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>> im not sure -- im not sure that ive ever even heard of a category 5. >> a category 5 is something that i dont know that ive ever even heard the term. >> theyve never seen a category like this coming because it came in really at 5. >> it was a category 5. i never even knew a category 5 existed. >> it hit as a 5. category 5 storm. which literally never happens. >> and it actually touched down as a category 5. people have never seen anything like that. >> this has been a category 5, which few pe...

>> martha: what category was michael when it hit in the panhandle? >> pam: and michael was either a four or a five. it might have been a 4. i cant recall. but you saw that devastation that it did. it was a direct devastation to our panhandle. it was coming up through the gulf of mexico, which made it even more catastrophic. >> martha: there is the possibility for tornadoes, because even if you get a storm surge, tornadoes, where i am, we just had a tornado over the summer, and it can be devastat...

Mashup courtesy of our colleagues. >> im not sure if i have heard of a category 5. category 5, i dont know if i heard the term. never seen a cat gory like this coming because it came in at a 5. it was a category 5. it hit as a 5. category 5 which literally never happens. it touched down as a category 5. people have never seen anything like that. this has been a category 5 which few people have ever even heard of. category 5, nobodys heard of a 5 hitting land. category 5 hurricane. never heard of...

Youve got to get in this trailer." and i had to make a choice between never seeing fia again and getting ally out. so i turned her loose and i said to thomas, "turn em loose, turn em loose. its the only chance they have." and i didnt look back. you would think mother nature had a watch because right at midnight, the wind hit, and it hit hard. and it just -- the fire exploded. and that was when i could hear it. it sounded like the roar of a freight train. i looked up past the trailer to look at t...

Florida. we have already seen its these hs, big blue hs, high devastating impact in the northern bahamas where the storm pressure ridges, once called the bermuda high, out in the has hovered at a virtual stand atlantic, we have one centered over the south central u.s.. still all day long. heavy winds and life-threatening the battle between these two is storm surges have battered the the stop sign. so this was the one that was islands. toppled trees and flipped cars, pushing it -- see the blue an...

World under the worst of circumstances. just a week earlier denitas mother, sharon, was starting to plan her daughters wedding. now she was attending denitas funeral. >> no parent wants to see their child laying in -- in a casket. and denitas life was -- it was snatched from under her, stolen. >> reporter: it seemed the whole town turned out on that january day in 2007. denitas close friend, edythe kearns, spoke at the funeral. >> the home going was an emotional day. it was definitely some sadne...

>> take it away. >> its hard to top that but i will certainly try. congratulations to you guys by the way. lets start off with this headline that were following a desperate search is underway for a texas mother missing since last weekend. el paso police fear erica gaton is in danger this is the last known picture taken at a concert before her date claims she left in an uber. her sons father says this is out of character. >> anything shes doing she always has her phone. this is not like her. its ...

You dont know who he is. you know its somebody that you dont know. and they have crossed that invisible line from outdoors to indoors. and they are, by that definition alone, i would say, a threat to me. >> well, youve got to be able to articulate the threat. >> reporter: and kaarma told investigators there was a real threat. the garage was full of tools the intruder could grab and use against him. >> i imagined an ax flying through the air and hitting me in the skull. >> reporter: and kaarma sa...

Of the energy release. somewhere in the ballpark of 1 billion sticks of dynamite just went off. >> thats extraordinary. and that people continue to feel, you know, smaller tremors and are bracing what could potentially be more, i mean, it is beyond frightening for so many. chad, thank you. well check back with you. appreciate it. still ahead, chaotic scenes at a hospital near the epicenter of that earthquake. doctors and nurses scramble to get wheelchair-bound patients to safety. next, well show...

Parts of southern california reeling today after a second major earthquake there. a powerful 7.1 magnitude quake rocked the ridgecrest area last night. its the second strong earthquake to hit that area since thursday. more than 2,000 aftershocks have followed. those two powerful quakes which were felt hundreds of miles away in major cities like las vegas and los angeles. here are some of the frightening images of the earthquake as it hit. >> get under the table, get under the table. oh my god. o...