DEWEYVILLE, Texas — Nearly a week after the Sabine River broke its banks after a downpouring of rain parts of Deweyville remain underwater, and citizens still fear the prospect that the flooding is not over.
"Where we get nervous is when we have that huge reservoirs up above us and those gates have to be open that's more water than we can handle if it's not managed per regulations," said Newton County Precinct 4 commissioner, Leanord Powell.
The torrential rain last week, as well as an overflow from the Toledo Bend Reservoir have trickled down the Sabine River, leading to severe flooding throughout the town.
"We had 17 roads underwater yesterday," said Powell.
Commissioner Powell says the flooding has left of the aforementioned roads damaged, and fixing them won't be cheap.
"The initial assessment was several million dollars just here in precinct 4. Some of the asphalt roads that went under that are still under they will get water underneath them and bubble and break," Powell said.
Commissioner Powell that repairs have begun on some of the roads, and that they are working with Deweyville ISD to get students back to school.
"Anytime there is a rain event the transportation director and school bus driver is ringing my phone asking what does County Road 115 look like. In the Indian lake area we've actually repaired the road to make it accessible to buses," said Powell.
Powell says while there has yet to be reports of flooded homes, residents are not out of the woods yet.
"Right now (the Sabine River) is at 25.91 it's projected to go back up around mid 26 and a half foot and it should roll over and come back down. I try to tell them, each and everyone one of them that I meet, what we know you're going to know," said Powell.
Deweyville ISD announced on their Facebook page that classes will resume tomorrow, and Powell says they will continue to repair roads, as the town of Deweyville works to get back to a semblance of normalcy.
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