HIS
HIS TROUBLED PAST AS CALLS ARE MADE FOR HIS BADGE SHEETS OF
RAIN BROUGHT FAST MOVING
FLOODWATERS TODAY ACROSS SAN
ANTONIO.
ANTONIO.
ANTONIO. THIS VIDEO WAS SENT TO US BY
KIDS FIVE EYEWITNESS TAKING
NEAR WOLF STADIUM JUST A FEW
MILES AWAY.
MILES AWAY. THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAD TO LAUNCH A RAFT TO CHECK
ON FAMILIES TRAPPED IN THEIR
HOMES.
HOMES.
HOMES. THAT WAS THE SCENE ON
THE NORTHWEST SIDE NEAR 410 AND
151 AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIND
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER
VANESSA KREUZ WHO SPOKE TO SOME
OF THOSE FAMILIES AFFECTED
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. VANESSA, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE
DAMAGE IN THAT AREA.
WELL, THAT'S RIGHT, DEBORAH.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THAT
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND WHEN
THE WATER CAME RUSHING FROM
THE CREEK, IT FORCES WAY THIS
WAY AND KNOCKED THE FENCE DOWN
.
.
. NOW
. NOW YOU
. NOW YOU CAN STILL SEE
THE WATERLINE ON THIS HOUSE
RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
THESE TWO HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE
OF ME ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT
FLOODED OUT HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE WATERLINE ON
THE HOUSE AND THAT CAR AND ALL
ALTHOUGH ALL THE WATER HAS
RECEDED IN THIS AREA,
THE DAMAGE IS STILL LEFT BEHIND
.
.
. HEAVY
. HEAVY RAIN CAUSING FLASH FLOODS
IN MANY AREAS LIKE HERE OFF
HIGHWAY 90.
HIGHWAY 90. AN ABANDONED BOX TRUCK
SUBMERGED IN THE WATER SHOWS
THE AFTERMATH OF THE FAST
MOVING WATER AND IN ONE NORTH
SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD
SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD THE FLOODWATERS CAME RUSHING
INTO THEIR HOMES AND THE WATER
WAS ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE.
>> DARRELL HICKS LIVES OFF OF
UIHLEIN NEAR LEON CREEK.
I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW.
THE CAR WAS ACTUALLY FLOATING
IN THE AIR IN THE BACK, HE SAID
IT STARTED RAINING THIS MORNING
AND NOT EVEN AN HOUR LATER WE
HAD THE WATER COME ALL THE WAY
THROUGH HERE.
THROUGH HERE. IT WAS ABOUT IT REACHED UP TO
ABOUT THE FLOOR LINE HERE.
>> THE WATER CAME GUSHING INTO
HIS HOUSE.
HIS HOUSE. FAST AND FURIOUS IT LOOKED LIKE
IT WAS LIKE A WATERFALL GOING
UP DOWN THE STREET AND NEXT
DOOR.
DOOR.
DOOR. >>
DOOR. >> WAYNE AND JOANNA FALLON'S
HOUSE ALSO FLOODED WITH TOOK
MAYBE 30 45 MINUTES FOR
THE HOUSE JUST TO FILL UP IT
QUICK BOTH HOMES BACK UP TO
LEON CREEK.
LEON CREEK. >> IT WAS BAD BUT LIKE I SAID,
IT'S WHAT IT GOT QUICK.
>> FALLON SAID IT'S A SECOND
TIME THEIR HOUSE IS FLOODED.
I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WAS
ALMOST THIRTY THIRTY FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE.
DAMAGE. >> BUT HE SAID THIS ONE IS MUCH
WORSE.
WORSE.
WORSE. GABE RIGHT THERE HAS A LOCK ON
THERE BUT THE WATER WAS COMING
IN SO FAST IT PUSHED A LOCKED
OFF AND IT JUST PUSHED THE DOOR
OPEN.
OPEN.
OPEN. >>
OPEN. >> SAN ANTONIO FIRE CREWS
LAUNCHED A RAFT TO GET TO
THE AREA THIS MORNING CHECKING
ON NEIGHBORS TRAPPED IN THEIR
HOMES PANICKED BECAUSE OF MY
KIDS AND MY WIFE AND THEN I
GUESS I GOT PETS TOO.
>> SO I MEAN THE FIRST THING I
WAS THINKING WAS I HOPE IT
DOESN'T COME UP HERE AND NOW
THE CLEANUP BEGINS BUT NO ONE
ELSE AND THE HOPE THEY CAN
REPLACE WAS FLOODED WHEN I
PICKED IT UP.
>> ALL THAT WAS LOST.
>> IT HURTS SO WE CAN DO LIKE I
SAID, THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.
NOW WE JUST SAW A CITY OFFICIAL
OUT HERE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE
AND RED CROSS HAS ALSO BEEN OUT
HERE TODAY OFFERING HELP TO
THESE FAMILIES.
THESE FAMILIES. WHEN WE TALK TO THOSE FAMILIES
EARLIER, THEY SAY THEY STILL
HAVE NO ESTIMATE ON THE COST OF
DAMAGES.
DAMAGES.
DAMAGES. >> REPORTING LIVE ON
THE NORTHWEST SIDE, BANASZAK
BOYKIN'S FIVE EYEWITNESS NEWS.
>> VANESSA, THANK YOU.
LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT US 90
AT LEON CREEK DOWNSTREAM FROM
THOSE AREAS IMPACTED THAT
VANESSA JUST SHOWED US
THE WATER STARTING TO RECEDE
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. BUT
HERE. BUT WHETHER CHIEF BILL TAYLOR
JOINS US WITH A BIGGER CONCERN
FURTHER SOUTH BILL.
EXACTLY RIGHT, AARON.
THIS WATER HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE
.
.
. SO
. SO WHILE IT RECEDES THERE, IT'S
RISING ELSEWHERE.
RISING ELSEWHERE. IN FACT, THIS JUST COMING IN
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE, LEON CREEK AND I.
THIRTY FIVE THIS IS DISASTROUS
FLOODING NOW THIS IS REALLY
GETTING BAD WHERE HOMES ARE
BEING EVACUATED.
BEING EVACUATED. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I'M
LOOKING AT HERE.
THIS IS THE LATEST UPDATE ON
THE CURRENT STAGE.
NOW REMEMBER FLOOD STAGE IS 15
FEET RIGHT NOW THE LEON CREEK
IN SAN ANTONIO.
THIRTY FIVE TWENTY FIVE POINT
SEVEN NINE AND RISING.
WE'RE EXPECTING A CREST IN TWO
HOURS AT TWENTY SIX AND A HALF
FEET ONLY THREE FEET AWAY FROM
THE NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT
RECORD.
RECORD.
RECORD. SO THEY'RE CALLING THIS
FLOODING DISASTROUS ON AREA
ROADS, EVEN BRIDGES.
NUMEROUS PEOPLE EVACUATED FROM
THOSE HOMES NEAR LAREDO HIGHWAY
.
.
. UNBELIEVABLE THE BLESSING THAT
WE'VE GOTTEN THIS RAIN TO THIN
OUT RIGHT WHEN WE NEEDED IT TO
.
.
. THERE
. THERE ARE SOME HEAVIER
DOWNPOURS WEST OF BANDERA AND
EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
THE RIO GRAND AND EAGLE PASS.
BUT A LOT OF CONCERN IS
SHIFTING SOUTH TO THE TEXAS
COAST.
COAST.
COAST. A
COAST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT
THERE THROUGH TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. THAT'S BECOMING THE NEW