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And the power has been going in and out. we have been seeing blue sparks in the air the entire time we have been here. so you can assume that those might be power lines or they might be electricity or something going in and out. the head of the emergency official here in the county says that one of the biggest concerns is that there are some people who stayed behind, they tried to weather this storm. and they could be without power for days on end, which could spell disaster for them. there is a...

And out of blackness every couple of minutes. the communities behind us as well. the power is going in and out. you know, the high tide is coming up in just a couple hours. when we first got here about 10 hours ago now, the water was 10 to 20 feet back compared to where it was right now. if you guys can see, another blackout here. and the communities and the homes that we were able to see now go entirely black as well. we spoke to a mayor in a neighboring city here and he said that that is going...

Were in matagora county of 36,000 people. there was mandatory evacuation issued here. for anyone who chose to stay behind or is here now, emergency officials say you are on your own there ♪ much they can do for you. power has been going in and out all night long. there is a large area behind me where the power has been kicking out on and off. there is a community just to my left with a lot of homes and the power has been going in and out. total blackouts. one of the mayors here in matagora cou...

You have been there covering the storm for the past 8 hours. have you been in that particular area for a while now, has it been completely evacuated? was it your sense that people were told to leave and they followed direction directions? >> >> this is a fishing town of about 5,000 people. and we drove up and down through some of the neighborhoods. we didnt see anybody walking around. we didnt see anybody driving around. it really looked like a ghost town. but we were in some small communities u...