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Rescue teams that have been deployed there. theyre in the process of trying to get behind the trees in the distance there. there are a number of people who have been rescued. several people inside homes who need to be rescued, and a short while ago, a family was pulled out. four adults, two children. they came brought out in a heavy duty truck that sits very high above the water. thats how they were able to drive out of there. we have seen the swiftwater rescue teams launch one boat. these guys ...

Here on the ground were on a street called elm street. you walk this way. its a small country road just north of interstate 40, and about a mile down this way, this entire small road, is flooded out by water. just over here over the last few hours we saw three swift water rescue teams deployed boats out in their -- out into this water and just beyond these tree lines here, kate, there were a number of families who were trapped in their homes. ten people in all, including four children were pulle...

Control. a major winter storm expected to hit the midwest and the northeast today, and tomorrow. bringing heavy snow, strong winds, and ice which could lead to slick roads, power outages, and a lot of damage along tree lines. lets bring in meteorologist adam klotz and the fox extreme weather center. adam? >> hey there, harris. this is a real mess and it will include some flooding. this is the set up allowing it to happen. a big area of warm air. thats where their brain is. everything surrounding...

And what you are doing down there. >> im down here at the base camp for the florida fish and wild commission. there are officers here that save peoples lives. the night of the storm which is almost two weeks ago now, in the middle of a downed tree lines, downed power lines, they came out and started saving peoples lives. they did rescues all night long and they saved a lot of peoples lives. im having dinner with them just thanking them for what they have done. i have 4,000 members of the nationa...

>> all right. we lost brian todd. brian todd is in wilmington. again, hes been -- hes also been able to witness some of those rescues that have been happening. brian also witnessing some flooding as well. i got a chance to go out with storm chasers and also with police to survey some of the neighborhoods around myrtle beach, and some -- there are some areas that are bad, but considering they fared well. i should say worse than others is a better way of putting it. there was some flooding, there ...

Horrific for so many of our residents and first responders. >> and mayor, somewhat of a surprise, i mean, the winds were just ferocious. it wasnt supposed to get hit as hard as it did. >> well, the nature of storms is that they do what they want to do and this storm took a quick turn and thats why we teach our residents and encourage them to be vigilant and prepared and fortunately most people here in daytona beach listened and took the warning and never let their guard down. >> absolutely. so t...

Trucks. whatever it might take to get people to shelters that have been set up a little further south of where we are, but this is a military-style vehicle filled up with people there in the back. so we are seeing this repeatedly here along the interstate, and this is an area weve talked to various people behind the tree lines that you see. its hard to make out standing here on the interstate. the roads are impassable. hence, woo you need the boats to get into these neighborhoods. ive talked to ...

There are scores of bayous in downtown houston and they flood. i cant show you now because the sun is not even up, but its over those tree lines. the bayou like a low lying almost river creek area running under this underpass goes behind me. thats why the underpass dips. and it goes back around. so, we are just at the very beginning for our viewers that are waking up seeing this. this is a story. the flash flood warning expected to last through tuesday, guys. abby: griff jenkins live for us. exp...

The north. it starts going behind the tree lines or behind that broom. we do know the u.p. official mentioned there were teams out here. we do see a nm of officials that are walking up and down the rail line. they are kind of tucked behind sop of the cars. i have seen five or six different people here since we arrived a short while ago. we can also tell you that this is the water. it was rushing from the other side of that train line back over this way. we have seen that on the other side of int...

Is a rescue performed, make sure there is nobody left behind or any parties left behind and we are searching through debris piles and such and extensive, talking debris piles almost 20 feet in the air, in the tree lines. so thats pretty significant scenario for us. >> you said hundreds of missing homes, we havent seep the area washed off their foundations, destroyed, floated away? >> correct. not there anymore? >> correct. and i. >> in wimberly? >> yes, sir. and wimberly through fisher. if you g...