Lufkin, Nacogdoches County officials warn of flooding

​LUFKIN, Texas ( KETK ) – The City of Lufkin and Nacogdoches County have seen heavy rain the last few weeks, and it isn’t done yet.

“Last couple of weeks, we’ve had a tremendous amount of rainfall, and on Sunday we experienced pretty widespread flooding in the City of Lufkin, which is very unusual,” Lufkin Fire Department Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator Jesse Moody said.

Moody said the amount they have received is hurting their residents and they’re expecting another 4 to 6 inches of rain on top of that.

“This is economic impacts to the citizens and people are out of their house, if someone’s house is flooding, there’s a substantial health issue with the mold that grows, etc.,” Chief Moody said.

As rain continues to fall across Deep East Texas, authorities in both Nacogdoches County and Lufkin are staying prepared in case of anything.

“We’ve put extra people on duty, we have a water rescue team on duty, the state has stationed a water rescue team from Texas Task Force 1 here in Lufkin,” Moody said.

The City of Lufkin reported that fallen trees are blocking roads at:

• E. Groesbeck Street
• 500 block of S. Third St. near E. Jodie Avenue
• 600 block of Card Drive near Courtney Lane

Nacogdoches County Public Information Officer Tim Monzingo advised people to stay off the roads if water starts to rise and to make sure you are prepared for the worst.

“Make sure that you have your devices charged, backup batteries, you got fuel for your generator, that’s stuff you should just keep on hand,” Monzingo said.

With the ground already saturated from weeks of rain Monzingo also warned residents to watch out for falling trees.

“If you start seeing trees leaning or something like that, towards a home or an outbuilding, don’t let anybody sleep in the room with the tree starting to tilt towards that,” Monzingo said.

The best advice is to stay home, and have an evacuation plan in case you need to leave.

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