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Destroyed after the blanco river swelled over 40 feet this weekend. last hour i spoke with joanne white, whose family owns a local resort devastated by the raging flood waters. >> you could just hear the cracking of the trees and the hitting into every one of the cabins. we could be down close, because we were up in pioneer town and the cracking and the hitting into the cabins and they would just hit. we couldn't see what was going until there was light. >> pretty amazing, joanne's resort that's been here since 1946, 32 total cabins nine of them disappeared, and all but three of them in some w...

11 deaths confirmed, 13 still missing after the unprecedented flooding. >> we are now floating down the river. call tell mom and dad i love you and pray. >> more on the des prach search for those lost in the water with more storms on the way. also ahead today. >> we've reached the point in our society where if you do not support same-sex marriage you are labelled a homo phobe and a hater. the other breaking news we're following for you. some of the most powerful men in the world of sports and soccer arrested in this alleged corruption scheme scanning two decades. this morning the u.s. atto...

County, texas, i spoke last hour with gabe gutierrez, who's been closely covering the dangerous situation here. we're talking about numbers and saying the river blanco went up 43 feet. i mean think about that. 43 feet is a wall. >> right. >> it's a wall unsurmountable wall of water. >> talking about that story about that family that was trapped in that house, laura mccomb, she's still missing. she called her sister texted late saturday night, 9:30 or so and texted her sister about an upcoming family reunion, went to bed, didn't think much of it 1:00 sunday morning, her sister gets a call from ...

Stay, be out of harm's way, receive supplies three meals a day, a roof over their head to make sure they'll be able to start their long road to recovery. >> and, cameron, tell me how many people you have housed just overnight. >> just overnight in the houston metro area we have helped over 100 people giving them shelter, letting them a cot, a fresh meal, being able to work with our recovery workers to talk about how they're dealing with this disaster and want to make sure they're going to be able to receive red cross services and be able to recover from this disaster. >> cameron, you think abo...

>> heartbreaking. my colleague, jose diaz balart toured the damage. here's what he found. >> reporter: this is a different part here of wimberley. an incredibly beautiful town. just part of it been washed away. this river, the river blanco it actually natured 40 feet. that's three times its average size. take a look at the trees right on the banks of the river. look at the bark ripped off. and not only did it go up in height but the width of the river, i want to show this. some witnesses call it a wall of water, came through, washed this away. look at that. there was a house in that corner. it...