 Eight people are confirmed dead at the filing of this report. Three people died from falling trees. Two people perished in their cars in floodwaters, including a 54-year-old Houston Police Department employee and a 77-year-old man found in White Oak Bayou near downtown Houston. Two people were found dead in a tent in a wooded area in Magnolia in Montgomery County. Their exact cause of death has not been disclosed. And a man died during a house fire in South Houston Monday, although fire department officials are still investigating the cause of that fire.