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Happened. and it did happen. we rescued maybe 56, 60 people last night from the storm. so i think we were prepared to respond to it. we just werent prepared for the devastation that it would cause to property and damage that it would cause to our community. >> as were watching these live pictures here, of course, you cant see that -- see this, but this is a neighborhood in new jersey, mullica hills where you see an inflatable boat, right, going down flooded streets. i see so many homes with the ...

And emergency crews are now going door to door to account for all of those neighborhoods residents. brian todd was out there with them today. hes been surveying the damage by him. youve been out with the crews for a number of days now. what does the situation look like today? really five, six days after the storm struck? >> reporter: its really astounding, jim, as you mentioned, five to six days after, this is what youre looking at in this apartment complex in west houston. the water is up midwa...

Side door of the cafe and now we believe there are ten still left inside. at this current time, they are huddled in one corner of the cafe below the window level possibly trying to get sleep right now. we saw before the light faded completely the gunman allowed food to be brought in and that was being distributed to the hostages. now it is in complete darkness. gunman turned the lights out inside the cafe. its too dark from our position to see anything much at all in there now. the police are st...

Beach resort city of acapulco. this is a birds eye view showing the water up to window level but are from up high you cant see just how dangerous this flood is. >> wow. so its just a few miles inland from acapulco. the only way to get across streets have turned into raging rivers. >> rescues are becoming incredibly difficult. relief supplies often impossible to get in at the moment. about a million people, mexican citizens and tourists, as well are either trapped, stranded or hunkered down again...

Raining and raining. >> reporter: one of the hardest hit, pensacola, where families were forced to find dry ground at red cross shelters. >> i dont know how bad the damages are. i know the water rose really high and my sister and our kids are here together. >> reporter: safe, but the damage in that area expected to run into the millions. the floods came fast. stalling cars and stranding drivers. >> the water kept getting higher and higher. and eventually got up to the window level of the door. >...