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Jonestown, Texas – Men in Texas He described the feeling of witnessing the worst flood attacks since he began living there and vowed to keep his business running.
David Abboud, a resident of Jonastown, Texas, the owner of the paintball gun facility, told Fox News that “we’ve been here for 20 years and no one has seen anything like this, not even close.”
Abboud shares details on how things have happened since the storm and how fast it has been The storm’s destruction worked.
“I’m not in the early mornings when it climbs or falls like a block of water. There’s a surveillance station on FM 1431 that monitors cubic feet per second. When it’s wiped off, it’s 50,000 cubic feet per second. And I think… 23 to 25 feet tall, I mean, I mean, I can see these trees, but on these trees, that’s the range on these trees. Note.
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Flood damage is seen in Jonestown, Texas. (Brian Preston/Fox News figures)
He continued: “We have lower fields and trees, we lose some fields, but we will clean it up.”
Some people in the area have also helped rescue people from homes near the area, Abud said.
Now, a small stream near Abboud’s business now covers the road from a few days ago, Abboud is not a new problem for him.
“We’ve done it before. We do have problems in the current. It’s the bank side, so (the flood) expands it,” Abboud explained.
He continued: “This guy put this wall here. So it concentrates the water here. So tearing this problem apart has been a problem.”
Abboud added that he was surprised that the wall was still standing.
“I was surprised that the wall was still there. It had fallen off the debris for years and we kept cleaning it out when it was dry.”
During a press conference, Texas officials shared that they received “unconfirmed reports” Another wall of water.
“One of the other things I had at this moment at this press conference was the report that extra walls of water fell into some small rivers and into the forks,” said W. Nim Kidd, head of the Texas Emergency Administration.
Kidd said they “evacuated part of the river because we were worried about another wall of water in these areas.”
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Kidd said: “This is a real-time update we are now getting from the site and no further water has been confirmed yet.
“We now have DPS aircraft flying in an attempt to find this water wall, and on our communications system, people in the reported area have been confirmed again. We asked them to get rid of the water so that we don’t have to do other rescues.”
Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha also warned that the Guadalupe River and Johnson Creek could add another one to two feet as rain continues in the area.
“This afternoon, rainfall in the Upper Guadalupe Basin increased, causing the rise of Johnson Creek,” the Sheriff’s Office shared in a Facebook update. “This water could lead to a 1-2-foot downstream when it enters the Guadalupe River in Ingram.
In a press conference Sunday, Lesa said they recorded 68 deaths in Kerr County.
“Of the people who died, we have 40 adults and 28 children,” Lesa said. “There are 18 adults waiting for recognition and ten children are pending identification.”
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He continued: “At present, there are ten camp mystery campers not being blamed, and there is a counselor. We continue to express our condolences to those affected and we will work tirelessly until we are reunited with our families.”
President Donald Trump He said he is planning to visit Texas, “probably on Friday.”
“We want to leave a little while. I’ll do it today, but we’ll get in the way. It’s about Friday,” Trump said.
Fox News’ Lorraine Taylor contributed to the report.
