Texas Family Punches Through Attic to Escape Flooding

Texas Family Huddled On Roof As Flood Rose - Videos from The Weather Channel

A frantic phone call from a neighbor alerted the Towler family in Hunt, Texas, to the flooding that would destroy their home. They recorded what happened minute-by-minute as they scrambled to the attic and then the roof of their home, with a family friend and her 1-year-old daughter in tow. Watch this video to learn more about how they escaped. - Videos from The Weather Channel

Family clings to roof as flood waters rose in Central Texas

North Texas native Alden Towler spoke to NBC 5 about his harrowing experience, huddling on the roof of his family’s riverfront house in Hunt, Texas, to survive the historic flood. What started as a fun holiday weekend quickly turned into a nightmare and fight for their lives. The death toll because of the Central Texas floods rose to 120 on...

Texas family punches through attic to escape flooding

An inspiring story of survival as a Texas family of nine escapes rising floodwaters during a 4th of July weekend in Kerr County.

Megachurch Pastor Escapes Harrowing Texas Floods - Charisma Magazine Online

A Texas megachurch pastor and his family were among those who found their way out of the trenches of the devastating floods that hit Texas over the July 4 weekend. As the Christian Post reported, Pastor Michael Oakes is the outreach pastor for Oak Hills Church located in San Antonio, where Max Lucado acts as the teaching pastor. Going about their July 4 plans, Oakes and his family went to their home in Hunt river where the rain soon turned deadl…