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El Paso Woman Dies After Accident During Flood

Authorities are investigating the death of a woman in El Paso after torrential rains from the remnants of Hurricane Odile battered West Texas.  Rainfall amounts across Texas in the past week have ranged from 2 inches to as much as 14 inches. The greatest amount was recorded over a four-day period in a community about 70 miles southeast of Lubbock.

El Paso police spokesman Darrel Petry said Monday that investigators are looking into an early-morning traffic accident in which the woman's car hit a curb and went into a flooded ditch. He said it hasn't been determined if she died from the incident or drowned while in the ditch.

Lake levels are up dramatically in areas where heavy rains have fallen over the past week.

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