east of us where the ef4 tornado ripped through that community the day before the ef5 tornado hit moore. the president making the point that everyone affected will get the help of the federal government. that is so true, george, when all the cameras go away and people are dealing with the trouble here day-to-day, that s when it really gets hard. thanks so much for that report. some good news now, where they need it, in san antonio, texas area. the rain has stopped and officials expect river levels to quickly return to something close to normal, at least two people died yesterday when flash floods swept through, cutting off road travel and knocking out power to about 12,000 homes. rescuers are still searching for a 17-year-old boy who was swept away by the rushing floodwater. while people in san antonio wait anxiously for floodwaters to recede, storm survivors in oklahoma are just now beginning to rebuild their lives. veterans of another big storm have advice for both groups.
really reflect the heartbreak here. 24 people killed, ten of them children. and today, this heartbroken town steels itself for the funerals. this is going to be a tough weekend for us as we bury those children who died in the elementary school and the rest of our citizens who fought from the storm and just couldn t evade the terror. we have learned that president obama will be traveling to moore this coming sunday to tour, certainly visit with the families, see the devastation here. last night, the president vowed that the country will be with the residents road to recovery each and every step of the way. much more from moore, oklahoma, coming up next. all business purchases.
had these shelters, these freighty holes, as sort of colloquially they re called here on the outskirts of oklahoma city. they have said, absolutely, when they plan to rebuild here in moore, they plan to have the shelters. they seem to i presume that by building the shelters, that they would the financial funding. but that is the issue, carol, it is the cost. they re not cheap. and especially not even in homes. but it s thousands and thousands of dollars for the schools here. when a lot of the homes were wrecked from the 99 tornado, there are these community or neighborhood shelters. but they re not everywhere. they re not. and juliette, can the government require private homeowners to build these shelters, or do they just have that power over public institutions? they definitely could. presently, under the law, it s very difficult to do, because the way the disaster relief works is, it s essentially, this was my damage, give me this money or the insurance covers it to rebuild ex
a policy. it s all in electronic databases. they re going to try to make it as easy as possible. but, again, they re going to walk through the consumer with specific limits on their policies. and that was john doak who joined me earlier here, oklahoma s insurance commissioner. we want to take a quick break, but as we do so, i want to show you some pictures of the homes behind me, the homes absolutely leveled, and look at this, a child s play kitchen, a stroller, the x. many, many people going through, looking for bodies, dead or alive. these are the pictures throughout moore, oklahoma and the surrounding region. tough to look at. we ll be right back. what s today s dare?
he was going to turn nine years old. now his family instead, gathering for his funeral. incredibly devastating for the family and community. thank you so much. we are live in moore, oklahoma, where this tornado leveled so many neighborhoods, including the one i m standing in. and to give you the lay of the land, yesterday, coming to you live in front of the moore medical center, just about a mile and a half from where we are this morning, and you can see, the utter devastation and the pouring rain, severe storms, so many of us walking around the leveled homes with families yesterday. and one thing to be walking through and trying to find mementos and the high school year books, photos, wedding rings, but quite another when it s been soaked in inches of rain and mud and muck.