Here’s why you shouldn’t try to cross a flooded road.

Allen N. Laneigh Childers posted the dramatic video on Facebook, which shows a large culvert being washed out by the floodwaters in storm-ravaged Texas.

In the video, the driver can be heard telling another witness that he crossed just before the road gave away.

The incident happened on County Road 450 in Lindale, which also was struck by at least one confirmed tornado Friday evening.

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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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