>> we have two facilities that are currently open here in san marcus. one is our community activity center. another is local middle school. we encouraged folks to go there. a lot of folks have been there since this morning. many have probably gone back to their neighborhoods to look at their homes, see what the damage might be. we anticipate they'll probably come back. this is temporary establishment for right now. certainly we are encouraging folks to make plans to connect with family or friends or any long-term stays going into the remainder of the week. >> all the best. mayor dan guerrero thank you so much. >>> u.s. defense secretary ash carter is speaking out the first time since isis captured a key iraqi city. carter said the loss of ramadi was evident the iraqi military lacks the will to fight. in the meantime isis fighters trying to push east to baghdad as air strikes continue to pound the region. athena jones is live at the white house with more on what the secretary had to say. >> that's right. since the fall of ramadi the administration has be

>> the activity center in san marcus has about 95 people in it the last i heard.hat's about 30 or 45-minute old information i have got. >> okay. trey high at thanks for joining us tonight and best of luck as this thing moves forward. >>> meteorologist kevin corriveau is here now with more. kevin? >> reporter: we're talking about a double whammy tonight the severe weather and the flooding. take a look at what we have seen here. that line of thunderstorms pushing across texas. it's beginning to push a lot of weather warnings and tornado warnings across that particular region. of course where the flash food food -- flood warnings are the biggest threat right now. when we talk about flooding all together we're talking about texas, louisiana, arkansas now into mississippi and parts of tennessee. and that is going to continue at least for the next three days. this water really has to move downstream to lower elevations so that could take days or weeks across that particular area. now over the next 72 hours, we do think we're going to be seeing heavy rain here especially

san marcus was under an overnight curfew for fear that the waters behind me would once again rise.he river saw catastrophic flooding over the weekend, and there was fears of a repeat disaster. but thankfully that flash flood warning for this part of the river has since expired although the danger still exists here. as for the town of wimberley the search for one family has shifted from rescue to recovery. this group of two families reportedly were staying in a vacation home on the banks of the blanco river, and three young children were among them. witnesses say early sunday morning they saw flood waters sweep the home off of the foundation and smash it into a bridge downstream where it split into pieces. rescue workers found one man from that house downstream. they are now expecting to find bodies rather than missing family members and friends. the rescue efforts continues in more than 30 cities. in houston people woke this morning to news that they should stay home stay away from schools and from work in order to avoid the danger of floods on the roads. >> heidi zhou castro repor

. >> the historic flooding swamped her parents' home in hard-hit san marcus with a foot of water. >> it's just really sad. >> along with hundreds of others. >> when they pulled up the carpeting they found that there were just holes everywhere. and the wood was already rotting and starting to seam. my dad was devastated. he worked so hard to have his home and now it's just gone. >> reporter: the 27-year-old is still in new jersey after earning a masters degree from stockton university earlier this month. her family did not have flood insurance. >> it was too expensive. and also you know this doesn't happen. and, you know everybody was just so caught offguard. >> garcia will remain separated from her loved ones until at least monday. that's the soonest she was able to get a flight back to texas that she could afford. >> it's not anything i can do, but i've been trying to offer my support. >> garcia's parents are now staying at her sister's san marcus home, which wasn't damaged. she'll join them there next week. for a reunion filled with uncertainty. >> my return home is almost bittersw

san marcus about 265 kilometers west of houston is one of the worst affected areas. >> we have thousands of homes that are damaged, some totally lost. this jurisdiction, we have 744 homes that were impacted in either a severe or some way. reporter: houston the u.s.'s fourth most populated city has also been devastated. at least 200,500 vehicles have been abandoned. >> we had three inches of water here. do you see without green line is? >> we have a carpet cutting knife and i will be cutting carpet and padding for the past couple of days. >> we saw the level outside was higher than the level inside and that was really frightening as it was flowing in. reporter: with forecasters warning of more heavy rain to come, the threat is far from over. host: time for media watch. you have been looking for reaction to all of the major news stories and you will start us off with tonight's frank and dave show? >> could put and remove themselves from the european union? there will be a referendum, we don't know when. one of the most interesting comments comes from right here in france. they have said to

so much flash flooding in san marcus and san antonio, as well and, of course we're keeping our eye in wimberly where the family has not been found and are hoping things get a little better. mostly what we've seen on an hour by hour basis is cars continuing to be stalled, swept away and simply will not turn back on. so tow trucks and police officers are in and out all around the city of houston as we try to get things back to some semblance of normality here. live in houston, back to you guys in new york. >> all right, hilary thank you very very much. >>> now what's going on here will it ever let up janice what are you seeing? >> as you saw where our reporter was stationed across houston, drying out in the houston area. however, neil we're into this rain pattern that's going to persist not only for the rest of the work week but in the coming weeks ahead as we look at the long range forecast. i also want to point out we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for indiana, ohio and michigan and a tornado watch and we saw dozens of tornados moving through the southeast texas area this

reports of tornado spotted over the city of san marcus and because of the storm and the time it has takenthe rescue effort is shifting more towards recovery. they are instructing landowners to search for those 12 people. and more rainfall is predicted. >> whenever local elected officials or anybody warns people to get out of the way, to abandon wherever they may be and to evacuate the devastation that we have seen is a reminder to heed those warnings. >> reporter: and abbott is warning that it could get a lot worse before it gets better tony because now that everything is saturated, as more rain will fall any drop of rain will just more saturate the rivers and more of that will flow down river, so south of hayes county all the way to mexico they are on alert for more flash floods. >> kevin one of the things you are going to tell us is there are cells there. >> that's right. tony. like heidi said they are saturated across the region. this line of thunderstorms not only with severe weather but of course we're looking at 2 3, to 4 inches of rain coming out of these storms per hour. that's ho

hemberly texas just west of san marcus. it caused a significant loss of life. i have, as governor declared disaster declarations from literally. >> what more are they saying today? >> well, tony, you just heard governor abbott describe it as a tsunami and that's what it looked like. over the weekend a wall of water, 46 feet tall, hit this bridge behind me. miraculously the bridge survived but the wall of water took 72 homes with t just on the other side of the bridge 1 the small town of wimberley texas, and you can see a vacation home that was once on the river and there were two families staying in a similar home upstream, and they're plunge the missing. 13 people in all are still missing, and witnesses describe that home being torn off of its foundation by the wall of water before crashing on into the bridge and breaking into pieces of the. of the 13 people, several are unaccounted for three of them are young children, two bodies have been found in the county, but they're currently unidentified. and as you heard from governor abbott, he has declared the disas

. >> reporter: the city of san marcus was in an overnight curfew for fear that thor water behind me mayof the rains last night, there were fears of a repeat disaster. but thankfully that flash flood warning for this part of the river has since expired, although the danger still exists further south. the search for 12 missing people from two families has shifted from rescue now to recovery. emergency workers making that declaration overnight. the group of two families reportedly were staying in a vacation home. witnesses say early sunday morning they saw flood waters sweep the home off of its foundation and smash it into a bridge downstream where it split into pieces. rescue workers did find one man swept 12 miles downstream from that group. he is the only one to be found alive. rescue workers expect today they will find bodies. elsewhere in texas, the emergency continues in more than 30 counties. in austin there were overnight recoveries rescues in roof tops and in houston people woke this morning to news that they should stay home stay away from schools and work in order to avoid the d

. >> reporter: the blanko river in san marcus, texas rose 26 feet in just one hour. river overflowed flooding roads and wiping away homes. >> you have 12 missing persons that we are actively searching for. >> reporter: first responders used a helicopter to lift its 68 year old father, trapped in the river for two hours. >> hold on. please don't leave. please don't leavement i'm here for you. i'm here for you. he's just like i don't know what to tell you i'm sore. >> i there was another dramatic rescue near austin, kayaker struggled to keep his head above the rushing waters of the san gabriel river until bystanders pulled him to safety. nearby wimberlee was also hit hard. hundreds of homes were destroyed. >> the river swells dozens every feet and 100 year old trees were uprooted. this home was ripped off its foundation and pushed into the hillside. this area will come back. >> oh, yes. >> it will. it will. >> reporter: massive flooding also hit oklahoma two people were killed, including a firefighter, who was trying to evacuate stranded residents. >> he's our hero. th

river, by land by air, covering miles and miles of the blanco river here in wembley valley in the san marcus area. >> you look at the images it's incredible. you've got homes completely destroyed, lifted off the foundations, swept away. roads gone. these images are incredible. the speed at which this happened is almost impossible for people to imagine. have you ever seen anything like this? >> no nobody has ever seen anything hike this erin. this has been a historic event for our community, the state of texas. we had a wall of water, a tsunami, if you will that came down and took out everything in its path. from -- we've lost over 70 homes totally, 1,400 homes have had property damage. cedar trees, cypress trees, pecan trees that have been here for 400, 500, 600 years, that have withstood thousands of floods are now gone. we probably have about 10% of the lush vegetation that we normally do on the blanco river standing. >> more rain coming. what could that mean for you? >> we're very vulnerable right now. so we are preparing for the worst. and hoping for the best. our grounds are saturated.

devastation of the tsunami styled river rise on the blanco river in wimberly texas, just west of san marcus that completely devastated the area around there and caused a significant loss of life. i have as governor declared disaster declarations from literally the red river to the rio grand where flooding has been taking place across the state. but just like in so many other times of challenges we see texans respond by coming together helping each other. we see that in houston, texas, we've seen it in other parts of the state with friends helping friends and neighbors helping neighbors. and i want to express my gratitude to all of our neighboring states. governor suzanna martinez and her team in mexico governor mary fallon in oklahoma governor awhat hutchison and governor bobby jindal in louisiana, all of our neighbors offered their support. louisiana sent two black hawke helicopters as well as sandbag loaders to help us across our challenges here in the state of texas. we work more effectively when we work as a team. but just like we have faced these challenges in the past we will respond

several people were rescued from as an -- san mash can you say texas -- marcus texas. a woman in tulsa died in a traffic related crash. more rain is in the forecast for today. >>> developing another scare at the u.s. capitol a bomb squad detonated a pressure cooker found in the vehicle nearby the capitol. the authorities have arrested the owner of the car they found the pressure cooker and detected an odor of gasoline. the bomb squad was called in and the device was blown up. the owner, a virginia man was operating after revocation, it's unclear why the devices were in the car. pressure cookers were used in the explosion in the boston marathon bombing 2013. >>> president obama trarchtion trarchtion -- travels to arlington national cemetary, the president will deliver remarks at the cemetary after that, president william henry chrisman was the first interred in arlington. >>> many people will fulfill the dream of becoming an american citizen. there will be a wreath laying on the big jay which was built in philadelphia and launch in 1942. atlantic city is focused on rein

a serious situation as you make your way north along i-35 from san antonio. st. marcus.direction here and it is flooded record stage. we showed you that last hour. that continues here and that is why we have parts of 35 that are closed and the rain continues up to the north. we are not done. it will continue to rain for today. we have pockets of very heavy rainfall that are going to fall 3 to as much as 6 additional inches of rainfall and you can imagine, a drop of water is going to do damage right now. 3 to 6 inches is going to be -- continue to be historic here and some areas have not seen this kind of flooding. there is the flood watches in the deeper green than you see the flash flood warnings highlighted in red. that is a lot of rain coming down in a very short amount of time. the drainage system can't handle it and you get rivers rising dramatically here. here is the stage we have set up here. 18 inches and means oklahoma city has seen six times their normal monthly rainfall rate here as far as may. so six times. that is incredible. some areas picking up twice thei

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