We saw some of that flooding all over the roadways. Now were talking about major highways, i10 south of here. 69 is closed. Beaumont becoming its own mini island, and in very many places across jefferson county, you have islands just trying to get help to them, because there are so many rivers that are passing through. Rivers that used to be streamtr like this street behind me. You see the water coming off the street there. Thats traveling into a drainage ditch, and this is the problem. We just saw a man try to cross the drainage ditch. He thought it was a street. He was almost washed away before our eyes. He was able to swim right back up before the current took him away. That is why police are saying here in southeast, texas, this is not over by any means. The brunt of the storm may be head thing way right now. Drew griffin in beaumont. Emergency services and possible rescues to go into Eastern Parts of texas into western louisiana. We thought new orleans was going to have rain, four
he managed to get out, and he tried to get around the van, but he couldn t because the current was too strong. he grabbed on to a tree limb and he was telling the kids to open the door, get out. and he said they couldn t get out. it was so fast. he said he couldn t do anything, that the van went into the water, and that was it. he was just left there hanging, and was there for he doesn t know how long. he felt like it was like 45 minutes or something, just hanging there. and then some guys came buy and they rescued him. how did you find out what happened? he actually called my husband, and my husband answered the phone, and my husband said he was like so you couldn t understand, he was like a robot like, they re gone. he says, what are you talking about? he said mom and dad, they re gone. he said where are my husband d