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Jose, good afternoon. >> thomas good afternoon. i'm coming at you today from houston, texas. i want to step out of the way and show you buffalo bayou in houston. it's that body of water. it's back to normal what it looks like in houston. people are getting back slowly to their regular lives. why? until yesterday, that water that came out from the bayou actually flooded almost this entire area you see in green here. that volleyball court under water. this was under water until yesterday late in the afternoon. that's the situation here in houston. about 200 miles away in wimberley, the situation...

After the flood waters stopped hundreds of people on the roads. >> oh my god. stop, stop stop. he needs to get out. >> reporter: how can this happen? 6 inches of flowing water can knock a person off the feet. 2 feet of water moving 4 miles per hour can float a car and damage a home. at the height of the storms over the past few days the blanco river crested above 40 feet. more than triple the flood stage of 13 feet. to put that added water in perspective, it's enough to bury rhode island under 10 feet of water, enough to meet new york city's needs for years. that small amount of water in that ...