including edward hernandez, torn away from his brothers when their car was swallowed by rushing watersr water, didn't see none of them. and then, edward, i seen him, and he said stuff i don't want to hear. >> reporter: his brothers unable to save him. more than 130 high water rescues in the houston area alone. deluge and devastation. seven tornadoes touching down from texas to mississippi. that homeowner capturing video of a tornado ripping through his home. another twister lifting part of this house off the ground, hurling it 25 feet in the air. and dropping it on the family car. >> sounded like a freight train. the window just exploded. >> reporter: inside the home, aubrey alvarez says her 4-year-old son had left the family room just seconds before the tornado hit. >> after i put him in the tub, he's screaming oh, we're going to die. >> reporter: the alvarez family is so lucky to be alive. here in houston, it's been raining all day. these waters still very high. and schools in the hardest hit areas closed monday. aditi roy, abc news, houston, texas. >> the good news is, texas is dryi