Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20120709:10:08:00
Warning as people were sleeping. a terrifying wall of water over 20-feet high. >> translator: i had a small child in my arms when i got out this woman says. i couldn't save anything. everything is lost. >> reporter: the lucky ones scrambled on to roofs and into trees. the unlucky ones were found when the waters receded hours later. the aftermath was grim. at least 170 people confirmed dead. these were the worst floods in russia in memory. blamed on the 11 inches of rain. a few months' worth that fell in just a few hours. vladamir putin surveyed the damage and pledged aid. new controversy about...