The incredible moment that Mark Chagaris saw the flood waters could have been a terrible incident, but he kept calm and carried onThis petrifying footage shows one driver's quick thinking when faced with a deluge of flood water heading his way. <br /> <br />The video shows him driving along a empty road in the rain with no sign of any trouble. <br /> <br />But within seconds, muddy brown floodwaters and debris comes rushing towards him in scenes straight out of a Hollywood movie. <br /> <br />Thanks to some quick thinking, he throws the car smoothly into reverse and starts backing away from the danger at some speed. <br /> <br />Read more: Hero delivery driver swerved through 70mph motorway traffic to catch runaway car and prevent a high-speed pile-up <br /> <br />Mark Chagaris was on a Californian road when the scary incident took place, but he calmly reversed until he could turn safely, and then continued on his way. <br /> <br />He told WTHR that he wanted to share the events to show how speedily waters can rise to dangerous levels, adding "panic wasn't the answer".
