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Texas mother saved her daughter, 3, but drowns in the hurricane floods – Toddler rescued as she and her mother were being swept into a canal half a mile from their car

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>First responders save toddler clinging to mother who later died after being swept into hurricane Harvey flood in Beaumont&comma; Texas on Tuesday<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Mother&comma; 41&comma; saved her 3-year-old daughter from drowning in the Texas floods<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Rescuers found mother unresponsive&comma; the girl suffered from hypothermia while her mother never recovered<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0a0101&semi;"><strong>Second landfall of Hurricane Harvey dumped several inches of water over Beaumont and the rest of Southeast Texas&comma; <&sol;strong>Tuesday <&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-246848" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;toddler-saved-while-mum-drowned-in-beaumont-texas-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Toddler saved while mum drowned in Beaumont&comma; Texas 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"2000" height&equals;"1333" &sol;>Mother and daughter were rescued by two Beaumont police officers and two Beaumont Fire Rescue divers after they spotted the mother floating towards the bloated canal<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A brave mother caught in Harvey’s surging floodwaters in Beaumont&comma; Tex&period;&comma; on Tuesday died while trying to escape with her young daughter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The woman and her daughter were driving south through central Beaumont&comma;75 miles northeast of Houston near the border with Louisiana&comma; when their vehicle got stuck in high water&comma; according to police&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 41-year-old woman was overwhelmed by the swamped roadway&comma;  was pulled into a flooded parking lot along Interstate 10 around 3&colon;30 p&period;m&period; Tuesday&comma; police said&period; However&comma; the raging currents&comma; made dangerous by the strong vicious winds&comma; swept the mother and her 18-month-old child a half mile downstream and into a canal&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The woman then tried walking to safety with her daughter&comma; according to witnesses&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A team of Beaumont police officers and firefighters in a rubber boat spotted the child desperately clinging to her mother and grabbed the two before they disappeared under a railroad trestle&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However the strong current swept the mother and child into a canal around half a mile from their vehicle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-246835" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;second-landfall-of-hurricane-harvey-dumped-several-inches-of-water-over-beaumont-and-the-rest-of-southeast-texas1&period;jpg" alt&equals;" Second landfall of Hurricane Harvey dumped several inches of water over Beaumont and the rest of Southeast Texas1&period;jpg" width&equals;"819" height&equals;"508" &sol;>Second landfall of Hurricane Harvey dumped several inches of water over Beaumont and the rest of Southeast Texas&comma; Wednesday<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The first responders tried reviving her but she never regained consciousness&period; The toddler was reported to be suffering from hypothermia&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Surrounded by high water and unable to reach an ambulance&comma; a good Samaritan with a truck helped bring the mother and child to the medical transport waiting for them at a nearby intersection&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The mother later died&comma; police said&period; Police did not immediately identify her because the child’s father was out of town&period;  The two were among the latest in casualties — rising to at least 18 in Harris County on Tuesday — from the tropical storm wreaking havoc with torrential rainfall along the Texas coast&period; Beaumont is about 75 miles east of Houston&comma; the nation’s fourth-largest city&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A 64-year-old man was found dead and buried under a foot of debris in a Houston clock repair shop on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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