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Jonestown, Texas – A Texan man described how it was to experience the worst flood to meet his area since he lived there and swore to keep his business going.
“We have been here for 20 years and nobody saw something like that, not even nearby,” David Abboud, owner of a paintball facility and in Jonestown, Texas, told Fox News Digital.
Abboud shared details about how it has devastated central Texas since the storm and how fast The destruction of the storm worked.
“I wasn’t here in the early morning when it was crested like a water wall. There is a surveillance station on FM 1431, monitored Kubik foot per second. And when it was wiped out, it was 50,000 cubic feet per second. Pointed out.
Flood damage can be observed in Jonestown, Texas. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
“We have lower fields and trees, we lost a few of our fields, but we will clean it up,” he continued.
Abboud said that some people in the area also contributed to saving people from a nearby house in the area.
A stream near Abboud’s business now covers where the street was only a few days ago, which Abboud described as no new problem for him.
“We have already done it. We really still had problems with the low water crossings. This is the bank side, so it (the flood) expanded it,” said Abboud.
“This type put this wall in here. So it concentrates the water on this side. So it was always a problem to tear it up,” he continued.
Abboud added that he was surprised that the wall was still standing.
Texas shakes flood -surviving parts
“I am surprised that the wall is still there. It has gotten down into pieces over the years and we cleaned her out of the stream when she dries out,” said Abboud.
During a press conference, Texian officials announced that they had received “unconfirmed reports Another water wall “forms.
“Another thing that I do right in this minute during this press conference are reports of an additional water wall that has been run down some of the streams that went into the forks,” said W. Nim Kidd, head of the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
Kidd said they “evacuated parts of the river because we are worried about another water wall in these areas”.
“These are the live updates that we are getting from the field is that at that time it is unconfirmed that additional water is entering. And as the governor mentioned, rain is still falling into the area,” said Kidd.
“We have DPS aircraft that are flying to find this water wall now, and the people in the registered areas are again unconfirmed that are on our communication systems. We ask you to get out of the water and out of the way so that we do not have to make additional rescue workers.”
On Sunday, Kerr County Larry Leitha’s sheriff also warned that the Guadalupe River and Johnson Creek could rise another to two feet if the rainfall is continued in the area.
“In the upper Guadalupe basin there was additional rain this afternoon, which led to an increase in Johnson Creek,” said the Sheriff’s office in a Facebook update. “This water can lead to an increase of 1-2 feet downstream when there is a river in the Guadalupe River. Please note whether you are near the Guadalupe River or the Johnson Creek.”
During a press conference on Sunday, Leitha said that they had recorded 68 deaths in Kerr County.
“We have 40 adults and 28 children among the deceased,” said Leitha. “18 adults are pending and ten children are also pending.”
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“Ten Camp mystics are currently not taken into account, and a consultant. We continue to offer those affected our condolences and we will work tirelessly until we reunite them with their families,” he continued.
President Donald Trump He said he had to visit Texas, “probably on Friday.”
“We want to go a little time. I would have done it today, but we were just in the way. Probably on Friday,” said Trump.
Lorraine Taylor from Fox News contributed to this report.
