Dozens Flooded Out of Homes in Texas
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Oct 23, 11:05 AM (ET)
VIDOR, Texas (AP) - Floodwater surrounded dozens of homes and FEMA trailers in Southeast Texas on Monday after heavy rain sent the Neches River spilling over its banks.
The river was about 8 feet above flood stage Monday and was expected to remain at that level through Thursday, said Jeff Kelley, Orange County emergency management coordinator.
Kelley estimated about 40 homes had been destroyed.
The damage varied home to home because some had been built on stilts while others sit at ground level. In some cases, water was up to the roof lines.
The area had been hit hard by Hurricane Rita last year, and Kelley said a number of Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers were still in the area. The flooding, from water flowing down stream after last week's heavy rain, damaged homes in the communities of Lakeview, Connely Road and Four Oaks Ranch Road north of Vidor, about 90 miles east of Houston.
All Interstate 10 ramps between Beaumont and Vidor were closed, he said.
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