The Houston Flood

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At least five people are recorded dead amid the historic floods swamping Houston, Texas, on Monday. 

The city saw 15 inches of rain on Sunday. Normally, Houston sees just 4 inches of rain in the entire month of April.

On Monday a TV reporter was preparing to go live when he saw and saved a man whose car was getting submerged.

Families have been pictured wading through waist-deep water with belongings in plastic bags, kids on shoulders.

More rain is predicted today spelling misery for Houston residents who were forced to evacuate their homes.

Residents carry some of their precious belongings as they leave their  flooded apartment complex on Tuesday.

Rain came down at rates as high as four inches an hour on Monday, some residents were trapped in their homes and cars.

Five people died in historic Houston floods yesterday after a month's worth of rain fell in just one hour - as more heavy rain is predicted today (residents are evacuated from their flooded apartment complex on Tuesday).

This was the devastating scene in Houston as people struggled to save 70 horses from the floods and the human death toll reached five.

At least five people have died in flooding in Houston, Texas, (pictured on Monday) where a month's worth of rain fell in just one hour.

Justin Nelzen, in red vest, joins other local residents as they work to rescue up to 70 horses along Cypresswood Drive on Monday in Houston.

Families have been pictured wading through waist-deep water with belongings in plastic bags, and kids on their shoulders.

Storms have dumped more than a foot of rain in the Houston area, flooding dozens of areas and forcing the closure of city offices.

Families have been warned not to travel very far for fear of more intense flash-flooding.

Residents of the Arbor Court apartments evacuate their flooded apartment complex in the Greenspoint area on Monday.

Steve Campion was preparing to go live on breaking news coverage of the flooding across the Houston area when he saw a man drive into an area of deep water near an underpass (pictured).

He yelled at the man to get out of the car, and soon the man emerged, flustered as to what he should do next.

Campion tells the man to swim to higher ground, and after pausing for a moment, worried about his vehicle, he heads toward the local news team.

The driver swims toward Campion, a reporter for KTRK, who wades out into the waist-deep water and extends his hand.

As the car slowly sinks under water, the driver tells Campion that he's OK and that he didn't think the water was so deep.

The man once more tries to turn back to his submerged car, but Campion tells him to move toward the higher ground instead.

A man rescues a armadillo from flood waters in Houston, Texas, on Monday.

A resident looks out from the second floor as floodwaters surround his apartment complex in Houston on Monday.

Margarita Uribe, left, and her husband, Juan Juarez, wade through floodwaters as they evacuate their flooded apartment complex in Houston on Monday.

Darius Simon, helps his mother Carol, evacuate her flooded apartment complex along with his brother Dominique and son.

A man helps another man out of floodwaters at the Park De Ville as Greens Bayou spills over its banks in Houston.

Taylor McKenzie holds on to his dog, as he walks out of high water in the Timber Lakes Timber Ridge subdivision on Monday in The Woodlands.

Brays Bayou floods after heavy rains hit the Houston region, Monday after 16 inches of rain fell in 24 hours.