Nightly News   |  September 08, 2010

Storm takes toll on Texas; fires burn near Boulder

Texas officials say flooding from the storm has killed at least two people, while in Colorado, the local sheriff says eight people are unaccounted for after refusing to evacuate despite spreading wildfires. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: Another natural disaster, Tropical Storm Hermine has taken a terrible toll on Texas . Authorities there say flooding from the storm has killed at least two people. It was parked over the state most of yesterday. One man was swept away from his pickup truck. Authorities say they are looking for a woman whose SUV was swept off a road by a swollen creek following the torrential and relentless rainfall.

BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: And the wildfire still burning near Boulder , Colorado , tonight. Local sheriff says four people are unaccounted for, may not -- may be among those who chose not to evacuate, risking their own lives to save their homes. It tore up 140 structures or thereabouts.