MOUND, Texas — The devastating floods have left their mark in different ways across Central Texas. Some residents in Coryell County were forced to evacuate over the weekend and many roads were shut down as they were impassable from high water.
Some of those roads remain closed, but the good news is, the water is receding around Coryell County. Those along the Leon River tell 6 News this isn't the first time they're dealing with mother nature's powerful forces.
"I've been through three of these," said Tim Gallaway, a Mound resident since 1981. "One in 1991, 2007 and then this one. This one got pretty big, but it didn't get as big as it did in 91."
Gallaway said the floodwaters did move in a lot faster with the flood that occurred during May 4 and 5. He said he had to move barriers as the water kept creeping closer to the houses and up on State Highway 1829..
SH 1829 was one of the many roads around Coryell County that was shutdown because it was impassable.
The Coryell County Sheriff's Office responded to five swift water rescues, including one along SH 1829. A spokeswoman with the department said the driver was saved, but the vehicle is still somewhere in the floodwaters and hasn't been found.
As the water recedes, Gallaway and other Central Texans are checking the damage.
"We're out running cattle and I've been over there putting water gaps back up on those creeks that were washed out," Gallaway added. "The creeks are probably, in some cases, more wicked than the river is when they get up."
He's thankful the early May flood wasn't the worse he's experienced. As a farmer and rancher, he's always trying to roll with mother nature's punches.
"All the cows are good," Gallaway said. "I have a friend of mine, in the Valley Mills area, driving cattle out with a boat this morning. There is evil in being dry and there is evil in being too wet, but I'll take being too wet before I take too dry."
The Coryell County Judge has declared a local state of disaster.
6 News has been made aware of many livestock lost or killed in the May flood. There has been a Facebook group created to help the owners in search.