Raw chopper video shows rescuers coming to the aid of a man stranded on the roof of a building after floodwaters submerged the structure in San Antonio, Texas.
By Patrick Garrity and Christopher Nelson, NBC News
Two people are dead and 130 others were rescued from powerful flood waters after heavy rain pummeled the San Antonio area.
Flash-flooding swept cars and a city bus off main streets Saturday as storms dumped more than a foot of rain on the city in 24 hours.
One person, a 17-year-old, remains missing in the city of?Schertz, northeast of San Antonio.
The majority of rescues were people trapped in their vehicles in low-lying areas of the city, San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Christian Bove told NBC News.
Bove said a 29-year-old woman was trapped in her vehicle and tried to escape the rising water by climbing onto the car's roof. She was washed away, and her body was found down the road against a fence.
A woman in her mid-60s was found dead hours after her car was swept away in Leon Creek, Bove said. He said a rescue boat had just reached her car when the car rolled over, knocking the firefighters into the water. By the time they were able to get back into the boat, the car was submerged and they last sight of it, Bove said. ?
Eric Gay / AP
A San Antonio metro bus sits in floodwaters after it was swept off the road during heavy rains.
Bove said said dozens of homes suffered flood damage and part of the roof of an apartment building collapsed.
Flooding along the San Antonio River in Bexar County outside the city forced evacuation of more than 60 people, county spokeswoman Laura Jesse said. She said at least 16 people were rescued from vehicles but there were no reports of injuries or fatalities in the county.
A small tornado touched down in the suburb of Live Oak, causing minor damage to homes, a hospital and a medical building, the National Weather Service confirmed.
Weather Channel Meteorologist Nick Wiltgen said San Antonio received 12.16 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending at 11 a.m. Central Time on Saturday. That is just shy of the 24-hour record for the city of 13.35 inches in October 1998.
Bove said the city was expecting more rain overnight.
The Weather Service extended a flash flood watch for the area until noon local time Sunday.
Eric Gay / AP
A man surveys floodwaters caused by heavy rains Saturday in San Antonio.
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This story was originally published on Sat May 25, 2013 2:58 PM EDT
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