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Bass. >> i heard it's utter devastation in calloway, and they're probably about two to three miles from the tyndall bridge, and no one's heard from them. >> in your long walk here, you did come across some deputies. what did they tell you? >> i came across a deputy sheriff and a county worker and they said that it was devastated and there was search and rescue going on over there, and the deputy said i'm not going to lie there are deaths and injuries. >> >> reporter: they told you that? >> so the lack of communications, being cut off, you're obviously anxious. >> and i can't get out because wh...

What we know is pretty much is what we have come to learn as happening all over the panhandle. we're without power and probably will be for a significant amount of days. we have trees that's littering the streets, and we still have some erosion, but one of the biggest issues that is facing my community now is that we have a loss of water pressure, and we believe that one of the emergency generators didn't kick on during the storm, and that's significant because when duke energy comes in to recharge those electrical lines that's down, we could run the risk of a house catching on fire, and we wo...

Fear. we understand the anxiety that you're experiencing. let's assume somebody watching looks at this picture, sees them alive, and you don't have cell phones? >> no, so contact nbc. i guess contact you all. >> reporter: contact the local police department or sheriff's department. that's where the connection should come from. so they should contact or whoever is with them should contact the local sheriff's department, and that will get that information ultimately to you. this was a major storm, category 4. >> correct. >> reporter: you're praying right now? >> i've been praying constantly. my ...

Me again from panama city beach. tammy lightner is in albany. kerry, let me start with you. i understand you've got someone there who is desperately searching for a family member? >> reporter: craig, we're dealing with a situation here where communications are down. when communications go down in the aftermath of a storm like this, there can be some very desperate moments, and that's what is unfolding right here. joining us is crystal matthews. crystal, you walked four -- >> probably about four miles to get here, and you took your time to get here because you cannot find and you have no inform...

Right after the storm, and then i was able to go down there less than 20 hours later after the storm. >> reporter: we hope that by sharing this picture -- i can see it in your face. okay? take a deep bre breath. there's a lot of people watching. i think there will be some people who see this and will be able to. >> help find them. >> reporter: yes. >> she texted me a little after noon. she said large limbs were landing on the house, and she has a huge oak tree on the back of her house. i was looking at it the other day when i took water to her thinking i really don't like that tree. >> reporte...