Story highlights A photo shows nursing home residents awaiting rescue amid floodwaters in their facilityGalveston County officials say the residents have been safely rescued(CNN) Residents of a nursing home in Dickinson, Texas, have been rescued after they waited patiently for help as floodwaters rose around them. A dramatic photo circulating on the Internet showed the residents of the La Bella Vita nursing home sitting in several feet of water as they waited for help. Kim McIntosh lives in Florida, but told CNN that her mother, who owns the nursing home just southeast of Houston, took the photo. Nursing home residents in Dickinson, Texas, wait for first responders in a flooded room. "They [were] waiting for helicopters or the National Guard."

Source: CNN August 27, 2017 21:00 UTC