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The road from you in austin texas. my understanding is theres over 350 homes that have been destroyed by this flooding. its 100-year flood, a flood of record. we havent seen anything in history this devastating to the wimberley valley and san marcos so it is absolutely devastating, not only the loss of life which is tragic 11 people that remain missing and unaccounted for, its just absolutely devastating. >> yeah i mean you know we just passed through san marco this morning on the way to this to...

Water has to be at least 10 feet deep. city officials still dont know whether or not there may be cars submerged under the waters. what they do know is across most of the city, the waters have begun to recede. matt gutman, abc news, houston. >> the folks in oklahoma bracing for severe weather as the death toll there climbed to four. take a look at this shot. a storm hitting it right around sunset last night created this scene over the skies of oklahoma city. this was just after the evening rush....

Prepare for flash flooding but i guess you cant prepare for something like this, right? >> that appears to be the case because in my neighborhood they spent millions of dollars on a drainage project and giant sized new pipes and what have you. we thought we were finally safe. its an area plagued by flooding for many years but we hadnt seen anything in five years and we had this project completed so everyone thought we were out of the woods. but i dont think you can prepare for the rain we saw th...

Area. this line of thunderstorms with torrential rain was heading for the city and it dissipated over the top so the south and southwest sides of town, thats who had the historic flooding yesterday, they got spared we have flash flood warnings from i-10 north wards or the 9:15 local time. things are improving. the thunderstorm, the complex have pushed through central louisiana. good wind storm with lake charles heading towards lafayette, the houston area is looking better. as far as the only rea...

>> reporter: with more rain expected in the days ahead, flash flooding is still a threat. >> the clouds have come in. its dark outside. were taking a look at it and kind of starting to plan to make sure that were ready in case we get more bad weather coming in this way. >> reporter: for this resort and its rich history, there are so many reasons to rebuild. >> it really means the people that come here year after year. were in fourth generation with some families. >> reporter: but trish says righ...

Were going to go live to that dam in just a couple of minutes, but about three hours to our east they are bracing for more flash floods in houston, which was inundated with more than a foot of rain in one day. widespread flooding forced people to abandoned their cars in the nations fourth largest city. janet shamlian is in houston with the very latest. >> reporter: jose good morning. no relief as this community is just trying to start the task of cleaning up it is raining and theres lightning he...

In seconds. right now it is a race against the clock. intense search and rescue on for potential survivors. at least nine of the 12 people missing in texas are in hayes county. hayes county has been completely devastated from flash flooding. officials have already recovered three bodies. the severe weather on the way, obviously going to make this even more dangerous. you have life and death here literally on the line. "outfront" tonight, will connelly hayes county commissioner. commissioner co...

Houston play i dont recall candidate chris bell thanks for being with me. youve been in the middle of this destruction. tell me what its been like from your perspective. >> well, its been much more personal than it has ever been before, jose. you know as a former member of congress we talk about flooding and drainage projects and finding dollars for those projects and what have you. you dont expect to be victimized by flooding so i was right here. we live right in the worst hit area in the city ...

Feels like across some places. that will push your core temperature, above the safe zone. getting the temperature thousands. staying warm into the evernight hours. in some of the places too. >> people advised. stay out of the sun. drink water. one person said neighbors should help each other out. check on people. you never know. >> wearing cotton clothes. just trying to. >> all that. >> stay high dratd. >> thank you so much. >> now, powerful storms have now killed 31 people in the southern u.s. ...

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