RAINAt least two people were killed and three others are missing as heavey rainfall and severe flooding hit hard parts of southeast Texas in US, on Friday.

According to the National Weather Service said that a record 16.6 inches of rain fell in Brenham, about 80 miles west of Houston, on Thursday, which posted flash flood watches in some parts of southeast Texas.

A cluster of thunderstorms was moving southeast over Houston and toward western Louisiana before they were expected to move off the Gulf Coast, NWS meteorologist Brynn Kerr said on Friday.