At least five people were killed in flooding that swept vehicles off the road and led to multiple high-water rescues, authorities in San Antonio said Thursday. The fatalities were reported in northeast San Antonio in the Loop 410 area on Thursday morning,

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Heavy rains in San Antonio rapidly flooded roads, swept away submerged cars and sent some people scrambling up trees to escape fast-rising waters Thursday while firefighters made dozens of rescues across the nation’s seventh-largest city. At least five people died and two were still missing, authorities said.