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This really tells the story. you can see the difference in the shade of the brick. you can also see along here the debris the line of the debris. it goes all the around this house. here's the deal. the owner tells me that water started seeping everywhere. so they jumped on those -- on the kitchen counters. now it's the cleanup. they're bringing everything outside. i want to show you one more thing. her car, completely totalled. take a look inside. you see debris lots of debris. the owner tells me, you know rosa i'm not going to be able to do anything with this because it's completely destroyed...

Top of kitchen counters to stay dry. her dogs on top of the dinner table in order for the dogs to stay dry. i want to show you the water level here because you can really see it's about three feet. you can see it in the shades of this brick just how high the water went into these homes. now, the homeowner tells me that the water was just seeping through all the crevices in that home. here take a look at this car completely destroyed. if you take a look inside lots of debris. the homeowner tells me it is pretty much a complete loss. and of course she was telling me this morning she was trying t...

Situation changes. i stand just under 6'0" and 24 hours ago that is where the water was, and beyond the banks of this bayou or homes, and 200 feet from the banks are homes and i talked to those people and they said three feet of water rushed into their homes, carol, and they had to jump on the kitchen counters in order for them to stay dry, and they were trying to keep their dogs safe as well. >> rosa flores reporting live this morning from houston, thank you. and a storm slamming already-flooded areas now, and this is flooding that spans across four states and the scale of devastation is st...

Several communities completely destroyed by the rains. >> and 13 people still missing, hopes of finding them alive fading. time is of the essence because another round of storms is moving into the region. cnn has complete coverage this morning for you beginning with rosa flores she's live in houston, one of the worst hit areas. rosa what are you seeing this morning? >> reporter: alisyn, good morning. some residents here telling me that it went from calm to chaos very quickly with the water raised bayou rushing into their homes not leaving some residents another alternative but to jump on their...

>> one of the presenters from the cooking competition said, it's a bomb blast. everyone, run to the corner of the parking lot. so i followed everyone but then i heard more shooting and more booms and i had a feeling whatever this was was not a simple bomb and there was people involved. so my instincts said don't go with the crowd, move away from the crowd because the crowd is going to be the most vulnerable place. so i actually moved away and hid behind one of the silver kitchen counters that was there. >> that were people hiding with you. >> yes. when i first ran to the first counter, i actua...