and in hard hit wimberly texas, it's starting to dry out. more than 70 search teams, 1500 volunteers in all, intensified their efforts to find several people still missing. we begin there tonight with janet shamlian in wimberly. janet? >> reporter: good evening, floodwaters across texas are receding you would not know it to look at the fast moving blanco river right now. the storms are moving out. right now we're in the middle of a deluge tomorrow it should be dry. finally some relief for people who need it. >> as rain moved out of hard hit wimberly more than 1500 volunteers came in, many with no connection to the community. >> we're just all devastated at what happens. >> this week's historic flood destroyed homes and lives. and with five people still missing, those wanting to help arrived from as far away as atlanta to a local church turned command center. >> we take all the real dear to our hearts. >> tackling everything from search and rescue to clearing the tons of debris still littering this central texas town. >> it's just all walks o

paolo sandoval reports from wimberly, texas. >> reporter: the clean-up is under way in central texas where weekend storms claimed lives destroyed homes and turned roads into raging rivers. in hayes county the search continues for the missing. the blanco river tore through wimberly, texas, the town's mayor calls it unprecedented. >> 1929 we had a 33.5-foot surge come through. that was the highest on record and this one topped that at 44.5 feet before we lost communications with the gate. >> reporter: hundreds of homes were washed away including a cabin where an entire family had gathered for the holiday weekend. laura mccomb who is still missing with her two children called her sister as the storm hit. >> the house is floating down the water and tell mom and dad that i love them. i love you. and pray. >> reporter: to the east the storm hammered houston which saw more than 11 inches of rain monday night. it pushed the city's many bayous over their banks. texas governor greg abbott declared a state of emergency in 40 counties and deployed the national guard to help with recovery. >> we

among the hardest hit properties him in wimberly, this camping -- hit in wimberly, this camping resort built 70 years ago. the owners don't think they can rebuild. >> this was the most requested cabin to have -- had. and now gone. now gone. >> reporter: john white says his family has never seen flooding like this. >> it wasn't truly sunk in yet. but you keep hoping you're going to wake up and this nightmare is over. >> reporter: he is grateful though that despite the destruction, no lives were lost on the property. chris martinez, cbs news, wimberly, texas. >>> whole foods is helping businesses damaged by the massive flooding in texas. the company will issue up to $1 million in emergency no interest loans. back in 1981, whole foods survived its own flooding disaster with help from the local community. >>> another dead whale has turned up on a northern california beach. it washed ashore near point reyes yesterday. scientists are trying to identify the species of the whale. this is the 12th whale carcass found on bay area beaches in just the past few months. biologists do not know what i

vicente arenas is in wimberly, texas tonight. vincente? >> reporter: jeff, the river here in wimberly rose some 40 feet with so much force it te caused houses like the ones you see behind me to lift off their foundations and crash into each other. the number of homes damaged here is still being counted. powerful floodwaters swept down the blanco river this weekend, destroying a bridge and ripping homes from their foundations. rich lives on the banks of the blanco which rose 26 feet in one hour. he provided shelter for his neighbors moments before the home was swept away. >> you could hear the house move off the foundation and gordonti said, "here comes my house." and within a matter of minutes his house floated by. >> reporter: carly smith is the hays county emergency managementep coordinator. >> we have roadways that are just a road full of slabs now. we don't have any structures on them at all any more. >> reporter: the town of wimberly was hardest hit.. more than 70 homes were destroyed. rescue crews are still searching for 12 people wh

in wimberly, texas, this is one of the homes washed away. this six flags amusement park looked more like a water park. tonight high winds in houston took the roof off an apartment building and a firefighter in oklahoma was swept away during a rescue and drowned we have a series of the reports tonight beginning with omar villafranca in wimberly. >> torrential downpours have deluged central texas. >> oh my god, oh my god. >> reporter: some areas have seen more than ten inches of rain in the last 24 hours. the storms have toppled trees, knocked out bridges and submerged cars. swollen rivers, streams and creaks are running through communities that have already been pounded by weeks of rainfall. in hays county, the blanco river has risen to record levels causing significant damage to the town's of san marcos and wimberly. 1,000 homes have been damaged. 300 are gone. the sheriff's office has issued a 9:00 p.m. curfew in an effort to keep residents safe. there has been at least one death in san marcos and three people have been reported missing. fi

heidi zhou-castro, al jazeera wimberly texas. >> the mayor of wimberly texas joins us tonight. mayor what can you tell us about the situation tonight? >> there is not much good news tonight, other than i can tell you we have three confirmed fatalities and the number of missing has gone down to 9. yesterday at this time we had 30 unaccounted for and we have accounted for all 30 of those folks so that's the good news. >> we understand that rain is expected in the next few days. what are your biggest concerns there? >> well, our biggest concerns are being able to get the folks out again if that becomes necessary. i think friday night or friday afternoon is when we're expecting the largest amount of rain to come and we're keeping an eye on that, of course. if the river shows a rise, we will certainly be notifying our residents along the river again and warning them. and if it warrants we will ask them to leave. >> mayor what's the most difficult thing for you? >> the most difficult thing is driving and around and seeing how many of our people have nothing left. this is a small comm

chris martinez from wimberly, texas. >> reporter: for parts of texas it's deja vu.n in buckets in the dallas suburb of irvin late into the night filling up roads bringing to mind scenes from houston. the state's fourth largest city was hammered by more than 11 inches of rain tuesday, unearthing this casket, submerging highways, and damaging thousands of homes and businesses. five people died including this man's 66-year-old father. >> he was helping himself get out of his trouble and also helping another lady get out of trouble. that's the way he is. >> reporter: here in the devastated town of wimberly, people are starting to clean up after floodwaters from the blanco river damaged or destroyed thousands of homes of. >> here's where the water line was. >> reporter: police are patrolling the area overnight, where trees are split down the middle and cars are still overturned. carlos cortez and his wife are thankful to be alive. the couple along with their children and dog were all airlifted from the roof as waters rose. >> the one that rescued me, he was my hero. >> r

. >>> wimberly, three people were killed there nine others still missing. heidi zhou-castro was there when assessing the damage took place. >> the destruction wrought by the weekend's flash flood. a 40 foot tall wall of water careened down the blanco river. survivors were lucky to escape with their lives. this family didn't want to leave. they waited until the water was at their doorstep before an uphill neighbor insisted they get out and they did just in the nick of time. because a tsunami like wave knocked this house off its foundation, the rest of it is downstream. >> i was snug in my bed 12:00 or whenever then power went out i know oh, storm they'll get it back up, it's wimberly. >> kirby's house is still standing. >> i scale downstairs and first step, a splash. >> water rose above their niece everyone escaped through his window and with their three dogs boarded a waiting rescue boat. >> it's a real hassle. it's not a tragedy. it's just stuff. and it's going to be a lot of work. and that, we can handle. >> as search parties continue to comb the river ba

heidi zhou-castro is in wimberly texas tonight. heidi. >> 46 foot tall wave of water came down the blanco river. lifted off its foundation. here in wem wim ber li wim wimberly is where this started before memorial day but is not where it is continuing. >> this will allow everyone to respond even more festival to the challenges you face. >> homes have been swamped. >> homes have been completely wiped off of the map. >> every part of the city hit. >> the defining feature of houston, is the many rivers that run through. and many of them overflowed their banks and overtook the neighborhoods. >> rescuers said they had to save over 500 people from high water. stranded in their vehicles. 2500 trucks and vans abandoned as drivers scrambled to higher ground. further north the search continues for two families whose vacation home was swept into the blanco river. fell apart into pieces. at the time the water was not only over my head but over the height of the bridge. in all several people from hayes county are unaccounted for, a body remains

. >> in wimberly? >> yes, sir. and wimberly through fisher.f you give me a second i will let carly smith with the ace county emergency management get a little bit more detail on the county piece and i will see if i can clear anything here with the other question i know we were having stuff as we were walking in. >> we are listening to a press conference there out of hard-hit hays county texas. you heard that official talking about the fact that there have been homes that have either been wash aid way or simply blown away. let's listen in to more. >> seeking shelter with neighbors or friends or maybe a non-registered shelter that they call into our main emergency operations center line and identify that they are okay that they are staying with a friend so that we can maintain a record of those individuals. so again, our main eoc operating line is 512-753-2180. and we are asking that anyone that is staying with a friend or a non-registered shelter call in and let us know that they are okay if they may have friends or family that are searching fo

wimberly, a popular bed and breakfast getaway has taken the biggest hit. a dozen still remain missing. will conley is the county commissioner. >> we have over 150 personnel continuing to scope the river through air, by boat and by land looking for any survivors. >> reporter: 33-year-old laura macomb and her two young children six-year-old andrew and four-year-old leighton are among those still missing. they were separated when their vacation home was swept off its foundation, slamming into a bridge downstream. julia shields is laura's sister. >> she called me. she said "i'm in a house. i'm floating down a river. tell mom and dad i love you and pray." >> reporter: the family held house until the house struck a bridge and broke in half. three days later they now fear the worst. >> we all know and we have accepted that they're gone. >> reporter: in other parts of texas fast-moving creeks took over city streets in the austin downtown area. flooding businesses and trapping employees at a 7-eleven. in devine, texas, it was a tragic end to a promising future when

vapor that's sitting in the atmosphere for these storms to pick up and dump on us. >> you're in wimberlyuld you describe what happened there where the flash flood was compared to a tsunami. >> right. the blanco river on a normal day is a pretty small river. it's shallow a beautiful calm serene kind of place. it is prone to flash flooding. we've seen that many, many times, but this was just lores of magnitude more extreme than anything that is on the historical record that anybody alive has ever witnessed. basically, we had supersaturated soil conditions from all the rainfall that we're getting. and on top of that we had in the water shed 10 inches in some places and what that did was just generated a massive amount of water flowing into the river in a very short time span and it just rolled down river and took out hundreds of homes and, of course, there was a loss of life. there's still people that are missing. there are folks trapped in their homes, trapped on top of their homes people in the water. this was unlike really anything that anyone has seen and it happened so fast that it was

but a search is on for 12 people in the hard-hit town of wimberly. some of whom were in a vacation home that was swept away and shattered against a bridge. nearly a foot of rain fell on the houston area overnight including flooding major interstates and stranding fans of houston rockets in the toyota center until early this morning. the president says the federal government will help in any way possible. >> i will anticipate that there will be some significant requests made. we will expedite those requests to make sure that both search and rescue operations where necessary but also recovery operations occur as efficiently and as quickly as possible. >> the danger isn't over yet. more severe storms are expected tonight, and some of tem could spawn tornadoes. back to you. >>> let's get right to storm team4 meteorologist veronica johnson. veronica, we're dealing with mid-summer like heat. >> a lot like june and july today as forecasts as we've been checking out the heat index values across the area is exactly what it feels like. on the sticky and uncomf

wimberly, lester holt is getting a firsthand look at the devastation. tune in for his reports when he anchors "nbc nightly news" live from texas tonight at 7:00. >>> two women helped pull a child from the water and gave cpr, but they couldn't save a second grader who fell into a swimming pool. it happened at the lorton station community pool yesterday. another virginia bureau reporter david culver just spoke to a woman who tried to save that child. >> they tried. they did their best. it wasn't enough. >> reporter: amanata porter and her husband can hardly move. both wanted us to know they're grateful to those who tried to save their daughter, fatmata, they call her effie. >> as a parent, you want to know what happened when something like this happens. you want to know wharter: what they know is he fif spent part of the day at lorton station community pool with friends. around 4:00 panic set in. >> then i just bolted and i just ran. it's like my mother instinct kicked in. >> reporter: roamy hopper, a military spouse trained in cpr was there with her kids

reporting live in wimberly texas. channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> right now a local member of the american red cross is on his way to the texas flood zone to lend support. >> there are approximately 700 red cross volunteers on the ground helping folks that are impacted. more than 200 people spent their memorial day in shelters in texas and oklahoma, we are going down to lend support in any way we can sfwh. >> he is joining seven other people from the american red cross helping storm victims in texas and oklahoma. >>> closer to home officials are urging people to get ready for hurricane season that starts monday june 1st. in avalon, the american red cross reminded people how to get ready for the upcoming season. people were able to tour some of the emergency response vehicles. >>> new jersey police need your help finding the man wanted for several burglaries, they released the video of the man breaking into the flying fish store on 9th street. police believe that the day before that same man broke into a cri

it was raining in wimberly this morning.a sudden in just a matter of moments things switched around and the sun came out in intense heat humidity. but things can change very quickly. and unfortunately, in houston, we've been seeing an increase in rain, and the big concern, of course, is in areas like this the rain could come back. i've got to show you, that's the block of blanco river behind me. it's a ways behind me. that on sunday actually came into where i am. 43 feet above the normal range of that river. 43 feet. and that water came right through where i am. this is a vacation center here with 32 cabins that were built in 1946. open the shot if you would. take a look at this. this is the concrete base of one of those rental cabins. imagine sunday memorial day weekend, this is one of the cabins. the river from over there came up here. and ripped this cabin and just took it down. three of them crashed into another structure here. one of them has never been found. and this is a story we're seeing over and over and over agai

jay gray nbc news wimberly texas.k live in wimberly there is a real sense of urgency here right now. also pushed by the forecast, which shows there will be more heavy rain here through the weekend. tough go alex. back to you. >> thanks for that update. nbc's jay gray. >>> coming up, washington, d.c. just banned all issues-oriented ads from its subway system. i'll tell you why. that's next. here at friskies, cats are in charge of approving every new recipe. because it's cats who know best what cats like to eat. up today, new friskies 7. we're trying seven cat-favorite flavors all in one dish. now for the moment of truth. yep, looks like it's time to share what our cats love with your cats. new friskies 7. for cats. by cats. right now, verizon is offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. yeah, 10 gigantic gigs. for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed, call, data, and reliability. so you never have to settle. $80 a month.

wimberly resident keith mcnab is joining us. great to have you on the show. i know it has been a very difficult time for you. at least for your family, at least good news your house was spared tragedy. tell us what happened in your neighborhood. >> it was of course memorial weekend. we have lots of folks in town being holiday weekend. most of wimberly vacation property is centered on blanco river as much as any. it was kind of a perfect storm of conditions of already wet ground. we've had unusually wet spring out here in the austin hill country southwest of austin area. with the ground already being as wet as it was, when the storms came through, that evening you know, and dropped as much rain as it did up river of everybody on the blanco river, we had reports of anything from neighbors saying they were receiving 14, 12 to 14 some odd inches of rain in period of three days. gerri: wow. >> when that much water comes down and ground already wet as it is, all of that water poured into the blanco river. it came down in a wall of water. and you know, being nightti

chris martinez, cbs news, wimberly. >>> in houston alone floods destroyed 1400 homes.housands were lost in the area around austin, too. >>> new developments today for convicted boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. survivors and members of the victim's families will be able to speak directly to him next month. that opportunity will come during a formal sentencing hearing june 24th. tsarnaev has been already sentenced to death for the blast that killed three people and injured hundreds more. >>> bono and u 2 are mourning the loss of their tour manager. he had been with them for more than 30 years. the coroner's office says the case is being investigated as a natural death. >>> baltimore is getting ready to shell out $20 million to pay for the cost of those riots after the death of freddie gray. that on top of the $20 million governor larry hogan has committed to the city. we are still a long way from knowing how much those riots cost city businesses. >>> a live look outside over national harbor. temperatures 86, clouds have rolled into national airport and cut the t

chris martinez reports from the hard hit town of wimberly. >> reporter: for parts of texas, it's deja vu all over again. heavy rain came down in buckets in the dallas suburban of irving late into the night quickly filling up on roads bringing to mind scenes from houston. the state's fourth largest city was hammered by more than 4 inches of rain unearthing a casket, submerging highways and damaging thousands of homes and businesses. at least five people died including this man's 66-year-old father. here in the devastated of town of wimberly people are cleaning up after floodwaters from the blanco river damaged or destroyed thousands of homes. carlos cortez his wife, young son and the family dog were all airlifted from their roof to safety. fighting back tears, they thanked rescue workers who saved their lives. >> the one that rescued me, he was my hero. >> reporter: hayes county officials say 11 people remain missing in the area including 33-year-old laura mccomb and her two young children. >> she called me. she said i'm going to help. i'm floating down the river. with more severe stor

let's bring in the mayor of wimberly texas. steve thur burr. thanks for joining us.hat's the latest you can tell us about the rescue efforts? >> reporter: the search and rescue efforts are ongoing. we have texas team one here on the water, air and on the land. supplemented by the national guard that we have here as well. it's ongoing. we have two confirmed fatalities in this part of the river. like you said, 30 are unaccounted for. >> what can you tell us about the mccombs the kerrys the char bas,'s the latest on effort to find them? >> that is the primary concern. we have all of our search and rescue efforts are focused in that area. they were actually in a house that was right behind us here that was swept off the foundation and into the river. we understand that one of the ladies in the house at the time it was in the water was in contact with family members telling them where they were that they were floating down the river. >> tell us about your part of the world there. is this kind of flooding rare? does it happen -- has it happened before? have you ever seen a

. >> reporter: even with a little bit of rain coming down, people in wimberly are trying to clean up. 20-foot piles of debris like this still litter the riverbanks and they will take weeks to clear out. the cortez family had to act fast when water rushed into their homes. >> the plan was hold on for dear life. the water rose up to our necks. so we're basically hanging on to the double doors that lead to the backyard. >> reporter: more rain is falling in houston where as many as 4,000 homes are damaged. about 2500 drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles as floodwaters rose. firefighters also carried out more than 500 water rescues. crews in houston are also dealing with another major clean-up. 100,000 gallons of waste water spilled from a flooded treatment plant. omar villafranca, cbs news, wimberly, texas. >> state disaster declarations have been issued for 46 texas counties. >>> an arrest in a wild hit-and- run in newark. police say this man chased down his ex-girlfriend and intentionally rammed into her car. scott o'neill of fremont is facing charges of attempted homicide and

omar villafranca, cbs news, wimberly, texas. >> at least five people were killed this weekend by the floods in texas and oklahoma. >>> always watching always tracking, wusa9's first alert weather, d.c.'s most accurate. >> here we're tracking your holiday installment of the 3- degree guarantee. >> i was forecasting a high of 88. we got to 85. so that is within the 3-degree guarantee. i didn't change it. that is correct, not wrong. yeah, we missed it yesterday. we've only missed it three times the entire month. the warmest may is in 1971. so far we're running in the fifth spot. we'll make no. 2, might make no. 1, but i think that's a tough go. this evening 75, comfortable, south wind at 9, humidity up a bit, dew point at 60 feeling a little bit on the humid side. temps still above 70 degrees, 69 in annapolis, andrews 67 67, 60s in the mountains. more heat and humidity tomorrow and for much of the week with temperatures way above average. thunderstorm threat tomorrow afternoon especially west of washington and scattered storms wednesday, thursday, friday more likely in the metro. want t

including here in the tiny town of wimberly. it's being called the epicenter. houston, the nation's fourth largest city. the death toll stands at 14 in texas and oklahoma. 13 more people are missing, including families swept away in floodwaters, there is a frantic around the clock search to find them. tonight from the ground here and the air, we are getting a new look at the incredible scope of this catastrophe. >> from above, can you see just how hard tiny wimberly was hit. a town of 2700 people overwhelmed by water. trees that have stood through centuries of storms no match for this one. >> the house had 13 feet total. >> scott wallace can't believe how quickly his house ended up under water. >> this happened in a matter of minutes? >> oh, yeah it was unbelievably rapid. you know rapid rise. >> to appreciate how much water was here this house sits about 30 to 35 feet above the river itself. it got above the first floor, the river itself never this wide in fact it's usually so low, you can wade across it and not get your knees wet. >> there are no strangers to

several others are still missing, many of them in the town of wimberly texas.ay family members talked about the on going search, heidi joe castro is in wimberly tonight, heidi? >> hi, john. so time is ticking here, it's been almost four days since that historic flash flood hit the small tourist town, four bodies have been recovered from this town alone and still eight more are missing but rescue workers say they are not giving up. >> the search continues for two families swept away by floodwaters. the two children andrew and layton have been vacations randy, michelle, son quill and grandparents ralph and sue kerry. this is what is left of the house where they were staying. after the blanco river rose 30 feet in less than two hours and swept the home off it's foundation, laura called her at the house floated down the river. telling her sister that she loved her that was the last time the mother of two was heard from. >> i think recognizing what is happening with the wear, we all know and we have accepted that they are gone. >> the father, jonathon is so far the

and joining me now from wimberly texas. what's the situation there, sarah? >> reporter: the national weather service in fort worth said this month alone, texas has received enough rain to cover the state 8 inches deep. that's video shot by sarah perez who was renting a vacation home along with her cousin when the water began pouring into the home. they were in the second story of that house, luckily survived without injury. they were very lucky. that hasn't been the case everywhere. across oklahoma and texas, 25 people confirmed dead with 14 people currently unaccounted for. here in wimberly we had overnight rains and we saw the river go up a little bit. right now we are lucky. clear skies and some sun giving crews a chance to try to play patch up with their search efforts and with debris remove. in some areas the debris as high as 20 feet. a mix of tree branchs, personal items and we have seen furniture forced together by the force of the floodwaters. this break is not going to last. more bad weather is forecast for the weekend. back to you. >> thank you. s

and, sadly, it probably won't stop there because 11 more people have been missing for a week in wimberly, texas, near austin. today a slow-moving storm threatened to dump as much as five more inches of rain on central and south texas, where rivers are still rising. we begin tonight with don dahler who's in carrolton, texas. >> reporter: for the second day, dallas-area residents woke up to storms. for the second day, floodwaters surged on to roadways and into homes. and for the second day, peopleay had to be helped to reach dry land. >> the 100-year flood, i've heard it all my life. >> reporter: residents werete evacuated from this trailer park north of dallas this afternoon. it's been an exhausting two days for first responders. yesterday, hundreds of people had to be saved from the rapidly rising waters. a police officer was blocking a flooded road when his s.u.v. became trapped. >> so many things can go wrong and it's just like with the power wires overhead, there was still pretty breezy. there's, obviously, a lot of trees in the area. they did get him pretty high off the ground, you k

from above you can see how hard tiny wimberly was hit. trees that have stood through centuries of storms no match for this one. >> the house had 13 feet total. >> scott wallace can't believe how quickly his house ended up under water. >> this happened in a matter of minutes? >> it was unbelievably rapid, you know rapid rise. >> to appreciate how much water was here this house sits 30 to 35 feet above the river itself. it got above the first floor. the river itself never this wide in fact it's usually so low you can wade across it and not get your knees wet. they are no strangers to flash flooding here long time residents say this was different. >> this is the worst thing i've ever seen. >> the river rose 12 to 14 feet in half an hour engulfing the blanco river and shattering a record set in 1929. the search continued for 13 people confirmed missing. the water is receding but not quickly enough. crews had to suspend some operations yesterday, but were eager to get back at it. >> it's tough work we're going to go out and scour that area and

but back in wimberly, what is left of the meeks' family rain-soaked possessions is now smoldering, theyg this will never happen again gabriel elizondo, al jazerra wimberly, texas. >>> mexico's president enrique peÑa neito has been surveying the damage caused by monday's tornado that ripped through a town near the border with texas. at least 14 people killed and dozens injured and severe winds pulled roofs from buildings and cars across streets -- cat putted cars across streets excuse me. a rescue operation is still underway and the death toll there could rise. >>> britain's queen elizabeth ii will layout the agenda. in a fetch mark the opening of parliament the. plans include more spending us and proposal to his take back more powers from the european union. lawrence lee has more. >> reporter: five more years of david cameron. and an amazing opportunity for the conservative party to impose its will on the population of the u.k. entirely unopposed. after all around the cabinet table now are only conservative allies the first time that's happened since 1997. the conservatives made it clea

today the search for the missing continues in wimberly. >> thank you. joining me now is harris county judge ed emmett. he oversees the county. thank you for your time. >> good morning. >> let me ask you what's your concern right now. >> our biggest concern is the number of cars that remain under water and as the waters reseed we're just hoping and praying we don't find anymore people inside. >> as we mention at the top of the show you're in an unprecedented situation, so much so that a flooding mrnl has been declared. that's extremely rare. you've covered and been witness to a number of storms including ike that hit the area as well. how do you compare this to what you've seen? >> this is so different. i mean hurricanes normally have a little bit of notice and people are never fond but you're use to them. you know what to do and know how to prepare. this storm came up fairly suddenly and there were people just trying to drive home from basketball games or evening events and there were places under three and four feet of water that's not had water before

it is a sad scene across all of wimberly. all of the water rushed downstream adding insult to injury when it reaches the houston area and you add eight or nine inches on top of that and get flooding in that area as well. it is a sad story across texas and southeast texas, as well. >> the power of the water and damage it has done. thank you very much in wimberly. i know you want to help folks in texas. you can go to cnn.com/impact to find a list of charity, aid organizations, we hear at cnn have vetted cnnimpact.com. >>> isis is surrounded on all sides, so says iraq, which just launched an operation to recapture the city of ramadi. is the move in direct reaction to the defense secretary's words? >>> and new protests erupting in baltimore and cleveland as violence spikes in baltimore s. crime on the rise because police are holding back? we'll have a big discussion there. >>> breaking news. an american accused of trying to join isis is tricked into returning to the united states. you total your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but t

gabe is in wimberly texas with the fall out from the flood. >> reporter: the number of confirmed weather related deaths in texas and oklahoma has grown to eight. overnight there was massive flooding in houston. public transit is shut down and many roadways are flooded. several hundred basketball fans were stranded at the houston rockets arena after their playoff game. >> we thought might as well stay safe. >> reporter: the city under a flash flood emergency. also overnight in austin many creeks flooded there bringing the state capitol to a stand still. there were dozens of water rescues. while just to the south in wimberly, texas the search continues for 12 people missing include this family. they were among those that were swept away during the memorial day weekend. her sister describes the terrifying phone call. >> call mom and dad. i love you and pray. >> reporter: texas governor has just expanded the declaration to include 37 counties. >>> an early morning fire destroyed three homes. fire broke out around 4:00 a.m. no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. >>> a 19-year-old

. >> there is concern about the safety of 12 people reportedly missing in the town of wimberly. the 12 people were in a how is that washed down the blanco river flashing into a bridge will. rescue crews will resume their search at daylight. >> we have a type 1 urban search and rescue task force. it's about 80 members or so. it is made up of search specialists canine search handlers the heavy rescue specialists. >> the storms are not only pounding texas but hitting northern mexico in the border town more tragedy as a tornado touched down there killing 13 people and injuring hundreds more. more storms pounding oklahoma and kansas with flooding and tornadoes. now people left in the path of those storms are left picking up the pieces today. heather ainsley.? >> thank you kelly. >> ten's of millions of americans are still in the path of that severe weather. >> maria molina is tracking it all. she is telling us what we need to know. >> we are talking about all time rain records being broken out there across parts of the plains. yet again another storm system is on the way. we expect m

but wimberly texas southeast of austin, the home was swept away by flood waters. ryan mcculllough is owner of a popular cafe. nice to have you on the program, robin. where were you when the flood waters came through. >> we were at home in bed. >> did you get up and could you hear the water? >> no we are in paradise hills and so we are not personally affected by it. my husband immediately left to start seeing the damage. >> and now you have had a chance to look at the damage what is it like there? >> it is for us very horrifying emotionally. and we so a lot of our pieces torn down and we feel like we took a boating. >> you know this area is surveyed by hundred plus old cypress trees and it shoes what a lot of it looks like. the trees and roads are gone. what are folks saying when you hear from your friends in the cafe. >> they are still bewildered and in shock. volunteers turned out in droves and so the community has jumped in and for that we feel very proud. >> what is it like for your busiess? are the areas able to open the business or have it open or is everythi

gabe is in the hard hit town of wimberly texas. >> good morning.lated deaths has grown to eight. today in haze county the search continues for people missing. new water rescues were overnight to the north. >> this morning austin texas is drying out after flood waters swamped some of the busiest downtown streets. more than 4 inches of rain fell in one hour. nearly every creek overnowing its banks stranded drivers and prompted dozens of water rescues. to the east. >> look at that tornado. >> several tornados touched down like this one in legrange. the wild weather makes it hard for the forecasters across the state to keep up. >> in my 25 years i've never seen anything like this. tornados touching down right and left today and flash flood going on all simultaneously. >> and the death toll rising. the homecoming queen was on her way home from prom and her car got swept away. in hard hit wimberly texas. >> i would describe it as a flood of biblical proportion. >> the national guard has joined the serchl the search for the missing. >> we are in a house f

just what they saw in houston, that's what we saw here in wimberly,texas. the waters rose at an incredible rate and people had such little time to get to higher ground. when it comes to weather, more people die from flooding than anything else. you have to take this seriously, especially as we're expecting more rain at the end of the week and the weekend. we have complete homes washed off of their foundation. this is not the only one. we have sites all across the city. we have 400 homes in this area completely destroyed and 1,000 that are heavy damaged. this is more than 43 feet wolf above where the river normally sits. and so you can imagine the fear in people when they see the waters coming up and they're just raging at such an incredible rate. and the force is just enough to wipe trees out. residents told us there are sigh cypress trees so big around incredible trees completely uprooted and the force to wipe a home completely off its foundation. if you're in a low lying area and we've expecting more flash flooding this weekend, you've got to seek higher

jorge:otro lugar en emergencias wimberly donde parece que los aguaceros tampoco tienen para cuÁndo acabaro, los menos afortunados, indocumentados, tiene enfrentarse al mal tiempo y a un viejo temor. lourdes: ah seguido lloviendo sobre mojado hy los habitantes repitan las pesadillas_ >> parecÍa un mar aquÍ. mÁs de 7 pies. los carlos no se miraban. este es uno de ellos lourdes_ los esfuerzos de limpieza sufrieron un revÉs. este es un joven voluntario que vino desde lejos a echar una mano. >> parece que se murieron como 12 personas. mucha gente se quedÓ sin hogar. entonces, uno tiene ayudar. lourdes: sigue la frenÉtica bÚsqueda por desaparecidos y las noticias no son buenas. hoy encontraron 2 cuerpos sin vida. >> gracias a Él lo encontramos aunque no haya sido como querÍamos. lourdes: el vicegobernador de texas sobrevolÓ la zona afectada. recuerdan el vÍdeo de ayer, donde unos residentes captan las pesadillas que que causaron las inundaciones? >> me asustÉ mucho y estaba en pÁnico. trataban de calmarme pero yo sÓlo pensaba que podrÍamos quedar atrapados. lourdes: naturaleza siempre tiende a

in wimberly, there are still a group who are presumed dead.gabriel elizondo, al jazeera houston, texas. >> all of oklahoma has been put under a state of emergency. there are warnings of more thunderstorms in both states. the u.s. defense secretary has called on china to stop building artificial islands in the south china sea. ash carter says the u.s. would continue to operate in the region in line with international laws. the islands have been under conflict for china and its neighbors. since december 2013 both countries have been working towards restoring full deployment. >> dilma rousseff is suffering from record low exrooivel approval rate beings. >> these people walked to hand-deliver a petition requiring dilma rousseff be impeached. >> we consider them mounting pressure coming from the people will sooner or later lead to an impeachment. the indignation is so huge it is unsustainable. the legal trail work is there the pongs wants it and all we need is the identification to listen. >> go small. today's protests is the first time brazilians

here in wimberly, the focus remains or finding themying. owe -- on finding the missing.icials and family members still hopeful they will find survivors. >> we must focus on finding those who are still missing and just as importantly, pray for the living whose hearts are broken. >> reporter: more rain is expected in the coming days and the rivers could rise two more feet in some areas. chris martinez, cbs news, wimberly. >> these floods have destroyed 1400 homes in the houston area. thousands more were lost in the area around austin, texas. >>> a political stunner today. former house speaker dennis hastert is indicted. he is accused of paying $3.5 million to cover up some sort of misconduct. the indictment doesn't say what kind of activity hastert was trying to hide. he is also accused of lying to the fbi. the former illinois congressman was the longest serving republican speaker of the house. he retired in 2007 and became a lobbyist. >>> word tonight that hillary clinton is planning a big campaign coming out party. it's being planned for june phish gopro is expanding int

. >> reporter: in wimberly texas, the search continues for 12 people still missing after the blanco rivermore than 28 feet in just an hour cresting at more than 40 feet saturday night. >> we have 12 missing. we have over 30 people unaccounted for. >> reporter: among the missing, two families with children. >> my sister will always be my sister. >> reporter: laura mccomb made a frantic call to her sister julie as the flood waters took their cabin. >> the house we were in the roof collapsed and we were now floating down the river. called mom and dad, i love you, and pray. >> reporter: her husband jonathan was found almost 12 miles down river. laura and their two kids still listed as missing. >> the blessing in all of this is that she is with her children, and she is with her babies and she will be with her babies always in heaven and we know that as a family. >> reporter: a family like this area torn apart by the water and still searching for answers. >> let's bring in charles hadlock who is reporting from houston, texas. you see the emotional strain that these folks are going through. what

heidi is live in with wimberly. >> two families were washed away in their vacation home.ne woman was found dead. there are three generation of one family. the search still continues. there's a small chance they may find survivors although hopes are slim. the community marches forward on its road to recovery. >> deer emerged to graze in the destruction wrought by the weekend's flash flood which took everything in its path. 300 homes are destroyed. survivors were lucky to escape with their lives. the family living in this home at first didn't want to leave. they waited until the water was at their doorstep before an uphill neighbor insisted they get out and they did just in the nick of time, because then that tsunami like wave knocked the house off its foundation. the rest of it is somewhere downstream. >> i was snuggled up in my bed at 12:00 or whatever, and then the power went out and i thought storm, it will be on an hour or two, they'll get it back up. >> kirby's house is wet but still standing. >> i heard a strange noise came down stairs, had a flash. >> in the dark, h