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Flood damage. you have 200 to 300 homes completely destroyed, a lot of homes wiped clear off their foundation. as we mentioned a dozen people still missing. in fact the blanco river rose three times flood stage on sunday with the flow 2.5 times that of niagra falls. this morning record breaking and deadly flood waters continue to wreak havoc across central texas and oklahoma. >> the challenges are not over yet. there's going to be more rain to come. >> reporter: nearly 40 counties throughout texas now under an emergency disaster declaration. a dam rupturing just east of austin unable to withho...

>> you cannot candy coat it. it's absolutely massive. >> reporter: a man inside this suv no match for the rushing floodwaters outside san antonio. >> here we go, here we go. >> the jeep washed down the river. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> flipped on its roof and swept away. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> the man inside barely able to crawl out a window. record rain pounding the south. >> i'm standing in about 8 inches of water in my living room. >> residents wading to safety in oklahoma. blackhawks rescuing the stranded in central texas. thousands forced to evacuate. within a matter of hours, t...

It's absolutely massive. >> reporter: a man inside this suv no match for the rushing floodwaters outside san antonio. >> here we go, here we go. >> the jeep washed down the river. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> flipped on its roof and swept away. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> the man inside barely able to crawl out a window. record rain pounding the south. >> i'm standing in about 8 inches of water in my living room. >> residents wading to safety in oklahoma. blackhawks rescuing the stranded in central texas. thousands forced to evacuate. within a matter of hours, the blanco river rose from fiv...

Hayes county texas. nbc's jay gray has more on this record-setting storm. >> reporter: from the air and in the light of day, the streets of houston more like canals after flash floods swept across the area overnight. more than ten inches of rain in some areas in just hours. cars trucks even tractor trailers were no match for the rising fld waters that overwhelmed dozens of city streets. response teams carried out more than 500 high water rescues throughout the night and into the day. >> just use good common sense. stay in stay out of the high water. don't drive into the high water. >> reporter...