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Homes destroyed. a lot of them like the one were in front of, washed off the foundation. we have over 1,000 home that have been damaged. and as you mentioned a moment ago, we have about 30 people unaccounted for, 12 people missing, so the devastation here is just growing as we hear more and more stories coming out of the areas. >> and again, that 30 that were hearing from, the commissioner there, hayes county texas. 30 people unaccounted for. jennifer gray, thank you very much. there are stori...

>> welcome back to marci gonzalez. thank you for stepping in for reena who is under the weather right now. >> im t.j. holmes. we want to start with these violent storms devastating the southern plains, dangerous flash floods and some nasty tornadoes claiming as many as six lives. >> at least 12 people missing in texas after a swollen river swept away a vacation home with three families inside. and a mexican border town is in shambles, torn apart by a tornado that killed 13 people and ripped a ba...

Her away. >> tulsa firefighter jason farley also killed as he tried to help others out of the floods. 12 people reported missing in texas, including a mom and her two young children. the home they were staying in washed away. >> people living here still reeling from all the flooding. the last thing they need is more rain. phillip mena, abc news, wimberley, texas. >> and just hours ago, the severe storms moved with a vengeance. into the houston area. >> lightning strikes, downpours, powerful wind...

Houston. so much flash flooding in san marcus and san antonio, as well and, of course were keeping our eye in wimberly where the family has not been found and are hoping things get a little better. mostly what weve 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 g...

If there are rising waters if your local elected officials tell you to evacuate it is essential that you heed those warnings. do not drive into rising water. >> reporter: and that statement is so true. do not drive in those rising waters. its hard to believe less than two days ago the water was above my head. >> has gone down quite a bit. with more rain in the forecast wolf, the end of the week and the week, the fear is more flash flooding across all of central texas and southeast texas as well....

Ramirez from the terrorist. >> police in hot pursuit. a dangerous high speed chase to a dramatic conclusion caught on camera right in the middle of a holiday cook out. >> we all turned and ran. >> it is all "happening now". >> but we begin with a fox news alert. the mayor of houston declaring a flood emergency after storms and flash flooding killed 11 people in texas and oklahoma. the death toll is expected to rise. >> i am jon scott. >> and i am jenna lee. a dozen people are still missing at th...

>> tulsa firefighter jason farley also killed as he tried to help others out of the floods. 12 people reported missing in texas, including a mom and her two young children. the home they were staying in washed away. >> people living here still reeling from all the flooding. the last thing they need is more rain. phillip mena, abc news, wimberley, texas. >> and just hours ago, the severe storms moved with a vengeance. into the houston area. >> lightning strikes, downpours, powerful wind gusts. th...

One is associated with the storms up in the area of great lakes and ohio valley. low tornado threat wind damage possible. watch out detroit and cleveland, cincinnati and all the way back to lexington and louisville. the area weve been talking about all the month of may has a chance of more strong storms today. theyre going to be scattered. we may see a few tornados. this is a little less populated area to the west of oklahoma city and wichita falls. these storms head towards the bigger city. 4:0...

At least 15 were talking about. youre seeing some of the damage here that these things can do. one of these tornadoes a report a baby was ripped from the mothers arms. >> that tornado killed 13 people in mexico just a couple of miles from the texas border. and it flattened about 200 homes. >> and across texas, flash floods leaving six dead, 12 missing, draining water from swollen rivers spilling into streets, homes and cars. coverage begins with abcs phillip mena. >> stay out of harms way. save ...

And of course if you add insult to injury when you have all of this water flowing downstream. so the rivers already at high capacity and then you add the rain on top of that. still raining across southeast texas. that rain into new orleans as well. so we are still going to see the potential for flooding across texas. the forecast does improve here in the hill country though. we are expected a mainly dry forecast today and tomorrow. only isolated activity. of course if we see some heavy downpours...