Storms Swamp N. Texas

Sherman Fire Department personnel rescue a man who attempted to cross high water on the service road of U.S. Highway 75 in Sherman, Texas, Monday, June 18, 2007. Torrential rainfall flooded a handful of North Texas towns, killing at least five people and stranding residents and their pets on the roofs of their homes.

A man walks by a vehicle that sits on top of high ground surrounded by flood waters on all sides near the Gainesville, Texas area, Monday, June 18, 2007. Up to eight inches of rain fell in parts of North Texas, swamping the towns of Gainesville and Sherman near the Oklahoma border.

The home of Sam Gerard is shown after it came to rest on cars after it floated for several blocks early Monday, June 18, 2007, during flooding in the Fort Worth, Texas suburb of Haltom City. Gerard and other family members escaped unharmed.

A flooded U.S. Highway 75 is seen Monday, June 18, 2007, in Sherman, Texas. The National Weather Service said rain fell at a rate of an inch every 15 minutes in some places. Five people were still missing Tuesday after deadly and devastating flooding in North Texas.

Fernando Rojas sits in a chair on the front porch of his family's home that was damaged by flooding in Gainesville, Texas, Monday, June 18, 2007. Torrential overnight rainfall flooded a handful of North Texas towns Monday, killing at least five people and stranding people and their pets on the roofs of their homes.

Rescue crews look for two children and their grandmother during flooding in Gainesville, Texas, Monday, June 18, 2007. A 5-year-old girl and her grandmother were swept to their deaths after the family's mobile home was carried off its foundation and lodged against a bridge above a swollen creek in this city along the Oklahoma border. Divers were searching for the girl's sister, while the mother was pulled to safety.

The body of 4-year-old Alexandria Collins is removed from a creek, Monday, June 18, 2007, near Forth Worth, Texas. Torrential overnight rainfall flooded several North Texas towns Monday, claiming Collins, and sweeping a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother to their deaths and killing at least two others.

Two women leave the scene of a secured area where the bodies of a child and a woman were recovered after flooding in Gainesville, Texas, Monday, June 18, 2007. The bodies are believed to be a grandmother and her grandchild, another grandchild is still missing.

Residents of a Haltom City, Texas, mobile home park salvage belongings on Monday June 18, 2007, after heavy flooding from torrential overnight rains swept through the area. A 4-year-old girl in the area was swept from her mother's arms during a rescue attempt and was later found dead. About 100 mobile homes in Haltom City were inundated and many were washed off their foundations, emergency officials said.

Alex Magee, left, and Christian Heming of Watauga Animal Control take three dogs which were tied to a porch after owners evacuated due to high water Monday June 18, 2007, in Haltom City, Texas. The flooding swept through a Haltom City mobile home park killing a girl who was swept from her mother's arms.

Flood waters are seen in a neighborhood area of Gainesville, Texas, Monday, June 18, 2007. Up to eight inches of rain fell in parts of North Texas since midnight, swamping the towns of Gainesville and Sherman near the Oklahoma border.

Yuriko Colocho, right, comforts Rosanna Escareno as she arrives at her parents mobile home and views damage from floods, Monday, June 18, 2007 in Haltom City, Texas. At least five people, including two children, were killed in the flooding. Several others are missing.

Mobile home residence Karana Diaz looks at damage from floods, Monday, June 18, 2007 in Haltom City, Texas. Torrential overnight rainfall flooded a handful of North Texas towns Monday, killing at least five people and stranding people and their pets on the roofs of their homes.

Remains of a metal roof dangle from power lines in the wake of severe weather Monday, June 18, 2007, in Copperas Cove, Texas.

Yamil Medina, right, with his wife Rachel shovel broken glass out his home in Copperas Cove, Texas, after severe weather moved through the area Monday June 18, 2007.

Two unidentified young men walk through a flooded intersection at Interstate 35 and Highway 51 in Gainesville, Texas, Monday, June 18, 2007. Torrential overnight rainfall flooded a handful of North Texas towns Monday, killing at least five people and stranding people and their pets on the roofs of their homes.