MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN ANCHOR: In Texas, relentless flood waters have forced the governor there to call out the National Guard. They're helping to rescue hundreds of people stranded by the rising waters in the Houston area. So far, at least one death has been linked to that flooding, with many more lives left in disarray. CNN's Donna Kelley reports.</s>DONNA KELLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Roads disappeared in a matter of minutes, and some folks were forced to swim out of their cars to safety. Yesterday's record rainfall forced some 10,000 families to leave their homes. Thousands of buildings in Houston are soaked. This man and his wife tried to save as much as they could before they had to get out.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: By the time we did all of this, water was at our ankles and -- I mean it was -- it was just disaster. I mean, you don't know what to do but try to get everything off of the ground, try to save what you can and get out.</s>KELLEY: The biggest problems are on the roads. Car alarms are resonating on freeways where people abandoned their vehicles as well as any hopes of getting home quickly or checking on relatives.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I would like to try to get to them but I can't because can you see that it's just water everywhere. And I'm just worried about them.</s>KELLEY: Emergency vehicles are having a tough time getting through the waters, and the mayor of Houston warns the problems are far from over.</s>MAYOR LEE BROWN, HOUSTON, TEXAS: This is still a very troubling and very dangerous situation in our area. We still have major floodings in our roadways and it's occurring in almost all of our Houston metropolitan areas. There are many roadways that are impassable, and I want to urge everyone not to try to travel unless it's an extreme emergency.</s>KELLEY: Mayor Brown is asking the state for help with boats and water rescue crews. Donna Kelley, CNN.
Flooding Paralyzes City of Houston