La terre a bougé sous ses pieds… Vendredi 28 et samedi 29 avril, pendant de violentes inondations au Texas, un automobiliste a vu un torrent d'eau et de boue emporter la route, à quelques mètres de lui, à proximité de la ville de Lindale.
En moins d’une minute, une partie du bitume, des branches et deux gros tuyaux flottaient sur l'eau, laissant stupéfait l'homme qui assistait à la scène, comme le montre notre vidéo au-dessus de l'article.
Lors de ces inondations, une grand-mère et quatre de ses petits-enfants sont morts le samedi 29 avril, emportés par des inondations au Texas, dans le sud des Etats-Unis.
Une femme âgée de 64 ans et quatre petits-enfants âgés de 6,7,8 et 9 ans ont été emportés par les eaux dans la ville de Palestine, située à l'est du Texas.Dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, les eaux sont montées très rapidement pour atteindre le niveau des toits des maisons après le débordement d'une rivière derrière un quartier résidentiel, selon les médias locaux.
Cette région avait déjà été frappée, une dizaine de jours auparavant, par des inondations, qui avaient provoqué la mort d'au moins sept personnes.
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May 2015 Texas Storms
Severe Weather(01 of39)
Gabby Aviles carries her daughter Audrey through floodwaters outside their apartment in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rains overnight caused flooding in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Severe Weather Wimberly(02 of39)
A man walks along the Blanco River where sweeping flood waters overturned vehicles and knocked down trees, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Authorities say recovery teams will resume looking for missing people in an area where punishing rains have destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 homes statewide. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(03 of39)
Sandy Reyes pulls a cooler full of wet books past flooded cars in a parking lot covered in debris Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at an apartment complex across from a bayou in Houston.The death toll from a barrage of storms and floods in Texas and Oklahoma climbed to at least 19 on Wednesday, with over a dozen people missing, and another round of rain threatened to complicate the cleanup in hard-hit Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(04 of39)
Deep muddy ruts lead to a car stuck in a field Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Houston. Several attempts at removal just added to the mess. The death toll from a barrage of storms and floods in Texas and Oklahoma climbed to at least 19 on Wednesday, with over a dozen people missing, and another round of rain threatened to complicate the cleanup in hard-hit Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(05 of39)
Lorraine Joseph talks about her car still stuck the mud despite several attempts to pull it out Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Houston. Each attempt failed when the rescuers also got stuck in the mud. The death toll from a barrage of storms and floods in Texas and Oklahoma climbed to at least 19 on Wednesday, with over a dozen people missing, and another round of rain threatened to complicate the cleanup in hard-hit Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Record Rains Spawn Epic Floods In Austin, Texas Hill Country(06 of39)
SAN MARCOS, TX - MAY 27: Storm destruction along the Blanco River May 26, 2015 in San Marcos, Texas. Central Texas has been inundated with tornadoes and flash flooding the past several days. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images) (credit:Drew Anthony Smith via Getty Images)
Record Rains Spawn Epic Floods In Austin, Texas Hill Country(07 of39)
SAN MARCOS, TX - MAY 27: Storm destruction along the Blanco River May 26, 2015 in San Marcos, Texas. Central Texas has been inundated with tornadoes and flash flooding the past several days. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images) (credit:Drew Anthony Smith via Getty Images)
Record Rains Spawn Epic Floods In Austin, Texas Hill Country(08 of39)
SAN MARCOS, TX - MAY 27: Storm destruction along the Blanco River May 26, 2015 in San Marcos, Texas. Central Texas has been inundated with tornadoes and flash flooding the past several days. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images) (credit:Drew Anthony Smith via Getty Images)
Record Rains Spawn Epic Floods In Austin, Texas Hill Country(09 of39)
SAN MARCOS, TX - MAY 27: Storm destruction along the Blanco River May 26, 2015 in San Marcos, Texas. Central Texas has been inundated with tornadoes and flash flooding the past several days. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images) (credit:Drew Anthony Smith via Getty Images)
Flood Waters Threaten To Break Dam Outside Of Dallas(10 of39)
MIDLOTHIAN, TX - MAY 27: Workers tend to equipment used to pump water from Padera Lake as water pours over a temporary dam on May 27, 2015 in Midlothian, Texas. Officials feared that the temporary dam on Padera Lake would fail due to recent heavy rains in the area. Areas throughout Texas have expierenced flash flooding and numerous deaths due to weeks of heavy rainfall. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) (credit:Tom Pennington via Getty Images)
Houston Begins Recovery From Massive Flooding(11 of39)
HOUSTON, TX - MAY 27: The Brays Bayou flows after massive flooding May 27, 2015 in Houston, Texas. At least 19 people have been killed across Texas and Oklahoma after severe weather, including catastrophic flooding and tornadoes, struck over the past several days, with more rain expected. (Photo by Eric Kayne/Getty Images) (credit:Eric Kayne via Getty Images)
APTOPIX Severe Weather(12 of39)
A man walks past a cabin that was torn from its foundation in a flood on the Blanco River days earlier, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Recovery teams were searching for as many as 12 members of two families who are missing after the rain-swollen river in central Texas carried a vacation home off its foundation, slamming it into a bridge downstream. The hunt for the missing picked up after a holiday weekend of terrible storms that dumped record rainfall on the Plains and Midwest, caused major flooding and spawned tornadoes and killed at least eight people in Oklahoma and Texas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(13 of39)
Domingo Molina, right, paddles with his granddaughters Crystal, left, and Alicia, center, down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(14 of39)
Domingo Molina, right, paddles with his granddaughters Crystal, left, and Alicia, center, down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(15 of39)
Lennie Blatt, left, and Mark Maaskant paddle down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(16 of39)
Lennie Blatt, front, and Mark Maaskant paddle down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Severe Weather(17 of39)
Cars sit in floodwaters along Interstate 45 after heavy overnight rain flooded parts of the highway in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways in the Houston area are closed due to high water. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(18 of39)
Mark Taylor rides his bike through the flooded street in front of his house in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(19 of39)
Lennie Blatt, left, and Mark Maaskant paddle down a flooded street in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Heavy rain overnight caused flooding and closure of sections of highways in the Houston area. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
APTOPIX Severe Weather(20 of39)
Joselyn Ramirez swims in a flooded school playground in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Severe weather in the Houston area overnight caused flooding. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather Wimberley(21 of39)
Volunteers walk up from the Blanco River and past flood debris as they help clean-up Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Recovery teams were searching as many as 12 members of two families who are missing after a rain-swollen river in Central Texas carried a vacation home off its foundation, slamming it into a bridge downstream. The hunt for the missing picked up after a holiday weekend of terrible storms that dumped record rainfall on the Plains and Midwest, caused major flooding and spawned tornadoes and killed at least eight people in Oklahoma and Texas. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(22 of39)
Cars remain stranded along a flooded section of Interstate 45 after heavy rains overnight in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways are closed in the Houston area due to high water. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(23 of39)
Stranded motorists wait for floodwaters to recede on Interstate 45 after heavy rains overnight in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways are closed in the Houston area due to high water. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(24 of39)
Cars remain stranded along a flooded section of Interstate 45 after heavy rains overnight in Houston, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Several major highways are closed in the Houston area due to high water. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather Texas(25 of39)
Members of the National Guard and a search and rescue team work along the Blanco River, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Authorities say recovery teams continue to search for as many as a dozen missing people in an area where punishing rains have destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 homes and killed at least three people statewide this past weekend. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Severe Weather(26 of39)
Members of a search and rescue team work along the Blanco River, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, in Wimberley, Texas. Authorities say recovery teams will resume looking for as many as a dozen missing people, in an area where punishing rains have destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 homes and killed at least three people statewide this weekend. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
US-WEATHER-FLOOD(27 of39)
Water is seen at the top of a sign along a bike path near Memorial Drive in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2015. Heavy rains throught Texas put the city of Houston under massive amounts of water, closing roadways and trapping residents in their cars and buildings, according to local reports. Rainfall reached up to 11 inches (27.9cm) in some parts of the state, according to national forecasters, and the heavy rains quickly pooled over the state's already saturated soil. AFP PHOTO/AARON M. SPRECHER (Photo credit should read Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AARON M. SPRECHER via Getty Images)
US-WEATHER-FLOOD(28 of39)
Vehicles are left stranded on Texas State Highway 288 in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2015. Heavy rains throught Texas put the city of Houston under massive amounts of water, closing roadways and trapping residents in their cars and buildings, according to local reports. Rainfall reached up to 11 inches (27.9cm) in some parts of the state, according to national forecasters, and the heavy rains quickly pooled over the state's already saturated soil. AFP PHOTO/AARON M. SPRECHER (Photo credit should read Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AARON M. SPRECHER via Getty Images)
US-WEATHER-FLOOD(29 of39)
Water is seen along Memorial Drive in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2015. Heavy rains throught Texas put the city of Houston under massive amounts of water, closing roadways and trapping residents in their cars and buildings, according to local reports. Rainfall reached up to 11 inches (27.9cm) in some parts of the state, according to national forecasters, and the heavy rains quickly pooled over the state's already saturated soil. AFP PHOTO/AARON M. SPRECHER (Photo credit should read Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AARON M. SPRECHER via Getty Images)
Record Rains Spawn Epic Floods In Austin, Texas Hill Country(30 of39)
WIMBERLEY, TX - MAY 26: Debris is strewn along Ranch Road 12 near the Blanco River May 26, 2015 in Wimberley, Texas. Central Texas has been hit with severe weather, including catastrophic flooding and tornadoes over the past several days. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images) (credit:Drew Anthony Smith via Getty Images)
Record Rains Spawn Epic Floods In Austin, Texas Hill Country(31 of39)
WIMBERLEY, TX - MAY 26: Debris is strewn along Ranch Road 12 near the Blanco River May 26, 2015 in Wimberley, Texas. Central Texas has been hit with severe weather, including catastrophic flooding and tornadoes over the past several days. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images) (credit:Drew Anthony Smith via Getty Images)
Record Rains Spawn Epic Floods In Austin, Texas Hill Country(32 of39)
WIMBERLEY, TX - MAY 26: A house near the Blanco River sustained heavy damage May 26, 2015 in Wimberley, Texas. Central Texas has been hit with severe weather, including catastrophic flooding and tornadoes over the past several days. (Photo by Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images) (credit:Drew Anthony Smith via Getty Images)
US-WEATHER-FLOOD(33 of39)
A vehicle left stranded on a flooded Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2015. Heavy rains throught Texas put the city of Houston under massive ammounts of water, closing roadways and trapping residents in their cars and buildings, according to local reports. Rainfall reached up to 11 inches(27.9cm) in some parts of the state, national forecasters reported, and the heavy rains quickly pooled over the state's already saturated soil. AFP PHOTO/AARON M. SPRECHER (Photo credit should read Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AARON M. SPRECHER via Getty Images)
US-WEATHER-FLOOD(34 of39)
Vehicles left stranded on a flooded Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2015. Heavy rains throught Texas put the city of Houston under massive ammounts of water, closing roadways and trapping residents in their cars and buildings, according to local reports. Rainfall reached up to 11 inches(27.9cm) in some parts of the state, national forecasters reported, and the heavy rains quickly pooled over the state's already saturated soil. AFP PHOTO/AARON M. SPRECHER (Photo credit should read Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AARON M. SPRECHER via Getty Images)
US-WEATHER-FLOOD(35 of39)
Vehicles are left stranded on a flooded Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2015. Heavy rains throught Texas put the city of Houston under massive ammounts of water, closing roadways and trapping residents in their cars and buildings, according to local reports. Rainfall reached up to 11 inches(27.9cm) in some parts of the state, national forecasters reported, and the heavy rains quickly pooled over the state's already saturated soil. AFP PHOTO/AARON M. SPRECHER (Photo credit should read Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AARON M. SPRECHER via Getty Images)
US-WEATHER-FLOOD(36 of39)
A vehicle left stranded on a flooded Interstate 45 in Houston, Texas on May 26, 2015. Heavy rains throught Texas put the city of Houston under massive ammounts of water, closing roadways and trapping residents in their cars and buildings, according to local reports. Rainfall reached up to 11 inches(27.9cm) in some parts of the state, national forecasters reported, and the heavy rains quickly pooled over the state's already saturated soil. AFP PHOTO/AARON M. SPRECHER (Photo credit should read Aaron M. Sprecher/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AARON M. SPRECHER via Getty Images)
Houston Begins Recovery From Massive Flooding(37 of39)
HOUSTON, TX - MAY 27: A turtle suns itself in front of submerged pedestrian bridge at Buffalo Bayou park after massive flooding May 27, 2015 in Houston, Texas. At least 19 people have been killed across Texas and Oklahoma after severe weather, including catastrophic flooding and tornadoes, struck over the past several days, with more rain expected. (Photo by Eric Kayne/Getty Images) (credit:Eric Kayne via Getty Images)
Houston Begins Recovery From Massive Flooding(38 of39)
HOUSTON, TX - MAY 27: Trees are submerged at Buffalo Bayou park after massive flooding May 27, 2015 in Houston, Texas. At least 19 people have been killed across Texas and Oklahoma after severe weather, including catastrophic flooding and tornadoes, struck over the past several days, with more rain expected. (Photo by Eric Kayne/Getty Images) (credit:Eric Kayne via Getty Images)
Houston Begins Recovery From Massive Flooding(39 of39)
HOUSTON, TX - MAY 27: Trees are submerged at Buffalo Bayou park after massive flooding May 27, 2015 in Houston, Texas. At least 19 people have been killed across Texas and Oklahoma after severe weather, including catastrophic flooding and tornadoes, struck over the past several days, with more rain expected. (Photo by Eric Kayne/Getty Images) (credit:Eric Kayne via Getty Images)