'We don't just rescue two-legged victims': Touching moment firefighters save dog from flood waters

Two Austin firefighters were pictured yesterday rescuing a dog from flood waters

Central Texas experienced more than a foot of rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday which caused flash flooding in the region

Hundreds were evacuated and more than 500 homes damaged by the flooding

So far, two deaths were tied to the flooding

Two firefighters with the Austin Fire Department were pictured saving a dog from flood waters in central Texas yesterday.

The department posted the picture of firefighters Matt Harvey and Michael Cooper with the animal to their Facebook page, saying: 'We don't just rescue two-legged victims...we love our four legged friends as well.

The animal looks like it's been through a lot, and clings to one of the firefighters as if they're hugging.

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Firefighters' furry friend: Firefighters Matt Harvey and Michael Cooper of the Austin Fire Department are pictured rescuing a dog from a flash flood yesterday in central Texas

Since posting the image, the picture has gathered more than 2,000 likes on Facebook and many animal-lovers expressed their gratitude to the firefighters in the comments section.



Overnight rains of up to 15 inches in some areas swelled rivers and washed out low-lying crossings in a swath of more than 100 miles around Austin, Texas, according to Jon Zeitler, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Austin-San Antonio office.

'For certain areas, it looks like this will be in their Top 10 (flood events) of all time,' Zeitler said.



Overflowing: More than a foot of rain fell in the central Texas region between Wednesday and Thursday, sparking flash floods through the area



Rescued: Two neighborhoods in Austin were put on mandatory evacuation yesterday. Above, Isabel Rodriguez and her children Christoper, 3 (left), and Rubi, 8 months (right), are carried on a boat on Quicksilver Road after their home was flooded on Thursday

Up: During a new conference yesterday, Austin City Manager Marc Ott said that some people had to cut holes through their rooftops just to have access to the outside. Above, a family is rescued from the top of their home in southeast Austin yesterday

A man died on Thursday in a flooded area southeast of Austin after being caught in high water in his car, officials said. Local media later in the day reported a second body in a creek closer to the city but further information was unavailable.

More than 1,000 homes in neighborhoods near rising creeks were evacuated during the height of the floods.

'We saw very significant flooding,' City Manager Marc Ott said at news conference yesterday. 'In some cases people cut holes through rooftops to have access to the outside.'

The storm was caused in part by Hurricane Raymond, which dissipated in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday. Its remnants pulled heavy weather across the western United States.

That combined with warm, humid, low-lying air from the Gulf of Mexico and cooler air at higher altitudes to produce the floods - conditions expected to return next week with more potential for flooding from a tropical storm brewing in the same region, Zeitler said.