North Texans braced for more flooding as they continue to recover from last week's storms.
Among several parts of Texas that braced for severe storms Thursday, Kaufman County was under a flood watch.
“We had water that came up into the building up to about eight inches. We could see the silt on top of the baseboards, all over the flooring,” he said. Inside, Hinkle said water rose well above their waists. After she and her children rushed around trying to salvage what they could, they had to be rescued from the second floor.“If we had been living there, I don’t know what we would’ve done this time,” said Hinkle.
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