamped parts of the city, trapping drivers, triggering treacherous water rescues, and leaving more than a dozen people dead.

West Virginia has declared a state emergency after flash flooding that claimed at least five lives and left four people missing.

Torrential rain caused flash floods in the US state of West Virgina that led to the deaths of at least six people, including a 3-year-old child.