it appears that you're far out of the woods. people have a long way to go to get to their homes, recovery, et cetera. >> reporter: the water is coming up inch by inch, hour after hour. they have been told all week in conway it was coming. earlier this week this area wasn't underwater, had flash flooding after hurricane florence, residents had enough time to come in here earlier this week to bring out their belongings. some didn't take the cautions from local officials seriously enough. this man in this home said water started getting into his home early this morning. he was here at 5:00 a.m., trying to get out belongings that he could. he just pulled out an rv awhile ago. residents in the area, this is ground zero according to the city administrator. they're seeing every hour water go up inch by inch. we had to push the vehicle back towards that neighborhood. you could see, give you a sense, fredricka, i am underwater, the