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Throughout the next couple of days. go to the carolinas, as well. when you go through stages of the storms, there are different threats and different portions. during landfall, we are very concerned with that storm surge. the forecast next, worst-case an area was 12 to 18 feet. we know that we have had a water level somewhere around 10 to 12 feet, in the fort myers area, and naples was officially about six feet or so. we had a catastrophic storm surge in those areas, thats where we heard reports...

>> yes. when you say people that are trapped in their attics or hiding it brings me back to katrina some of my loved ones who spent time in attics waiting for the water to go down and waiting to be rescued. that is really serious business many assistant by. i want to get to ed. ed, i understand you have a flash flood emergency happening in the area in fort myers. whats going on there? in sarasota i should say. pardon me. >> thats okay. we get those warnings because of the amount of rainfall. our...

So many people was just an ice batting of dread. when they see those predictions now, 15 to 17 foot storm surges, thats if you look at these canal houses, thats well up into the eaves, into the attic spaces of these houses. in new orleans they keep an ax in their attics in case you have to shop your way out. punta gorda after being hammered by charlie back in -- is the first city in florida to come up with a climate resiliency, coastal climate resiliency plan. so this will be the test. after hal...

There were a down power lines, running generators enclosed areas, where they were storing gas and garages. these things you dont think about, you are just trying to get through and get your electricity on, which has gone down for a quarter of a million people. but we have to be cautious during and in the direct aftermath, as well. >> emily: thats right. one of my close friends was career army national guard and she told me horrifying stories after hurricane katrina in new orleans when they were ...

We have requested a disaster declaration. we expect to get that this morning. >> sir, you mentioned that youre expecting this as multiple families who have died. what were the circumstances? you said this happened overnight. were these families just stuck in their homes? were they trying to get out in attics? is there any details that you can share with us? >> well, by the end of this were going to have lost people and many different situations. some peoples houses completely swept away in the m...

Going. and employees in these companies that i mentioned actually laughed about it. they mocked the attics, they joked about addiction and we were able to get internal emails that showed for example company employees passing around a parody of hillbillies. a song from the sitcom we know back in the 60s. they had changed the words to make fun of those pill belize. it was really shocking stuff to see. such a jarring thing to see compared to the pain that we saw and the grief that people are still ...

Aleve. who do you take it for? the headlines about the impact of our on going extreme weather are everywhere. lets get you caught up. across the country homeless advocates are now warning of an increase in deaths as the sweltering temperatures continue. wildfires in arizona have forced astronomers to flee an observatory in tucson. in st. louis, a warning that the heat is driving spiders, including the brown recluse from attics and into homes. storms are being blamed, along with staffing shorta...

Rummaging through their attics searching through old videos after hearing this. a copy of it recently sold for 75,000 to a new york-base collector. for a sealed videotape. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." for viewers in north america "new day" is next. stay with us for living golf. waxed.

There, natasha. >> reporter: were in coronado point, where you can see this house is just one of the many that were burned out, the doorway is still on fire here. there are hot spots just like that throughout the neighborhood. the fire crews talked about how the embers really jumped from palm tree to palm tree, into the attics and so theyre very careful right now in trying to stamp those out and look at this neighbor right here. another example of a house completely burned to the ground. there a...

Right there. the embers have been managing to get inside the homes, into their attics and then, of course, once theyre there, they set fire to the structure and its very difficult to bring it under control. lets go now to -- >> reporter: john, its not looking good. not at all. this is a very densely populated area. the region vegetative and elevated. 180 acres consumed so far. containment numbers sit at zero. only going onhere for the last five, six hours. this is north of dana point into the so...