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Throughout the next couple of days. go to the carolinas, as well. when you go through stages of the storms, there are different threats and different portions. during landfall, we are very concerned with that storm surge. the forecast next, worst-case an area was 12 to 18 feet. we know that we have had a water level somewhere around 10 to 12 feet, in the fort myers area, and naples was officially about six feet or so. we had a catastrophic storm surge in those areas, that's where we heard reports of people on roofs, addicts, calling for attic -- those water levels are starting to recede, so ho...

>> yes. when you say people that are trapped in their attics or hiding it brings me back to katrina some of my loved ones who spent time in attics waiting for the water to go down and waiting to be rescued. that is really serious business many assistant by. i want to get to ed. ed, i understand you have a flash flood emergency happening in the area in fort myers. what's going on there? in sarasota i should say. pardon me. >> that's okay. we get those warnings because of the amount of rainfall. our rivers were already at minor flood stage before ian came along. we have not been able to leave th...

So many people was just an ice batting of dread. when they see those predictions now, 15 to 17 foot storm surges, that's if you look at these canal houses, that's well up into the eaves, into the attic spaces of these houses. in new orleans they keep an ax in their attics in case you have to shop your way out. punta gorda after being hammered by charlie back in -- is the first city in florida to come up with a climate resiliency, coastal climate resiliency plan. so this will be the test. after half of the town was destroyed and they tried to build back stronger and more resilient this will be ...

There were a down power lines, running generators enclosed areas, where they were storing gas and garages. these things you don't think about, you are just trying to get through and get your electricity on, which has gone down for a quarter of a million people. but we have to be cautious during and in the direct aftermath, as well. >> emily: that's right. one of my close friends was career army national guard and she told me horrifying stories after hurricane katrina in new orleans when they were on patrol there, the bodies they found, and the methods and ways they found those bodies. it was a...

We have requested a disaster declaration. we expect to get that this morning. >> sir, you mentioned that you're expecting this as multiple families who have died. what were the circumstances? you said this happened overnight. were these families just stuck in their homes? were they trying to get out in attics? is there any details that you can share with us? >> well, by the end of this we're going to have lost people and many different situations. some people's houses completely swept away in the middle of the night, possibly while they were sleeping. others trying to flee to safety. we think ...