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Tropical depression Imelda brought three days of unrelenting rain to the Houston area, Galveston and the Texas coast this week, causing severe flooding as the storm dumped three feet of water across the region.
Floodwaters paralyzed roadways, closed schools and disrupted oil refineries. Exxon Mobil Corp. shut its Beaumont chemical plant, while both Valero Energy Corporation and Total SA cut rates at nearby refineries, according to Bloomberg.
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