The search is underway for two people who were swept away by floodwaters in San Antonio, Texas. Heavy rain caused flash flooding across the city, killing at least five people according to officials. TODAY’s Al Roker tracks the forecast.

At least 49 people are confirmed dead after flooding hit South Africa, including children whose school bus was swept away during the extreme weather, officials said.

"The call I got, he was going into some water and that was it," Angel Richards said of her last conversation with her husband, who was swept away in San Antonio

Provincial government officials say at least seven people have died in flooding in South Africa after a weather front bringing heavy rain and snow hit eastern and southern provinces.

The search for schoolchildren swept away in floods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province has resumed after being halted overnight, officials have said. The children were on their way to school in the town of Mthatha when their bus was carried away in flood waters as it was crossing a bridge on Tuesday morning.

Officials are reporting the deaths of six high school students in South Africa’s Eastern Cape region this week after their school bus was caught in flooding rocking the area.

The hiker fell in the same area as a 20-year-old backpacker last year whose body was found weeks after he was swept away, rescuers said.