Flooding rains continued in the Brazos Valley into Thursday (May 2). That contributed to the governor expanding his disaster declaration to 59 counties. The expanded area includes Brazos, Burleson, Robertson, Milam, and Washington counties. The original declaration included Grimes, Madison, Leon, Walker, and Montgomery counties. Click HERE to read and download the governor’s updated disaster declaration that now includes 88 counties. Thursday just before noon, the TxDOT Bryan district office announced Highway 30 was closed in Grimes and Walker counties due to high water. And Thursday afternoon, the Robertson County sheriff’s office announced Highway 7 was closed at the Navasota River bridge. The closure of Highway 30 in Grimes County blocked access to Twin Oaks Landfill. That meant the city of College Station could not complete its regularly scheduled trash pickup. A city statement says weather permitting, collection routes that were not completed Thursday will be collected on Friday. Multiple school districts cancelled classes on Thursday, including Madisonville, Normangee, Iola, North Zulch, Leon, Centerville, Buffalo, and Anderson-Shiro. Sam Houston State University-Huntsville and TWC were closed Thursday. As of 10:30 a.m. Thursday, SHSU-COM was open at this time. Visit shsu.edu/katsafe for updates. The mayor of Huntsville issued a disaster declaration for the city due to severe weather on Thursday and last weekend that has included flooding, damaging winds, and tornado activity that has resulted in downed trees and multiple days of power outages among other things. A reminder of the message “turn around, don’t drown” took place Thursday morning outside the office building where Bryan Broadcasting is located. To the north of Crystal Park Plaza/Guaranty Bank building, a vehicle went into the flooded drainage ditch. The driver got out safely and there were no passengers. The National Weather Service reported 2.62 inches at Easterwood Airport as of 1 p.m. Thursday. As of 10:30 a.m. Thursday, here is a list of rainfall reports from WTAW listeners. Text your amount to 979-695-1620. (8 a.m. Thursday) 5.5 inches at Camp Creek in Robertson County (10 a.m. Thursday) 4.5 inches three miles north of Anderson (3 p.m. Thursday) 4.1 inches Carter’s Crossing area of southeast College Station (11 a.m. Thursday) 3.5 inches Miramont/Copperfield area in Bryan (6 a.m. Thursday) 2.5 inches Highway 30 near the former Smitty K’s building (7 a.m. Thursday) 2 inches NNW of Easterwood Airport (6 a.m. Thursday) 2 inches Tiffany Park neighborhood in Bryan (7 a.m. Thursday) 1.8 inches at FM 1179 and Riverstone in Bryan (7 a.m. Thursday) 1 inch Greens Prairie & Wellborn Roads in College Station From WTAW’s Facebook page: