Watch: Horses rescued from flooded barn after heavy rain in Texas
Dramatic videos posted to Instagram show Jeff Muckleroy leading the horses out of the flooded barn.
Rancher rescues a group of horses trapped in neck-deep water in Texas
Dramatic video posted to Instagram show Jeff Muckleroy leading the horses out of the flooded barn to higher ground.
KIRBYVILLE, Texas – A man rescued a group of horses trapped in neck-deep water from a barn that had flooded during a heavy downpour in eastern Texas.
Following nearly 13 inches of rainfall in the area on Tuesday night, rescuers had to act quickly to aid the trapped animals at the Kirbyville Auction Barn, a family farm that has stood for over 70 years.
FLOODING SWAMPS SOUTH WITH RARE FLASH FLOODING EMERGENCIES IN TEXAS, NEW ORLEANS
Videos posted to Instagram show Jeff Muckleroy leading the horses out of Kirbyville Auction Barn, which flooded following 13 inches of rainfall in the area on Tuesday night.
(Hannah Muckleroy Clark via Storyful)
Early Wednesday morning, a Flash Flood Emergency was issued for areas of Jasper County in southeastern Texas, such as Kirbyville, lasting several hours. An emergency like this is the most severe flood alert the National Weather Service can issue. It means life-threatening flooding and catastrophic damage are already occurring or expected to occur soon.
Dramatic videos posted to Instagram show Jeff Muckleroy leading the horses out of the flooded barn.
Horses rescued from floodwaters in East Texas
A man rescued a group of horses from a flooded barn in eastern Texas on Wednesday after more than 13" of rain fell
Muckleroy's daughter, Hannah Muckleroy Clark, said that her dad, "being the hero that he is," guided the animals out by boat and wouldn’t leave until all the horses were accounted for.
According to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office, several individuals were rescued from flooded homes and vehicles. Additionally, Jasper County Judge Mark Allen issued a declaration of disaster due to the hazardous weather conditions affecting the entire county.
"There’s no doubt that we’ll be back up and running in no time," Muckleroy's daughter said. "Nothing that a little prayer, faith, and resiliency can’t fix!"