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Then an enormous storm surge. a dozen or more feet of water bulldozed large sections of mexico beach from the coast to the interior. 30 miles out from mexico beach, some roads no longer exist, entirely covered by downed trees for miles. >> brandi, its dad. >> reporter: with power out, those who survived have no way to tell the world theyre still here. when they do, the news about as bad as it gets. >> do not come down here. do not. you cant get in. everything is -- its devastating. you have -- w...

We had a hole in our house but thats all thats wrong with it. grandmothers house is completely gone. it looks like a bomb landed. >> reporter: the devastation here, jaw dropping, the main drag, highway 98, collapsed in many places, water eroding the sand beneath. entire homes, their living rooms still intact, slammed into condos across the street. and the most popular bar here, toucans, reduced to a pile of rubble. now, as that search continues for the living and possibly the dead, theres also a...

This was a light pole. it is shorn off completely, cleanly. this was part of a house that was probably down here. all the house in this area all around us, theyre scrubbed down to the foundation. this is what we see through town for the most part as we were going through town. all of that debris, that was a house that is now up against a house that is remaining. there are some apartment buildings, some condos that are in large piece, but for the most part, they are hugely damaged. the roof are o...

Status of mexico beach. the death toll overall across state lines is 13. it is expected to rise. as i mentioned, search and rescue is under way. convoys and first responders are going door to door looking for survivors and in some cases having to extricate certain people who are physically not able to get out of the homes themselves. sending others to hospitals. we were just talking to diane gallagher in panama city. some hospitals have been utterly destroyed and patients are having to be reloca...

Now while manafort still sits in federal jail in virginia awaiting sentencing for charges which he has been convicted and he plaed guilty. yesterday the judge in one of his cases formally ordered the forfeiture of all of these properties, all of these fancy condos and town houses and country estates, all once owned by paul manafort. as of last night, all of these properties have been officially seized by the u.s. government, which means that you watching me at home right now, you and me, too, u....

At the worst of the storm the gulf of mexico came all the way up here. this was all under water. thats why you see so much devastation. somebodys pillow we just found on the ground here. this structure there is really nothing left of it. even when we stepped over to the other side here and look over there, those were once definitely beautiful condos, beach-front homes. you can barely make it out. we found a sign in the ground which was true a couple days ago and hopefully true again, read this, ...

Yesterday, the judge in one of his cases formally ordered the forfeiture of all of these properties, all these fancy condos and town houses and country estates, all once owned by paul manafort. as of last properties all once owned by paul manafort. as of last night all these properties have been officially seized by the u.s. government. that means you watching me at home right now, us u.s. taxpayers, we now officially own an apartment in trump tower whereb because thats one of the properties tha...

Extremely safe. there was no damage to this condo, you know. >> thats good. >> or other surrounding condos. >> i heard you say, though, that the condo was actually rocking at some point during the worst of the storm, is that correct? >> yes. >> wow. >> yes. yes. >> how was your daughter during all this? >> she was fine. she actually, you know, shes -- it was something to witness. i mean, to see all of this and to see how -- how mother nature can turn on a dime and, but shes fine, were all fine. ...

From the beginning and then, you know, we were having second thoughts but at that point, it was almost too late because to get out of mexico beach, you have to go over a bridge. and they were closing down the bridges. so, you know, but we were in a safe place. this condo that we were in is extremely safe. there was no damage to this condo, you know. >> thats good. >> or other surrounding condos. >> i heard you say, though, that the condo was actually rocking at some point during the worst of the...

Kphro closed. the locals decided to stay. >> yes, and many went door to door and were having people sign documents if they were going to stay and advising people to leave, and some hotels and condos turned off their elevators to expedite people leaving. everybody here locally that was dealing with visitors was helpful in helping them head back home. my own daughter is in montgomery, so i want to play it safe. >> reporter: a nine-foot storm surge would come to where we are standing right here in ...