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About some people letting their guard down because they were thinking, well, its not going to be as bad as we thought it was going to be. >> reporter: yeah, thats right. the wind is strengthening and only gotten stronger. we have yet to feel a drop of rain but conditions will only deteriorate as hours progress. on the notion of people taking this seriously, i think the most people ive spoken unfortunately may not be taking it as serious as emergency management officials would like them to take i...

Been keeping a close eye on this track and there is starting to feel like theres some fatigue among the residents. theyve been prepared for this storm as early as last wednesday. initially the storm was expected to hit last night, sunday night -- or rather sunday night into monday morning. the preparations are not as significant as you would think. yesterday when we were going around this community, we talked to a lot of residents who were under a mandatory evacuation warning but were planning o...

>> the rains long gone. this river is still rising. >> yeah. thats what still concerning is that we have a beautiful carolina day out around us and behind us you can see waters still rising and many of our residents who are concerned will be complacent and not heed the evacuation warning. we have 12,000 residents who could be in harms way if the river continues to rise. >> reporter: now one of the things to look at here is a light post. should be the end of a boat ramp where the water normally i...

Homes. rob: aaron ehrenberg and her kids flood 150 miles to escape the storm and she joins us live by phone. thanks for calling in. you guys live in south carolina and sounds like you headed to florida to get completely out of the path of this storm. it has somewhat fallen apart over the last couple days, now just a category one but this is going to be a water event. what made you leave? >> we were under mandatory evacuation and we took that seriously. we have three little kids. we just moved to...

Not want to leave for various reasons or did not necessarily believe that the storm surge here would be as bad as it ultimately turned out to be. this was not a wind event here. its been rainy but thats not been the thing causing the flooding. its been that surge off the river. now that i think most of that is behind us, probably, i dont want to make big bold predictions but probably the worst is behind us in new bern except another long, dark night without power. two-thirds of the city is witho...

Up against the river on two sides. and so what you have to deal with here is this storm surge thats going to come down the river as it rains and water comes down. the storm surge pushing back up. every little bit of rain we get and every little bit that storm pushes closer, well move more and more water here on to street where i am, on front street, a street where a lot of these historic homes come up against the water. a lot of these residents have left. these are people that lived here a long ...

Are the people in your town heeding the evacuation warning? >> i feel they are. we have been disseminating the information to the citizens of this community as soon as we get it. it seems like people are taking this storm very seriously. people are evacuating, people are securing their properties. and preparing for the worst. >> in terms of what you need down there, in the aftermath of this storm, after its blown through and taken with it what could in some places be as high as a 12-foot storm s...

With the state department to try to negotiate something. there are a couple chips they might have used. the first lady of venezuela have two nephews imprisoned in the united states for narcotics trafficking. >> potential swaper, are you saying? >> a swap. reduction of sentence, i dont know and hugo chavez has a daughter who i understand is living in florida. so who knows, but there is some chips there that might have been used. >> it will be interesting to see if they ever learn if there is a re...

Are still searching for missing people in the wreckage. emergency teams say hundreds of rescue workers are wading through mud with search dogs also helping out. were now learning officials did not send out alerts to cell phones until just before 4:00a.m. on tuesday, thats after the mudslides had already started. the emergency director for santa barbara county north and west of los angeles said officials sent out warnings by e-mail, social media, and nuls outlets in the days leading up to the dis...

State, is prepared to help people who do not follow those evacuation orders? >> absolutely. you know, we -- the governor has been calling his team and periodically, well be meeting again at 10:30. were hoping people heed the warning. south is called an evacuation warning today because its so close to the southern tip of plaquemines parish. we hope people will get out. well be ready to respond with any emergency situation after the storm passes. >> so, the president has granted that request for a...