Rising Star begins to build back after flood, relief team helps [Video]

RISING STAR, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – More than 30 homes were reportedly damaged by flood waters during an early May storm in Rising Star. Now, from flood victims being knee-deep in water in their living rooms, a relief team seems to be just as inundated.

Cynthia Hoggett is one of those whose homes had been almost completely destroyed by the flooding, and while she and her children weren’t home when the waters began to rise, her husband gave was.

Heavy flooding causes damage to Rising Star community

“He calls, ‘there’s water in the house!’ Then, “there’s water ankle-deep, knee-deep,’ and so I started watching on the cameras and everything was just washing away,” Hoggett relayed.

For nearly a decade, the Hoggett family has lived in their home until the recent flooding completely decimated the structure that sits directly parallel to one of two low-lying creeks flowing through town. During the time of flooding, the strength of …