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Drenched Texas braces for more flooding

More than 100 people have been rescued in Texas since flooding began days ago
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RICHMOND, Texas -- Across parts of the Southern Plains, the rain will not let up until Saturday.

On Wednesday, most of Texas and Oklahoma are under flood watches and warnings.

In Richmond, Texas, the Brazos River is at a record high, and still rising.

The driver of an SUV escaped just moments before rushing flood waters near San Antonio washed it away Tuesday.

Dozens had to be rescued when up to six inches of rain fell in parts of the state.

Near Houston, the Brazos River swallowed up more land and homes, including Mary Doetterl's home.

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Mary Doetterl. CBS News

"It's unbelievable. I don't know what I'm going to do an hour from now," she said.

The water was only up to her doorstep Tuesday. Wednesday it's nearly three feet-deep. She moved family heirlooms to a nearby storage facility. That's now flooded, too.

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Storage facility where Mary Doetterl had put family heirlooms after the Texas flooding began. CBS News

"We can't handle anymore," she said. "We want to get back to a daily life."

But it could be days before the water recedes.

The worst predictions had the water rising to a record 53 and a half feet. Here in Richmond, it's an entire foot above that.

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That means more evacuations. Kevin Hoff helped his sister and nieces to dry ground. He said the floods were swift.

"It's part of the river," he said of the land where homes are located.

More than 100 people have been rescued since the flooding began.

There is a chance of rain here every day through the weekend, and now concerns that parts of the river could remain at flood stage for up to two weeks.

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