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We have fire rescue, public works, crews clearing it out making it safe for all the residents to return to the barrier island. >> reporter: you don't want anyone back until tomorrow. >> we need their patience. it wouldn't be safe for their families. they wouldn't be able to drive. we need their patience until tomorrow as fast as possible. >> reporter: curfew is still in effect? >> curfew is still in effect. >> reporter: mary levy. the wind was blowing 90 miles per hour where i was, where you were. how are things this morning in hollywood? >> reporter: similar to miami beach. we are still under...

the national and louisville. let's bring in chad myers at the cnn atlanta center. what is the latest? >> it goes all the way from illinois all the way down to georgia, alabama, as far west as louisiana and far north as virginia. on the backside, it's snowing up in squad cities. that's not atypical. you need cold air to clash. a couple areas still on the ground, to the north of chattanooga by bradley and north of cleveland in tennessee. and then another couple storms here popping up, not that far from cape girardo. that is harrisburg, illinois. right in the middle of a new tornado wat...

Magnitude, the first thing we can do is go to the hardest-hit communities. fortunately, we had ample warning from the national weather service. we knew the storm was coming through, so we had staff and resources prepositioned. we were on stand by. we had a heightened alert for the state emergency operation center leading into this storm. so we knew the possibility of this storm being severe was quite high, of course. nobody can predict just the sheer damage and destruction that we're all looking at today. >> what are your first priorities? i know craig fugate was ordered from fema, the preside...

That direction as well as northbound up to new york. >> thank you, jeanne. you stay warm. some people managed to turn the snow day into a play day. our mary snowe, really, live out there today. it wasn't all stress today? >> we ran into stranded tourists from brazil, a lot worse places to be stranded than new york city. they like many other people are making the best of it going shopping, broadway shows, are open tonight. they were going to go and take in a show. as the city really starts to recover. but it was more stressful though for the crews out there working throughout the day and night....

It was in 2008 during the aftermath of hurricanes gustav and ike and a devastating tornado in oklahoma when we last saw tad agoglia. >> as soon as we see a threat striking anywhere in the united states, if we feel it's severe enough we leave immediately. >> reporter: once the owner of a disaster recovery conditioner agoglia has experienced clearing roadways and removing debris. now with his non-profit first response team of america he spends his life going from one disaster to the next. he became a cnn hero in 2008. >> the most critical phase of a disaster is the first few days. that's when yo...