Heavy Rain Damages Roads Across Laredo

Heavy rain has damaged roads at seven reported locations in Laredo, and saturated ground and the prospect of more rain are delaying permanent repairs. The city says the reported washouts are not sinkholes, though its Utilities Department has separately received sinkhole reports and is repairing affected areas. Flooding has prompted closures and barricades, including at a Mines Road crossing, while crews address a rain-related sanitary sewer overflow near Mines Road and Interstate 35. Officials urge drivers to avoid barricades and flooded streets, take alternate routes, slow down near work zones, and report road damage through 311.