resident donna johnson to do something. she goes door to door delivering bottled water. some she buys, some is donated. and what she sees scares her. >> it's almost like illness. it just kind of spreads and all of a sudden it's a catastrophe. >> reporter: it was johnson's firsthand accounts that alerted government officials to just how dire the problem had gotten. >> without water, you can't survive. you can't keep your home. you can't keep water in it. and my heart goes out to everybody. >> reporter: but she says nothing of herself. it turns out johnson's well has gone dry too. sara sidner, cnn, california. >> they have been going through it in california. just because they're getting rain now they'll need a lot more. people in southern france opposite problem. experiencing the worst flooding in more than a decade. it has claimed at lesion five