A man and a woman who said they were friends were found dead after flooding during the night in San Antonio, the city chief of the city said Monday.
An acquaintance reported that the couple disappeared, and another friend found the woman’s body on Monday, Chief William Mcmanus told the NBC Woai affiliate of San Antonio.
The man was found approximately 100 yards downstream along a Salado Creek section, near San Antonio International Airport, said the boss.
San Antonio received more than 4 inches of rain before Monday, according to data from the National Meteorological Service. Two inches fell into a period of three hours on Sunday night, weather service numbers are shown.
“We both believe, they were dragged in the water last night or this morning,” Mcmanus said. “Apparently, they were friends.”
He added that the two “seem to be” homeless.
His identities have not been revealed, and Bexar County’s Forensic Doctor’s office did not immediately respond to an information request on Monday night.
McManus said the deaths are under investigation.
Salado Creek chief north of the center is described by the boss as a location of homeless camps and tunnels. The city has transformed part of the Historical Arroyo, known as the location of a key battle against Mexican forces in 1842, into a “green road” for hikers and pedestrians.
The region was under a federal flood surveillance during the night and morning, with the forecasters saying that the rain storms were whipped by a “frontal limit” between two air masses, a warm, a fresh, a classic recipe for downpours.
The region was expected to remain dry until Friday after the last of the rain producing clouds move to east on Monday, said the weather service.
