Floodwaters swallow roads and parts of East Texas

This really gives you a sense of how quickly the water levels are rising. This first stop sign, it’s about a third up to the the the stop sign, but the one beyond that, it’s about halfway. One of the huge concerns of course is vehicles that are trying to drive through these rising waters. I know we have video from not just this county but other counties showing how some people are trying to drive through these rising waters, which makes it very difficult. And then of course then forces first responder to the go, go then and rescue them. Just to give you a sense, during Hurricane Harvey, the San Jacinto River, this area, the East Fork part of the San Jacinto River. Rose to about 81 feet above sea level right now, is expected to peak at about 78 feet above sea level. Some of these areas are going to turn into islands. People are not going to be able to exit. The thing that we have to keep in mind here is that the rain is not stopping and we’re expecting rain through today and through the weekend.