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Worried because we thought we were only two blocks from the smaller of the two rivers in calgary, the elbow river, and we didnt have any problem then. so, we thought, okay, this will be fine. but then, all of a sudden, firemen were coming door to door, quite a few of them were coming down our street going door to door handing out mandatory evacuation notices with last of what to do and places to go and stay, if need be. and then we realized, oh, this is obviously a serious situation. and we hear...

Their home. our neighbors to the north were very fortunate and they did not. so it just goes to show you how unpredictable these things can be. we know that the firemen have been fighting, you know, hard to keep as many homes up as possible. but sometimes, you know, it just gets out of control. so, actually, my boyfriends grandparents, who actually live less than a quarter mile down the road lost their home. >> sorry to hear it. >> fortunately, you know, today was more about, well, hopefully we ...

The things that need repaired here. infrastructure, streets, roads, water and sewage lines as well as two schools. and the city is caught in the middle of the political showdown between the obama administration and texas republicans. >> well, the webbers here, they will be destroying their house and rebuilding. >> reporter: on a drive around town, the west mayor knows the longer it takes to rebuild list city, the more likely his neighbors will never move back. >> my job is to get the town back b...

Request for disaster aid to rebuild schools, roads and water and sewage line. the news stinks. >> we needed about 50 more houses to blow up or five more firemen to die to make it a disaster. i dont know. i dont know -- i dont know what their definition is of a disaster. >> reporter: after the explosion, politicians rolled into town making big promises. governor rick perry. >> we will never forget what happened. >> reporter: and president obama. >> we stand with you and we do not forget. and well...

Hi, trace. >> the decision basically means the town of west texas is basically on their own. the letter from fema reads in part we have determined that a major disaster declaration is not necessary. therefore, i must inform you that your request for a major disaster declaration is denied. the mayor of west says hes confused. liste listen. >> i need to know what their definition of a disaster is. if its not, does it take 10, twenty firemen to die? does it take 500 homes instead of 400 homes to be...

And put it on a stretcher. but the firemen are digging out brick by brick. its a lot of bricks. its like a huge wall. totally collapsed and flattened the salvation army. >> mike, i know it might be difficult to talk about, but when you talk about a body, are you talking about somebody who looked like they were still alive? or did it look like -- >> i could not tell. they were rushing them out. they were rushing the body out, put it on a stretcher and trying to get that person i guess to the hosp...

Live pictures of them literally hand-by-hand walking people out of the debris. you can see the brick and the wood pieces clearly just collapsed to the foundation. >> earlier we heard an interview with somebody who saw this happened and dived in and helped a couple of people out and saying the whole area shook when this happened. reportedly a salvation army thrift store. firemen carrying ladders in there. obviously a very dramatic scene. weve got sarah hoye on the line in philadelphia. sarah, wha...

Many chinese are really complaining about this issue, the danger of people working in these factories. we do understand that there is concerns because there is lax safety standards at many other plants across the country. we have had these kind of disasters before in china. back to you, bill. bill: explain why the death toll at this point plant was so high? >> reporter: well the major issue that seems to becoming out of this is that many of the doors seemed to have been locked shut during the sh...

Life, its there for them. >> people are going through big life transitions and they can go to life reimagined and they can just get a little bit of help with that. how do they get help? >> now more than ever. we go through difficult times, thats when they came for me. i said this is a great opportunity to help people. >> they are a social network. inside it. say are you a retired fireman and are you looking for something you want to do in the next step in your life, can you connect with all the ...

Southwest of oklahoma city. that one in union city and a number of reports of leveled homes and fatalities and that number is expected to go up. look at the flood warnings. theyve become more extensive. i want to point out that in paducah, kentucky, theyve already seen 5 inches of rainfall and jasper, illinois, 3 inches of rainfall in just a half an hour. we go into -- typically may is the peak of the tornadic season. but june is not far behind. the average is about 243 tornadoes for the month. ...