making news in america this morning -- deadly floods. walls of water taking out home covering entire communities. the number of missing still rising including a mother and her two young children. plus, the the hazards now surfacing. a casket unearthed. snakes seeking higher ground. breaking overnight. american investigators going after officials connected to the world's biggest sport. why authorities arrested fifa members in the early morning hours. caught on camera. robbers smashing the cases. an employee fighting back. tarmac trouble. an employee trying to get the perfect picture now answering questions as the picture goes viral.

and good wednesday morning to you all. we begin with a paralyzing storms parked over the southern plains, unleashing nearly a foot of rain on houston in just an amount of hours. >> bringing the city to a virtual stand still. at least five people killed in houston, 14 all across texas. >> and a mom and her kids among more than a dozen people still missing after they were swept away in a vacation home with two other families. a shocking discovery on a houston biking trail. a casket ripped from its grave by flood waters. carried 100 yards from the cemetery. >> the flood is driving snakes like this one out of their natural habitat. forcing them out in the open. the latest from bazi kanani. >> reporter: the damage measured in miles. entire neighborhoods in houston submerged. water flowing over roads and

highways. sweeping away cars. families like these forced to abandon their vehicles after the deluge that dumped nearly a quarter of the city's yearly rainfall in just 24 hours. >> we have 1,000 properties that we visually inspected. we believe this may be as many as 4,000 with significant damage. >> i can't see. >> reporter: this driver trying to make it through the floodwaters that trapped hundreds. >> we have a female who's stranded on top of a car underneath a bridge. >> reporter: more than 900 emergency calls. more than 500 water rescues. >> i was sleeping in that room last weekend. i was here for a niece's wedding. all the furniture just left. the wall's gone. >> reporter: residents now surveying the damage. as the search continue this is morning for the more than a dozen still missing, including laura mccomb and her two young children. they were inside this vacation house in nearby wimberley when

it was swept away. >> she called me. she said i'm in a house. i'm floating down the river. tell mom and dad. i love you. and pray. >> reporter: the deadly floodwaters now reseeding. families across texas left grieving. among those confirmed dead this morning, 14-year-old damian blade and homecoming queen alyssa ramirez. bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> well that wild weather stretching all the way into the midwest and ohio valley. >> a tornado touched down near dayton ohio flipping over cars and leaving behind a trail of wreckage in the parking lot of a shopping center. two people were injured. several restaurants and storms damaged. >> the storm system moves east. the plains not out of the woods yet. justin povick with the forecast. good morning. >> thanks and good morning. the northeast preparing iffer showers and thunderstorms later on wednesday afternoon. we need the rain.

really have not had much at all so far for the month. any rainfall here will be well appreciated. as long as you're not out driving in it right? there will be travel delays along the interstate 95 corridor. think we're if good shape in boston for another day. south plains severe weather and flash flooding. big-time concern wednesday afternoon, oklahoma city and dallas. a couple of hard-hit cities. later on this week more severe weather and flooding over the central plains. t.j. and reena, back to you. a major breaking story overnight. six world soccer officials have been arrested in switzerland as part of a u.s. investigation. indictments against them focus on bribery and corruption by current and former members of fifa the organization that organized the world cup. the new ail gagss are in connection of the awarding of the 2022 world cup to qatar. the u.s. was runner up for that

tournament. one person not arrested the fifa president. suspects arrested face extradition to the u.s. turns to the increasing tension between the u.s. and iraq. the white house not disputing the comments by ash carter that the army of iraq is not motivated to fight. turning to politics the state department has a plan to release more of hillary clinton's e-mails. in a filing late last night, they said they'll release a batch on june 30th and then more every 60 days. they'll be heavy edited. all 55,000 pages will be released by january, just before the iowa caucuses. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is expected to announce he's running today. he'll make the announcement in the small community north of

pennsylvania where he grew up. a series of changes is coming to the police department in cleveland. among the changes, officers now banned from using force against people who just talk back to them or run away. they're banned from pistol-whipping suspects and firing warning shots. the deal with the government was announced days after a cleveland cop was acquitted of manslaughterer manslaughter for firing 15 shots in a car where an unarmed couple was sitting. a threat phoned into l.a.x. today against an eva air flight arriving from taipei. this comes a day after threats were phoned in against six flights. and amtrak says it will begin installing video cameras inside of locomotive cabs to record the actions of train

engineers. it comes two weeks after the deadly crash near philadelphia that killed 8 people and injured more than 200 others. the train engineer says he suffered a head injury and can't remember what happened. and back to cleveland now, a major reason for that city to celebrate. >> it has everything to do with the native son who returned to join the cavaliers. he's got them in the nba finals now. cleveland completed a four-game sweep against atlanta last night. king james scored 23 points. the cavs beat the hawks 118-88. king james set to play in his fifth-straight championship series. it will be either golden state or houston. it will be golden state, by the way. >> that was good. proof that the irs is vulnerable to hackers. a lucky escape. man trapped inside a burning building, making an amazing climb to safety.

plus smash and grab armed with hangers. a group of thieves getting away with a lot of jewelry.

look at this video. out of birmingham alabama, capturing the rescue of a man stranded in a second-story unit of an apartment building. he and his dog barely made it out in time. the fire destroyed 21 apartment units. no official cause yet. a neighbor says it appears someone left food on a stove. if you're used to the irs -- if you have used the irss' get script service, you may be in danger of identity theft.

the kroox used data stolen from elsewhere to get access. the tax agency just noticed last week but sent $50 million in refunds before detecting the the scheme. the company that makes spam is buying an organic company. hormel buying applegate farms. an loiss eye agree, with hormel's ceo. that's where the growth is. two more restaurant chains moving away from artificial ingredients. taco bell hopes to replace most by the end of the year. it will affect most items, but not beverages and doritos items. pizza hut has eliminated transfats and msg.

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deadly downpours and flash floods have killed at least five people in houston alone. more than 500 others were rescued as rising floodwaters poured into homes and cars. 15 people died across the state. more than a dozen still missing. wet driving for more than half the country. rain blanketing the eastern u.s. stretching across oklahoma and up to the inter mountain west. if you're flying airport delays available inpossible in atlanta, washington, d.c. and dallas. james holmes mailed a notebook to his sigh ki stris. in it he described his broken mind. he writes about scouting several movie theaters. he considered attacking an airport. he didn't want his attack confused with terrorism. he has pleaded not guilty to 166 charges in the july 2012 attack that killed 12 people and wounded 70 others.

prosecutors are laying out their evidence in the case of a woman accused of killing her plug from her fiance's kayak so it would fill with water. they also say she pushed his paddle away if him while he struggled in the water. growing demanding for tlc to cancel its popular reality show "19 kids and counting." three major companies are pulling ads. it come amid the swirling scandal and allegations that josh duggar molested five underage girls when he was a teenager. so far, tlc has only pulled the show out of the rotation. a gang of men pulling off a smash and grab attack.

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>> ♪♪ >> good morning, i'm tamala edwards t it's wednesday, may 27th and police say app sexual predator hid in a shower for hours before he attacked a woman in south philadelphia. and now we're learning he may be linked to another similar crime. we're following developing news out of texas. flooding there has claimed another life and rescuers are still searching for dozens more people. they're still missing. a pair of accused drunk drivers are under arrest after their gps led them right to police. accuweather says it could be a stormy wednesday this afternoon. we'll have details on that and more next up on "action news." of folks with all this rain. and finally this morning, a long-time fan of the milwaukee brewers just can't wait for this coming weekend. not just because he's going the see his team in action though. >> he's excited for his pregame

tailgate party because of what he'll be cooking. the details from tim elliott of our station in milwaukee. >> reporter: brewers fans are famous for grilling out at miller park. >> it's intense. i don't think there's another stadium like it. >> reporter: but grilling out on miller park it's totally new. >> i'm real happy with it. real happy. >> reporter: 27-year-old matt tyler is an edge year. he had an idea to build a replica of miller park that doubled as a grill. >> why? i guess mostly pause i could. >> reporter: from there, the idea took off. >> i spent a lot of time going there. it gave me a good excuse to go to more games. >> reporter: and the name is a thing of beauty. >> griller park. >> reporter: the project stalled. >> i hit a road block trying to figure out how the make it open. >> reporter: then three weeks ago, a lightbulb went off.

>> my girlfriend is very proud. >> reporter: he's going the wait until he fires up griller park. that's because he wants to wait until this saturday when he goes to the brewers' game. that's when the grill will make a debut. >> i'm hoping people will be happy and want to come over and have a brat with us. >> reporter: he estimates he spent $200 building it. >> the whole thing is plain carbon steel. it's cut and put together by myself. >> reporter: for now, griller park goes back into the garage. and matt already knows which iconic stadium he'll take on next. >> i'm starting to think about lambeau field. but, you know we'll see. we'll see. one step at a time. >> reporter: tim elliott, wisn 12 news. >> lambeau field. >> we'll follow up. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> be sure to stay was here at abc for "good morning america" coming your way shortly. have a good wednesday, everybody.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> we are working on a bunch of developing stories on this wednesday, may 27th. bullets go flying in philadelphia neighborhood overnight. three people are shot with the gunfire narrowly missing a mother and two children we're live. >> a sexting scandal rocks two schools in cape may, new jersey. nearly 20 teens and one adult now face criminal charges. >> a customer overseas thinks there's much more on the menu. you will see him get served by a waitress. >> whew. good morning. 4:30 now this wednesday. david off. let's go on over to karen rogers. she's got your accuweather and