Watch: Time-Lapse Footage of Texas Garage Flooding Goes Viral

By Cillian Zeal
August 31, 2017 at 5:21am

Hurricane Harvey may now be Tropical Depression Harvey, and the beleaguered city of Houston may finally be seeing sun after days of rain. However, the tragic damage has been done, and it will likely take years to recover from the loss.

If you needed any more reminder about just how catastrophic the damage has been, take a look at this time-lapse video which shows the horrifying pace at which the flood waters rose. According to NBC News, it was recorded by a resident of Greens Bayou, Texas as the storm began to take its toll.

According to KTLA-TV, the video was shot Sunday by Dani Rosiman and shows a garage with a minivan parked inside.

As the waters begin to rise, a traffic cone and a shelving unit can be seen floating around:

Amazing time-lapse footage shows a garage in Houston filling up with floodwater as TS Harvey moved in – KTRK pic.twitter.com/Xtg1bvppxB

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 30, 2017

At about 6 a.m., according to the time stamp on the video, the car alarm on their SUV begins to go off. By the time the time-lapse video ends, at about one in the afternoon, the flood waters are up to the doors on the car.

We can only hope, given the fact that they were able to share this video with us, that these residents were able to get out. Some weren’t so lucky. According to Fox News, at least 31 people have died as a result of the storm. And while Harvey may now be a tropical depression, it’s still bringing torrential rain to sites east of the Houston area.

According to The New York Times, rain in some places topped 47 inches. In the Beaumont-Port Arthur area, a hundred miles east of the nation’s fourth-largest city, officials pleaded for help.

“We are just as devastated as the Houston area,” Capt. Crystal Holmes of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department told The Times.

The worst may be over, but Texas will be cleaning up for a very long time — and not just in Houston. These pictures are living proof of just how desperate things are in the Lone Star State, and how much hard work desperately needs to be done.

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