Floods drive many Texans from homes

MICO, Texas -- Hundreds of people fled west Texas towns Saturday as a storm dumped more than a foot of rain on an area that rarely sees more than 2 feet a year, while rainfall tapered off in flood-weary central Texas.\nWith thunderstorms and locally heavy rain forecast through the middle of this week, it was unclear when thousands of evacuees would be allowed to return home.\n"We're really not sure how bad it's going to be, but the worst is yet to come," said Abilene police Sgt. Kim Vickers. The town has about 116,000 residents.