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And we think we found it near greenfield, arkansas, yesterday, its a pretty incredible event. >> reporter: coming here this morning in mayfield, driving over the sort of hill from the highway and suddenly, you know, it seems normal on the highway, you know, you see trees down, but suddenly you turn, get over the hill, and its just stunning to see the town all flat. >> yeah, when i pulled into town after i came from the candle factory, i came back around on 69 and actually came from right behind ...

Joining me is gordon dove. you havent slept overnight. i know its tough, but ida in perspective for us. >> this is definitely the worst hurricane to hit our parish. we had rita in 05, gustav in 08, but this is more devastating than any hurricane weve ever had. >> reporter: how does it feel having grown up here yourself to go through the struggle yet again? >> we live on the gulf coast and hurricanes have been, you know, have been a fixture in our lives and -- all the way back to hurricane betsy ...

Have decided to wait out the storm in their homes, and how difficult is it gonna be to figure out who might really need help most? >> well as we speak now, we are clearing roads, we do have some search and rescue personnel. there are people who lost roofs, and right now, we are making our way to houses where we are able to get through the driveways. we started documenting addresses. now, we are starting to clean those up. one of my assistance is probably call about 50 people. >> 50 people alread...

Intense. it was very intense. >> tell me how you were able to work in the night, because i know one a lot of places, they are saying they cant even start to assess the damage to do the cleanup until the first flight in the morning? >> i got some rescue vehicles. we have some vehicles. and we got lights, and were gonna work tonight so we can actually get around. right, now a lot of major roadways, at the southern end of our parish, it is pretty much filled with double trees and power lines. >> do...

So except some storm surge issues there. for the most part, the firefighters telling me their chain saws are out as soon as it gets safe enough for them to go out into the neighborhoods and start checking on people. they anticipate cutting trees off of homes, clearing roads of power poles that are going to be snapped by these incredibly powerful winds that ida looks to bring sooner than later. >> there is wind whipping debris around you morgan. we want to make sure you and your crew are safe. hi...

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Should not be destroyed because that to restore power you are a family member gets around-the-clock because they understand how important that sick. and sanders is well aware of the is. if we will be assisting with our assets whether it is clearing criticism of how plans like this are going to get paid for. roads, vegetation, whatever we can do to help that happen. not only this plan, but a plan to forgive all student loan debt there have been 72 nursing homes which he was pitching again here in...

This point. but fema is fully engaged here in florida and we appreciate that. were of course concerned about power restoration once the storm passes. florida power and light has most of these counties in terms of the power and theyve assembled approximately 17,000 personnel that are pre-staged and ready to respond. and as soon as the first bands of severe weather hit, they will come in after that to restore power around the clock, because i think they understand how important that is. we will ob...

We are of course concerned about power restoration once the storm passes. florida power & light has most of these counties, in terms of the power. and they have assembled approximately 17,000 personnel that are prestaged and ready to respond. they will come in to restore power around the clock. they understand how important that is. we will assist with our assets. clearing roads, vegetation, whatever we can do to help that happen. there have been 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities a...

45 feet wednesday night submerging this entire neighborhood. >> 46 feet, its crazy. >> things were just as bad in forestville. fire crews rushed to save this woman stranded in her car. the army national guard clearing roads and helping people get back on their feet. lets hope those rivers begin to slow. >> california not used to all that rain. >> just so much devastation in that state the last couple years. a potential break to benjamin netanyahus re-election bid, the israeli prime minister fa...