texasx - check here:
http://apps.dot.state.tx.us/travel/road_conditions2.htm
I searched flooded and closed for US59 and nothing showed up. I don’t know if that is realiable or not but it’s the best I could find so far.
shd read “reliable”
Tales of survival
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/6002965.html
And sadly, tales of possibly very bad news to come
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6002679.html