KAUFMAN COUNTY — Families in Kaufman County are still dealing with lots of flood damage. Relentless rain over the weekend caused a levee to break, sending water across portions of the county.
When the water reached the Hall's property, it did a lot of damage. Flooding shut down two businesses and forced the evacuation of a home — all on one plot of land.
"Disaster. Something that you realize you can't do anything with, you can't make a living, you can't invest any more money into it," said homeowner Richard Hall.
Hall runs a landscaping business and his wife runs a cheer-leading gym on their land. Most of it remained under several feet of water on Tuesday.
Thanks to a pile of sandbags and a little bit of luck, water didn't make it into their home; it missed by just a few inches.
More than seven inches of rain has fallen in Kaufman County since Thanksgiving. The levee that holds back the Trinity River gave way about four miles southwest of Scurry.
When it broke, 3,200 acres of land was submerged under at least two feet of water, according to Emergency Management Directer Steve Howie.
"It's pretty much, 'Cross your fingers... we don't know where it's going to break at any given time,'" he said. "Sometimes we know because we're aware of weak spots. It's kind of the way things are in rural counties of Texas."
That river water eventually made it to the Halls' front door. They are just one of the few homes affected.
"It's because God blesses me; it's not bad luck," Hall said. "It's given to someone that can handle the situation, and He'll take care of it."
