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Stricken wife reveals the awful sounds she heard as husband called her after raging flood swept him away
A frantic woman in Texas revealed the awful sounds she heard on the phone with her husband as he was caught in raging floodwaters. Angel Richards recalled the moment her husband, 42-year-old Stevie, called her on Thursday morning before she was forced to listen to haunting sounds of floodwaters crashing into him. Early that morning, terrifying flood waters ripped through San Antonio and left at least five people dead as vehicles were swept away. The bodies of two men and two women have been recovered, with another found around a mile away, while two people remain missing, NBC News reported. One of the people among the floodwaters was Angel's husband of 15 years, Stevie, who told her on the phone he was entering floodwater. 'The call I got, he was going into some water and that was it,' Angel told KSAT. But she knew from the terrifying sounds of rushing water through the phone that the situation was far more serious. Stevie had admitted to Angel during their final phone call that he was having second thoughts about going into work that day due to the rain. Then the rushing water cut off their conversation as she heard it from the other end of the phone. 'I could hear whatever the car hit and then the water taking over the car,' she told NBC News. 'And that's the last I heard.' The hunt for her husband ensued as she clung onto hope he was still alive. 'I just don't want to believe it,' she told the outlet. 'This is not something that happens.' After arriving on the scene with one of her three children, Angel recognized a set of rims on a car that had flipped upside down in the waters. 'As the water was receding, I could see that that was my car,' she said. 'When [firefighters] went down, I could hear, "That's a Cadillac." That's my car.' Hers was one of 15 cars that had been swept up in the floodwaters and carried about a half-mile downstream. San Antonio firefighters managed to rescue ten people from the area, some of which were hanging onto trees. Four people were taken to hospital for minor injuries and the rescue effort was described as 'extremely difficult.' As of 5pm on Thursday, there were still at least two people unaccounted for, KSAT reported. Authorities confirmed to the outlet that of the five bodies recovered, one of them was that of Angel's husband, Stevie. Police Chief McManus described the tragic floods to News 4 San Antonio as a 'very, very tragic situation.' 'These are low-water crossings that the depth of the water and the speed at which it's travelling are very, very hard to gauge,' he added. 'If you venture into it when the water is deep and the water's moving real fast, you're taking your life into your own hands.' Around five to eight inches of rain was reported to have fallen overnight on Wednesday as the National Weather Service warned the public that 'many areas' were still 'closed due to water on the road' on Thursday. As of Thursday afternoon, responding crews could be seen pulling heavily damaged vehicles from the creek as the floodwaters receded.
Yahoo
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- Climate
- Yahoo
Woman Says Her Husband Called Her Moments Before He Was Swept Away by Flash Flood
A woman says that her husband called right before he was swept away in flash floods that hit San Antonio on June 12 Angel Richards recalls her husband, Stevie, not wanting to go into work amid the heavy rain "The call I got, he was going into some water and that was it," she says of their last conversation, before later seeing their car among the wreckage of the stormA Texas woman says that her husband called her just before he was swept away in flash floods that hit San Antonio. Angel Richards now believes her husband, Stevie, is among those dead or missing following the storm that hit the area after their phone conversation was cut short on Thursday, June 12, according to ABC affiliate KSAT, CBS affiliate KENS and NBC News. "The call I got, he was going into some water. And that was it," Richards recalled, KSAT reported. She added, "I just don't want to believe it. This is not something that happens." She said that during their conversation, her husband of 15 years was hesitant about going to work amid the heavy rain. She also mentioned hearing sounds of "rushing water" before the call was cut short. 'I could hear whatever the car hit and then the water taking over the car,' she said, per NBC News. 'And that's the last I heard.' Sadly, Richards' husband became one of several people on the road who were caught up in the surging waters, with their vehicle — a Cadillac — found upside down near Briar Glen Trailhead off Perrin Beitel, KSAT reported. "As the water was receding, I could see that that was my car,' she said, per the outlet. 'It's hard because I was on the phone when this happened, and then not to have a lot of communication, to see my car, it's devastating to me," Richards told KENS. According to multiple reports, at least five people have died and two are missing as of Friday morning. As PEOPLE previously reported, floodwaters swept away multiple vehicles, with heavy rain resulting in the multiple deaths, which all occurred in the northeast part of the city on Thursday, the Associated Press reported, citing authorities. According to KSAT, the San Antonio Police Department and San Antonio Fire Department started receiving calls in the early hours of the morning at around 4:15 a.m. local time from people who had been stranded on Loop 410 near Perrin Beitel Road. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Fifteen vehicles were swept away, with the fire department confirming that two men and three women had died, the outlet reported. ABC News reported that two others remained unaccounted for. According to KSAT, five to eight inches of rain fell overnight on June 11, on the north side of the city in a short period of time. On Thursday, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued flood warnings on X and the fire department warned the public on Facebook that "many areas" were still "closed due to water on the road," stating that more storms were expected in the area and that a flash flood warning was in place. Read the original article on People
