Photos: Flood waters swamp East Texas, shut down I-10

Jamie Holden﻿﻿ moved his belongings onto the roof of his home in Deweyville before floodwaters got inside.﻿ Jamie Holden﻿﻿ moved his belongings onto the roof of his home in Deweyville before floodwaters got inside.﻿ Photo: Brett Coomer, Staff Buy photo Photo: Brett Coomer, Staff Image 1 of / 162 Caption Close Photos: Flood waters swamp East Texas, shut down I-10 1 / 162 Back to Gallery

Heavy rains in northern Texas and Louisiana over the past several days have flowed down river and caused havoc along the border between the two states.

Aerial photographs taken on Tuesday captured images of inundated neighborhoods and flooded roads only navigable by boat.

The rising Sabine River also shut down Interstate 10, one of the states' two major east-west thoroughfares, for much of the day, forcing motorists to head several hours north to Interstate 20 in order to cross between Texas and Louisiana.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday declared 17 counties in east and southeast Texas disaster areas due to the impact of high water from last week's storms. Many residents of the area were forced to evacuate.

Take a look at the devastation caused by the floods in the gallery above.