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Thunderstorms in parts of central Texas caused severe flooding over the weekend.
You're looking at video from Waco, Texas late Sunday night. You can see just how high the water is, partially submerging some of the cars there on the road. CBS
News correspondent Jason Allen joins us live from Houston.
Jason, just how much damage did these storms cause over the weekend?
>> Well, there is already the potential that this is a a deadly rain event.
There's been a search that's ongoing in the Texas Hill Country about 250 mi or so to the west of where we are for somebody who was in their car this morning as it washed away and then they lost contact with that person. Have not found them yet and that search is ongoing still tonight.
Uh in some of these areas like here in Houston, we have two bayou that are coming together right here. And the flood waters have come down really pretty significantly over the last hour. And here's the water line here probably down a good four feet. You can see the tops of the lamp posts over here. But to this point, it's been mostly a flood that's affected low-lying areas, areas that flash floods.
So, we are talking about damage to roadways, maybe damage to sidewalks or some infrastructure, maybe some damage to cars, but we're really still only at the beginning of this event.
So, this is one afternoon or one overnight of this rainfall.
We still got to get of this rainfall. We still got to get through the next couple of the days and the potential even for some tropical weather to develop from this as we get into the middle of the week.
Just amazing to see the amount of water behind you there, Jason. And we hear more rain is on the way.
How are officials preparing for the possibility of even more flooding?
>> So, Harris County, where we are, where Houston is, has started to already, you know, proactively block off some roadways that they know are going to flood, block off areas like this to make sure people don't get down into them.
The state has also released more resources uh for the for the emergency management department, right? So that could include uh putting boats in areas where they might need them, getting some of those swift water rescue crews on standby, having the National Guard ready to go, and really be prepared for a two to three day long event.
You know, what we know from talking to meteorologists and forecasters is you don't know yet where the absolute heaviest bands of rain are going to set up.
Could be here in Houston, could be down closer to the coast, but everybody's going to have to watch this carefully and just react and respond as the rain and the floods develop.
Jason Allen, thanks so much.
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