report. [ barking ] reporter: if these pets could talk, there would be scary stories to tell about the flooding caused by harvey. because these dogs and cats were left behind as floodwaters inundated neighborhoods in and around dickinson, texas. owners either unable to take them or assuming the flooding wouldn t be serious. i joined chris schindler and rowdy shaw from the humane society of the united states after they received phone calls from a evacuated pet owners asking for their pets to be rescued. they go to a house where floodwaters went almost as high as the roof. they make sure no humans have come back, and then look for one dog and one cat left behind. the lower level of the house is destroyed. empty pet crates are toppled. flooding still remains. we see a stuffed animal which we feared for a split second was a deceased pet. they thoroughly search the
of reunions, reports that are sure to continue in the coming days as family members find each other again after being separated. some of those family members have four legs. gary tuckman tonight reports. reporter: if these pets could talk, there will be scary stories to tell about the flooding caused by harvey. because these dogs and cats were left behind as floodwaters inundated neighborhoods in and around dickinson, texas. owners either unable to take them, or assuming the flooding wouldn t be serious. i joined chris schindler and rowdy shaw from the humane society of the united states after they received phone calls from evacuated pen owners, asking for their pets to be rescued. they go to a house where floodwaters went almost as high as the roof. they make sure no humans have come back, and then look for one dog and one cat left behind. the lower level of the house is destroyed. empty pet crates are toppled. flooding still remains.
it is quite possible, it s a question of illegal construction, possibly made worse by all the flooding, john. one of the oesh issues they re confronting in this region, they haven t really seen heavy rains like this for years, when you talk about the droughts that have been conflicting india and bangladesh. reporter: well the south asia region is one of the wettest regions in the world generally. there are annual monsoon rains and those will continue john, until through september. so more rain will be coming. many scientist agree, this is an unprecedented year, there are massive amounts of flooding going on that are causing misery. right now in china right now, they are suffering greatly from flooding. so, it does seem like it s a particularly dramatic year. and some scientists expect that