In Hardin County, high waters on roads have trapped some in their homes. Farther north and west, flood waters have already destroyed hundreds of homes.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas — People all across Texas are still dealing with the after aftermath of last week’s floods.
In Hardin County, high waters on roads have trapped some in their homes. Farther north and west, flood waters have already destroyed hundreds of homes and even claimed the lives of three people.
“It has been heart wrenching to see our fellow Texans be literally inundated with record waterfall,” said Governor Greg Abbott at a press conference in Conroe.
It was at this press conference where Governor Abbott shared the devastating updates of the lives lost during the storms.
“One is a police officer from the Conroe police department, who lost his life in a tornado that was a part of the storm. Another was a young child in Johnson County who got swept away because of rushing water. The same thing happened to an adult male in Bosque county,” said Abbott.
Chelsey Warren says that her car got stuck on county road 528, just south of Fort Worth.
When she and her son got out of the car, he was tragically swept away when the water became too high.
“Nothing is ever going to bring Lucas back. Nothing is ever going to fill that hole,” said Warren.
Abbott says the state evacuated 124 people. Hundreds more were rescued by local first responders and volunteers.
Now he is stressing the importance of reporting your damage.
“It’s important that there is enough identified in damages that qualify us for that federal assistance. We won’t know that unless you report your facility as being damaged,” said Abbott.
To report any damages you can go to iSTAT Damage Surveys.
In Hardin County on Cooks Lake Road, cars were left abandoned as their occupants hastily fled from the rising waters and had to be shuttled home.
“Nobody can get in. Some people can depending on their vehicle, but we’ve had a few vehicles park by our fence area here,” said resident Eric.
Kirbyville is still rebuilding from the heavy storms in April.
“You couldn’t even see. It was nothing but water,” Patricia Evdosuk said about the roads.
Manager at Patrick’s Auto, Dale Watson was not spared from the water either.
“We got three and half to four foot inside our parts store and our mechanic shop,” said Watson.
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