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Rain creates mini canyon in Texas

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It's an awesome spectacle to witness tons of earth falling into this drainage ditch in Richmond it would mean count.

It's directly in the river forest subdivision where did the -- Briscoe and what happened over here.

The -- -- -- department says two inches of rain Saturday calls that Levy to break.

Which resulted in the erosion creating a -- a natural occurrence -- initially threatened several upscale homes in the area.

It's exciting and scary at the same time but didn't -- it turned the geological -- -- into a field trip for her students at king's academy.

Our god it's me.

Bob -- also lives only yards away from where the problem occurred just concerned watch.

-- We're afraid it would take the -- that -- -- But now -- issue concerns have been committees.

I felt peaceful and.

-- stressed out person in fort Pitt county region -- crews have worked around the clock to feel betrayed its channel with dirt.

The street beats it to the -- river it's beautiful community it's nice and quiet -- here.

The dissipating -- went from a natural disaster waiting to happen to a tourist attraction.

-- -- -- -- I'm stunned I really am I live on twelve acres just around the corner a little ways and I just.

I can't believe that.

We're live in this subdivision just up the way and have some -- -- at -- here reception to see how much.

Which was on and there was some concern -- -- would expand to a nearby bridge but -- crews still flops they now have this also be that.

Under control.

No I'm standing on that actual bridge that was threatened by the court today as you can see is safe and sound and cleared to drive across.

In the meantime work crews were returned to the site.

Wednesday morning.

I -- hearing fox 46 news.