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JONESTOWN, TEXAS - A Texas man described what it has been for illustration witnessing nan worst flooding to deed his area since he started surviving location and vowed to support his business running.
"We've been present 20 years and nobody's seen thing for illustration this, not moreover close," David Abboud, an proprietor of a paintball installation and resident of Jonestown, Texas, tells Fox News Digital.
Abboud shared specifications of what it has been for illustration since nan large wind ravaged Central Texas and really accelerated the storm's demolition worked.
"I wasn't present successful nan wee hours of nan greeting erstwhile it crested aliases came down for illustration a wall of water. There's a monitoring position correct up connected FM 1431, monitors cubic feet per second. And erstwhile it sewage wiped retired it was astatine 50,000 cubic feet a second. And I deliberation location around… 23 to 25 feet high, thing for illustration that. I mean, you tin spot nan debris statement up successful these trees, but that's really precocious it sewage up successful those trees," Abboud pointed out.
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Flood harm is seen successful Jonestown, Texas. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
"We person little fields and trees, we mislaid a fewer of our fields, but we'll cleanable it up," he continued.
Abboud said that immoderate group successful nan area besides helped rescue group from a adjacent location successful nan area.
A creek adjacent Abboud's business now covers wherever nan roadworthy utilized to beryllium conscionable a fewer days ago, which Abboud described arsenic not a caller rumor for him.
"We've done it before. We've had issues pinch nan debased h2o crossings really still there. This is nan slope side, truthful it (the flood) widened it," Abboud explained.
"This feline put this wall successful here. So it benignant of concentrates nan h2o connected this side. So it has ever been a problem ripping this up," he continued.
Abboud added that he was amazed nan wall was moreover still standing.
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A motorcycle is seen among flood debris. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
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Aftermath from flood harm successful Jonestown, Texas. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
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The area suffered extended harm from nan floods. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
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More flood harm seen from Jonestown, Texas. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
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Homes, buildings and properties were damaged successful nan historical flooding. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
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City of Jonestown parkland motion taken retired from dense flooding. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
More harm caused by flooding successful Jonestown, Texas. (Bryan Preston/Fox News Digital)
"I'm amazed nan wall is still there. It's been coming down successful pieces complete nan years, and we've benignant of been cleaning it retired of nan creek erstwhile it dries up," Abboud said.
During a property conference, Texas officials shared that they had received "unconfirmed reports of different wall of water" forming.
"Another point I'm getting correct this infinitesimal during this property convention is reports of an further wall of h2o coming down immoderate of nan creeks going into nan forks," Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief W. Nim Kidd said.
Kidd said they were "evacuating parts of nan stream because we're worried astir different wall of h2o coming down successful those areas."
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"This is nan unrecorded updates that we're getting correct now from nan section is location are unconfirmed astatine this constituent reports of further h2o coming in. And arsenic nan politician mentioned, there's rainfall still falling connected nan area," Kidd said.
"We've sewage DPS craft that are flying up to effort to find this wall of h2o correct now, and nan group successful nan reported areas, again, unconfirmed, that are connected our connection systems. We're asking them to get retired of nan h2o and retired of nan measurement truthful that we don't upwind up having to do further rescues."
On Sunday, Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha besides warned that nan Guadalupe River and Johnson Creek could emergence different 1 to 2 feet arsenic rainfall continues successful nan area.
"There was further rainfall successful nan precocious Guadalupe basin this afternoon, starring to a emergence successful Johnson Creek," nan sheriff's agency shared successful a Facebook update. "This h2o whitethorn lead to a emergence of 1-2ft downstream erstwhile it enters nan Guadalupe stream successful Ingram. Please beryllium alert if you are adjacent nan Guadalupe River aliases Johnson Creek."
During a Sunday news conference, Leitha said they person recorded 68 deaths successful Kerr County.
"Among those who are deceased, we person 40 adults and 28 children," Leitha said. "18 adults are pending recognition and 10 children are besides pending identification."
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"At coming location are 10 Camp Mystic campers unaccounted for, and 1 counselor. We proceed to connection our condolences to those affected, and we will activity tirelessly till we reunite them pinch their families," he continued.
President Donald Trump said he was readying connected visiting Texas, "probably connected Friday."
"We want to time off a small time. I would person done it today, but we'd conscionable beryllium successful their way. Probably Friday," Trump said.
Fox News' Lorraine Taylor contributed to this report.