A line of storms on Sunday evening caused issues in areas hit by floods last week.
SAN ANTONIO — A powerful and fast-moving line of rain that blasted through San Antonio around 5:30 p.m. Sunday evening caused problems on the northeast side, in some of same areas hit hard by flooding last Thursday.
On Harry Wurzbach just south of Loop 410, witnesses said they saw first responders pull one person to safety who was unable to escape from a drainage culvert with fast moving water.
Though the water was only about four inches deep, the walls of the channel were too steep and slick for the man to free himself.
A fire spokesman said EMS rushed that person to the hospital on a priority one basis, which means the possibility of life-threatening injuries.
At Old O’Connor Road, the water rose fast and furious on Beitel Creek, where the road is still closed due to what the city calls significant structural damage from the storm that killed 13 people early Thursday morning just downstream.
Meanwhile on the connector ramp where Northeast Loop 410 splits with I-35 and heads south, heavy equipment was brought in to clear a clogged drain.
Traffic was diverted as crews waited for the water to drain from the overwhelmed intersection.
Just a few minutes later, firefighters were called to Gibbs Sprawl Road where the road crosses under a railroad bridge that is the scene of frequent high water rescue calls just north of Old Seguin Road.
Police said the driver of a sedan who tried to pass through the area before barricades were in place, managed to make it out of the car and get to higher ground — but the car will have to wait until the water recedes before it can be recovered.