Heavy rain floods streets across the Dallas-Fort Worth area

Stalled cars sit abandoned on the flooded Interstate 635 Service Road on Monday in Mesquite, Texas. (Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

DALLAS — Heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads and water seeped into some homes and businesses.

"The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight," said Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.