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          <h2 class="h4">The owner of Gator Country in Beaumont says the water levels amid flooding are a mere foot away from the top of the fence line. </h2>        <div class="clearfix summary-additional">
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    <p>BEAUMONT, TX &mdash; As if things weren't bad enough in the Houston area amid Tropical Storm Harvey, up to 350 alligators at a sanctuary east of town could soon escape if water levels continue to rise, according to reports. </p> <p>Currently, risen water levels at <a href="http://kfdm.com/weather/hurricane-stories/gator-country-has-more-than-350-alligators-and-its-flooded" rel="nofollow">Gator Country, </a>in Beaumont, Texas, are a mere foot from the top of the fence line of at the enclosure, the owner of the 15-acre sanctuary told KFDM. Proprietor Gary Saurage said the alligators are contained behind "certified high fences." </p> <p>But, then again, what's being experienced along the Texas Gulf Coast is now being called a 1,000-year flood event. Notwithstanding certified fence heights, nobody ever expected the water to get this high. </p> <hr><p><strong><em>Also See: Harvey Could Be One Of The Most Expensive Storms In US History</em></strong></p> <div id="9IYXACfn" class="video-script-tag" data-player-id="iLR1mY1j"></div><script class="remove-jwplayer"></script><hr><p> "We're less than a foot from (water) going over the fences," Saurage told the news station. "We've worked around the clock and I don't know what else to do. We're truly tired. Everybody's at the end of it, man. We don't know what to do."</p> <p>On Tuesday, a weather gauge in southeast Houston registered more <a href="http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc1.html" rel="nofollow">than 51 inches of rain </a>from Tropical Storm Harvey. While that level is preliminary, it will have broken the record for the greatest amount of rain recorded from a single tropical storm or hurricane in the continental United States, according to the National Weather Service. Stated another way: That's more than 4 feet of rain.</p> <figure class="r-embed"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNWS%2Fposts%2F10156209885439041&amp;width=500" width="500" height="256" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe></figure><p>Given those rising water levels, fears previously emerged over the potential of <a href="https://patch.com/texas/meyerland/hurricane-harvey-houston-floods-dredge-alligators-snakes-fire-ants">displaced alligators from Houston-area bayous</a>. The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office earlier confirmed the possibility of such a scenario, although extensive reports of the errant reptiles have not materialized. </p> <figure class="r-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">Gators and flooding advice via <a href="https://twitter.com/txgatorsquad" rel="nofollow">@txgatorsquad</a>: Expect them to be displaced. Simply looking for higher ground. Leave alone until water recedes <a href="https://t.co/nN1B5jvMyV" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/nN1B5jvMyV</a><br>&mdash; FBCSO Texas (@FBCSO) <a href="https://twitter.com/FBCSO/status/900793654192869376" rel="nofollow">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote> </figure><p>But then there's Gator Country, home to hundreds of rescued alligators, who would be able to swim for miles should they slip out of their enclosure amid high waters. So far, the <a href="http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Gator-Country-focused-on-containing-our-gators-12058782.php" rel="nofollow">Beaumont Enterprise</a> newspaper reports none of the alligators have escaped. <br></p> <p>Some good news to this horrific, yet plausible, scenario: Gator Country's two biggest gators&mdash;Big Al and Big Tex&mdash;remain safely held in trailers apart from the main enclosure, according to KFDM. More good news: The rain finally stopped on Tuesday, and residents experienced sunshine for the first time in days. </p> <p>Still, this could change amid reports that Harvey could still strengthen. Let's hope the water doesn't continue rising. </p> <p><em>&gt;&gt;&gt; Photo credit: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Hameltion" title="Hameltion" rel="nofollow">Hameltion</a> via Wikimedia Commons</em></p><div id="in-article-boxed-recirc"><div class="text-center air-md"><a href="/" category="subscribe" trigger="article_button_click" class="btn btn-lg btn-cta-alt pill sans in-article-subscribe l-bold">Subscribe<span class="fal fa-angle-right fa-lg air-xs-l" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></div></div>  </div>

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