A Texas family that nearly lost everything in last week’s terrible floods is describing how their dog battled the storm and survived, despite the odds.

High school senior Cody Vlasek’s boyhood house in Hunt was burned on Friday night, July 4—and he told San Antonio member station KENS 5 on July 9 that he feared he had also lost his dog.

“It was the living room. We had a chair here and a couch there,” the kid claimed, demonstrating the destruction. “The back fence is where the 100-year flood plain ends, and we’re 20—almost 30—feet away from that.”

He said, “The river was located behind our back fence,” while describing how swiftly the floodwaters surged in the middle of the night.

Denise, Cody’s mother, was one of the first in the family to awaken. The adolescent and his parents hurried out of the house. Cody, who recalls the water reaching his waist, said they didn’t have time to look for his dog before being forced to go uphill to a neighbor’s home.

“The current—it almost tripped some of us,” he observed.

Within 20 minutes, the family’s home had filled with water, and Cody reported to KENS 5 that he could hear their neighbors asking for aid.

“It was a horrible feeling because you wanted to help them, and you didn’t know what happened to them,” he stated. “But you knew, deep down, if you tried going out there, something would happen to you as well.”

Although the Vlaseks were devastated to find their home ruined, Cody found a tiny miracle inside their washing machine when he came home.

The teenager told me, “I had to break my window, and when I climbed through, I heard scratching and a whimper.” “I turned my head around the corner and saw him just floating in the washer.”

Despite the joyous reunion with his beloved pet, the family has endured some tragic losses. The floods claimed the lives of several individuals they knew.

“You can replace a house, but you can’t replace lives,” he remarked.

Central Texas is still recovering from the disastrous and fatal flooding caused by practically record rains, which swelled the Guadalupe River and drowned parts of the state’s Hill Country.

The death toll has progressively grown since July 4, reaching more than 120, with another 150 people still missing, according to CNN. At least 36 of the fatalities were youngsters.

Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp near the Guadalupe River, previously reported that 27 of its children and instructors perished. Authorities said five females from the camp are still missing.