widespread there as well. richard, give us an idea. >> reporter: yeah, fred. you talked about utilities and difficulties there. surely that is the case here in albertville where electricity still not in many of the homes that were hit overnight. we're in the center of downtown albertville. about a three by five mile area. 15 square miles where they believe most of the damage is. that's where officials are really zoning in on. behind you can see some of the damage. this house over here to my right, the rear part of the roof has been torn off. this carport is down here. and the back part of this entire building here, gone. now, if you look down this road right now, it is clear. but last night it was absolutely filled with brush and trees and remnants from the houses that were hit by this storm. but they came through around 3:00 a.m. and they were able to clear out the entire road. one of the residents here, which is francis willisson. she was in her house when it did