Houston Rockets: Basketball fans trapped for hours by flash floods

Basketball fans in Houston were trapped for hours inside an arena by flash flooding after watching their team win.
Nearly five inches of rain has fallen on the city since Monday evening.
Fans were advised to stay in their seats because of the weather following Houston Rockets' win against the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Western Conference Finals on Monday night.
The game finished at 22:35 local time but fans were still in the Toyota Centre six hours later.
The Houston Chronicle reported that 350 fans stayed inside the arena to ride out the storm alongside player Dwight Howard as rain continued to fall into the early hours of Tuesday morning.
"I don't think it's smart for anybody to try to be out in this weather," said Howard, who plays centre.
Fans congregated on one side of the arena as staff cleaned ahead of a scheduled Neil Diamond concert on Tuesday night.
Almost six hours after the game, Simone Eli, a presenter on KPRC 2 Houston,
tweeted to say that 200 fans were still in the arena.
The BBC Weather Centre said heavy rain began in Houston at about 21:00 local time and there have also been thunderstorms, while more heavy rain and tornadoes are forecast for Friday.
At least five people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in flash flooding in the southern US.

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