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Unaccounted for across the state. yesterday authorities came out and identified the body of 6-year-old andrew mccomb. his father ended up surviving but his mother and his sister have not been seen since last memorial weekend. now, this is a historic amount of rainfall weve seen. the national weather service tells us 35 trillion -- trillion with a t -- gallons of water has fallen across texas this month alone. president obama came out today, issued a disaster declaration for several counties incl...

26 more counties to the disaster declaration bringing the total to 37. >> we urge all citizens to get out of harms way. dont risk your lives by trying to not evacuate the water that may be rising. >> across the region hundreds of rescues and narrow escapes. >> oh, my god! stop! he needs to get out! oh, my god! >> wow. in kendall county officials say the 68-year-old driver of the vehicle was able to get out of his suv and make it to safety. elsewhere, crews rescued people by land and water. this ...

County judge with whom i will be meeting shortly. and i announced that among the 46 counties in the state of texas, that i have declared a disaster declaration, i have now added harris county as one of the counties included in the disaster declaration. this will provide additional resources and tools that will allow everyone in harris county to be able to respond even more effectively to the challenges you face. let me say one last thing. maybe the most important thing i could say. and that is s...

Are experiencing significant flooding. >> would it have made a difference had you had a disaster declaration when you wanted it? >> no. it is what it is. its a rain event. this is simply how we trigger federal recovery dollars and assistance from fema. we were up in an emergency situation in terms of our emergency operations command here all night long. so weve been treating this as an unfolding emergency since the beginning. this is simply the paperwork request to the governor. >> youve been li...

Earlier today i hads a telephone conversation with the harris county judge with whom i will be meeting shortly. and i announced among the 46 counties in the state of texas that i have declared a disaster declaration, i added harris county as one of the counties included in the disaster declaration declaration. this will provide additional resources and tools that will allow everyone in harris county to be able to respond even more effectively to the challenges you face. let me say one last thing...

Rescues reported last night in austin. creeks overflowing there as well. here, throughout the state, texas governor greg abbott expanded the disaster declaration. two extra counties added, now bringing the total to 37. the search for the missing continues in wimberley texas. the death toll is up to eight after this historic flooding. jose? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. lets go east 200 miles to houston. janet, whats the latest situation there? >> reporter: good morning, this is unprecedented flo...

Declaration to include 37 counties. >> now lets go to houston. >> we have some new information. authorities confirmed one person they know of has died. it was a motorist who drove into high water. many cars did the same in overnight hours including the 18-wheeler which required a rescue. they had to take a boat in the water to rescue two people in the cab. theres sunshine right now but authorities say its deceiving. more rain expected this afternoon and the rescues are still underway. historic h...

One had a flooded backyard. you can see a trampoline there surrounded by water. the homeowner sitting on their roof. in another, a raging river surrounding a gas station. then from the interstate you can see cars abandoned, submerged underneath the water, difficult to even make out the white truck there underneath the interstate side. the city of san marcos and wimberley issued a curfew from 9:00 tonight until 7:00 in the morning because they want people to stay safe and away from the flooding. ...

To not evacuate the water that may be rising. as we saw what happened in hayes county the water can rise very, very rapidly. you may think that its something you can escape. but all too often its something you cannot escape if you do not get out of harms way in advance. now, because of the level of devastation, i have announced today that hayes county, caldwell county, bastrot county and other counties around the state of texas have been included in my disaster declaration. chief, who is behind ...

That it is pretty bad out there and we wanted to make sure that our residents adhere to the curfew that we have in place for tonight and tomorrow so that they dont find themselves in an area that is dangerous for them because we havent verified the infrastructure that surrounds them and the dangers that are present. >> do you have any idea how many people are displaced or out of their homes, where in shelters or just not where they used to be? >> we know we have a little over 1,000 in shelters a...