>> reporter: yeah, on that thought we just heard devos saying it there should be a wake up call in the intensity of the storms, how often we've been seeing them. in terms of where we are here in manville, new jersey, and everywhere, you see reminders that the devastation and the heartache, even though ida has come and gone, still remains. behind me this yellow police tape is what's left of what was described to me by neighbors as a beautiful home before. you can see it's basically been levelled here. now all you see here is just a pile of just smoldering rubble. this was somebody's home. a neighbor told me just now, a woman who lives nearby, told me that yesterday when this was all still surrounded by flood water, that she heard a loud explosion. she felt her house shake, walked down and this house was in the state that you see it here. now, in terms of what could directly be to blame, i have actually reached out to fire investigators. haven't heard back. going to try to find out exactly where the investigation stands here, especially amid reports of