The station was just south of Buffalo Bayou, whose banks had swollen after 24 hours of torrential rain. By 10:30 a.m. local time, safety concerns prevailed, and KHOU employees started evacuating the station. Smith happened to see Harris County sheriff’s deputies coming on Beltway 8 and flagged them down to report the trapped truck driver. pic.twitter.com/6Mp8z3dYQg — FOX26Houston (@Fox26Houston) August 27, 2017According to the station, its newsroom last flooded in 2001 when Tropical Storm Allison hit Harris County. After the truck driver’s rescue, Smith and Sandoval were “hunkering down” while the station was off air, a colleague said.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2017 17:20 UTC