East Texans brace for prolonged evacuation orders after rainfall drenches Polk County

Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. LUFKIN — East Texans are bracing for an evacuation order in Polk County to stay in place for several days after heavy rainfall led the Trinity River to overflow, forcing operators at a nearby dam to release the floodgates. Rainfall in the Polk County region and elsewhere in the state is expected to prolong the evacuation order, officials said. In the two days...