More roads flood in Grimes County, corner of building collapses in Navasota

GRIMES COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) – Grimes County is dealing with the repercussions of the rainfall over the last few days.

KBTX spoke with Grimes County’s Emergency Management on road condition updates.

David Lilly, the county’s Emergency Management Coordinator, says they’ve had to shut down several county roads because of flooding.

Some of those roads include county roads 231, 232, 233, and 409.

“We know where the problem areas are, where we have frequent flooding. Right now, our road and bridge crews are out looking at those locations, trying to assess whether or not there’s been any significant damage to those locations,” said Lilly.

Grimes County Emergency Management and the Sheriff’s Office say they’re working hand-in-hand to keep the public safe & informed.

Lilly encourages everyone to look at the Grimes County Emergency Management Facebook as well as drivetexas.org for updates on road conditions and closures.

He also encourages the public to report if they see any roads flooded.

“We’re asking citizens if there’s a road listed and they see water on the road, or even if it’s not even a road listed but if they see water on the road, we ask that they not try and drive through those locations, but find an alternate route. If there are barriers up, do not go around those barriers, there’s a good reason those barriers are up, whether they are on county roads or if it’s a state road and TxDOT has state barriers up, we ask that citizens not try and drive around those. And again, like I said, don’t try and drive through high water,” said Lilly.

KBTX’s Julia Lewis also visited Navasota to see how they’re holding up.

Lloyd Lively, Navasota’s Director of Marketing and Communications, says two houses have flooded and the corner of a building collapsed because of the rain.

The building was on 10th and Mcalpine Street and no one was injured in the collapse.

Lively says there was about 1 inch of water in two houses but the water is out of the houses now.

Lively says during the downpour they were receiving several inches of rain per hour.

“Most of the low-lying areas that would normally hold some water, held some water. Our public works crews were out, if there was a road that needed to be blocked off, they put up barricades and blocked the roads off. Those came down when the roads cleared up,” said Lively.

Lively says he sees conditions improving.

“But all the waters receded, all those roads are open, we’re not having all those issues now that we’re just down to a little, normal rain, drizzle,” said Lively.