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South Padre Island streets experienced several inches of flooding after torrential rains swept through the area last weekend.
By JACOB LOPEZ
Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS
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Heavy rains across the Rio Grande Valley prompted a coastal flood advisory over the weekend.
Areas of South Padre Island along Padre Blvd. were reportedly flooded due to the heavy rains that pummeled Cameron County over the weekend.
According to Erin Billings, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Brownsville, the Port Isabel-Bayview area received 7.48 inches of rain over the weekend and South Padre Island received 4.41 inches of rain.
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