People in Kaufman County are starting the cleanup process after significant flooding from rain over the past week.
The flooding has damaged several home and cars this week.Residents are picking up the pieces after Friday night’s flooding.Heavy rains led to deadly flooding on Friday night and into Saturday morning in North Texas.
"You can see just the dirt and stuff we’ve been at it for a couple of hours now," Christina Thomas said.The Thomas family, who live in the Warsaw community, just west of Kaufman, quickly acted to save what they could. Thomas shared what was going through her mind at the time. This is the second time Thomas’ home has been flooded.
"In 2016, I think about 13 of our neighbors had to be rescued by boat. We got over nine inches of rain that night and we ended up losing way more than we did this time," she recalled."This is the nursery where my grandson was actually sleeping," she said. "Trying to get in and just bleach and Lysol everything going through and seeing what we can actually salvage."They suffered ruined cabinetry and wet floors.
"A lot of throwing stuff away that is ruined. Packing up any clothes that we can salvage, that we can take to the laundromat," Thomas said."The last time this happened, it was about $30,000, with donations and our friends and family," she recalled.Walter Rivers, who lives in Kaufman, said he was woken up and saved by an emergency team.
"I’m just glad we’re alive because we could have died in there. If it hadn’t been for that emergency team coming out and waking us up," he said."We ended up mopping mud, slush out of our house. Throwing away most of our things," he said."Woke up and water was pouring in everywhere. Phone fell in the water. I just got it the day before. Now I’m phoneless and carless," Rivers’ son said.The Kaufman County emergency coordinator said 26 people were rescued in all.
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