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Experienced a pancake-type collapse trapping multiple people. you've seen the pictures. listen to how one witness describes what happened. >> the first floor deck pulled away first and people started sliding off and yelling, you know, and falling, and it came off in pieces, the second floor. you know, both decks, most of it came off but there was a far section, like a corner of the deck was still on the building and there was a 2-year-old little girl on the one deck all by herself on that little corner and another lady on the third floor and we were yelling to the little girl to stay away from...

Yesterday. >> the first floor deck pulled away first and people started sliding off and yelling, you know, and falling. it came off in pieces. the second deck most of it came off but a quarter of the deck was still on the building and there was a 2-year-old little girl on the one deck all by herself in that corner and another lady on the third floor. we were yelling to the little girl to stay away from the edge and thank god that came down but it went slowly, thank god. and they -- as it went down, she slid off and men there to grab her. >> you see what is left behind a pile of splintered wood...

Cnn polo sandoval is following this. what have you learned overnight? >> look at the map there. the deck collapse happened in resort of wildwood in the new jersey coast. it was a very busy weekend for many families enjoying the last bit of summer here when authorities were called out to this deck collapse yesterday evening. rushing to the aid of not just children but the firefighters rushing to the aid of some of their own. this was the scene of new jersey's annual firefighters convention. so we are told that a majority of the injured are firefighters and some of their family. incredible pictu...

Thousands celebrating an annual fire fighters convention. we have the latest. good morning, kelly. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, this nightmare began really with a night of fun for that group of firefighters and their loved ones in up to for that convention, an annual convention that happens every year, and then it turned into a horrific scene of first responders scrambling to help first responders. you can see the scene behind me, almost looks as if it just happened. porch furniture, railings, the physical porches themselves and debris still scattered everywhere. we know this morning that ...

Across 32 states in just 16 days. nbc kristin dahlgren has more from oklahoma. >> reporter: hey there. we're along the arkansas river in tulsa. take a look at how quickly this water is moving. the sheer volume of water coming at us. we're standing on a restaurant. you can see the first floor deck completely submerged. they say this building was built to with stand a flood but they never expected it to get this bad. this is what we're seeing all across the midwest today. dozens of rivers and tributaries overflowing their banks. here things are looking a little bit better. people breathing a sma...