was still not this high. so he was able to drive in to our subdivision. but then when matt came home this morning, it was up this high. reporter: 21 people have died, 14 here in missouri and the rest in illinois. the governor said yesterday at a press conference that a lot of these deaths were preventable. he s urging people especially not to drive at night but to not drive on these flood ravaged floodwaters. just a few feet away from me, the national guard is here on the scene to help with evacuations but the big question now, frances, is what happens next? this has been called a slow motion disaster. people already noticing that this water here has reached record highs so what happens and what damage will be revealed once this water reseeds?
over 35,000 people currently without drinking water or they re reporting low water pressure. also the six hospitals in the columbia area are reporting water problems. we have over 400 rords and 150 bridges closed due to flooding conditions. so all of this, that, we are responding to, tying to get a hold of this pick situation. i assume the priority is the search and rescue, making sure we re looking at video of people trapped in their homes. we ve heard of children even be plucked from roof tops, all that knowing the still the safety of these residents is paramount. absolutely. we want to do everything we can to protect public safety. once the water reseeds, we ll
we re talking flooding and tornados to go along with the stuff. a dozen twisters touching down yesterday. this one hitting a gas drilling rig in the texas panhandle injuring three workers. the non-stop storms now being blamed for at least 21 deaths in oklahoma and texas, and 11 people are still missing. brandy hit is there. reporter: as the water reseeds in texas, the death toll is rising. the national guard joining search and rescue teams on the move recovering bodies of those killed by raging floodwaters including 43-year-old michele carrey charba. we have thousands of homes that are damaged. some totally lost. reporter: michelle was among three families vacationing inside one home that was swept away by the blanco river. laura mccomb and her children remaining missing. there s going to be dark days, but there s still that glimmer of hope. reporter: with more rain on the way, there s certain that this dam near dallas could also
had 610, an interstate freeway go completely under water and in my memory that s never occurred. i know that the roadways are starting to reseed but there are still a lot of people stranded. do you have an update on the rescues still taking place at this point? there are literally hundreds of rescued but thousands of cars still stranded or abandoned or still have people in them. if the water reseeds, we re going to have to just go check every one of them and now you noerks with the light of day we realize just how many houses have had water in them too. i suppose we ll be doing a declaration or requesting a declaration of disaster here very shortly. judge, thank you so much. i know you and the other city personnel are very busy trying to help those desperately in need and we appreciate the update. thank you. thank you. joining me now, meteorologist
shutdown. arguments this month are expected to move forward. across the country today people of dealing with high water, deep snow and what is left of wanna-be tropical storm. many people have to leave their homes. it will get worse before the water reseeds. heavy rape, six inches or so so far, on mar in the forecast. look at that. snow is miling up. people who live there say they have ahe never seen this much snow. this is good news on the weather