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Respond. were starting to see those emergency workers out. were starting to see duke energy out in great numbers throughout the neighborhood. trying to get power restored. it is going to be a massive and long effort. erica. >> certainly is. only the very beginning, as you point out. miguel, appreciate it, thank you. jacksonville, north carolina, also hit incredibly hard. ed lavandera is there. youre in a neighborhood where i know at least one family is evacuating. our officialing t ins trying to...

The combination of wind and water that were getting. it is happening in the dark, an add the element of distress for people. what have you heard about that? weve been hearing stories and you find out here you find out your home is flooded in the dark and it is that much more disorienting and the distress not being able to call. have you heard stories about that where you are? >> reporter: well this is for emergency workers in the dark because of trees down and roads washed out they dont know how...

Things, the longest term issues this community has right now. they survive on their beach here. it is all gone, all the way up and down carolina beach. theyve had some pretty serious beach erosion. there is also a lot of pylon lines down everywhere, trees down everywhere. lots of small damage to homes. brick walls have fallen down. some other walls pushed over. fences down. a lot of roof damage across the area as well. there have been some deaths in the area, mainly because of the wind driving t...

State, hurricane matthew, that when these rivers flood, that can be life threatening. tell us about that. >> well, just two years ago in october of 2016, we lost 28 people due to drowning in their cars. what you do is you have people panicked between now and two to three days from now and try to go through the water and they have no idea how powerful that water is. if you have someone traps in a house, they could be panicking and get out in that water. and that water is extremely powerful and ex...

This is an area of town that floods in any event, but what has surprised people that live here is how quickly this came up, about half hour, 45 minutes or so, the storm surge came just about the same time the tide was coming in, and thats what we see now, this water, and it is not going down very fast either. it has come down a little bit. another tide coming in in the next 8 hours or so. that will be the test for this area, to see how long and how big the surge will be and how long these condit...

On. again, they were working so frantically and exhaustively trying to get these two people out. unfortunately a sad outcome in the end, don. >> yeah, thats a really awful outcome. brian todd, thank you very much. you heard the warning from brian todd, you also heard it from miguel marquez. unless it is a dire situation, theyre asking you not to call rescue workers or emergency workers or dial 911 because they have their hands full. theyre dealing with people who have flooding issues, dealing wi...

National hurricane center in miami, cant thank you enough for your tireless work, appreciate it. fox news alert now, wilmington, north carolina, population about 115,000 has just instituted a curfew from 10:00 at night until six in the morning until further notice. the rescue people and emergency workers, the electrical workers and all the rest are going to have to get in there so wilmington has added to the list of cities that have put into place a curfew, so that is a situation in wilmington. ...

Hurricane matthew. >> we had significant damage with hurricane matthew, and its nothing to compare to what this one is predicted to do. >> where are you going to ride out the storm? >> im going to be at the emergency operations center at the county. so were all -- were ready. our staffs ready. at 45 miles an hour, we will stop sending our emergency service, and when that subsides, well be out again. but nell thuntil then, we prote staff as well. >> im glad you brought up the 45 miles an hour win...

And african-american people, too, but there was a tremendous feel about the working class and how important they are in a big city like new york. the working class are the ones that save you when you are in trouble. they are the cops that come, the emergency workers, they are the working guys and women who come to save you when youre scared to death youre going to die. they are the ones -- when you are auppy and make a lot of money and master of the universe you forget about those people and you...

And you cant walk. you need a boat or something like that. >> reporter: emergency workers, among them the indian air force and the national disaster response force, must navigate the washed-out roads to deliver supplies, a hand, any help they can give. >> on the day we deployed here, the situation very horrifying. almost ten feet to six feet, and you can find water everywhere. water everywhere, nothing else. but today the water is depleting. the level is coming down and down. but the main work r...