Page 38 - Julia Bagg News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Hoping they'll be able to return back to their homes soon. but, again, everyone's in suspense here this morning. just how long will they have to be kept away from their homes and their beach area homes especially? we're also under a curfew this morning. that's in effect until 6:00. yasmin? >> we'll be watching the progress of this storm throughout the day. julia bagg, thanks so much. appreciate it. i want to turn now to the authorities saying that the gunman who killed seven people in west texas in the drive by shooting spree on saturday, quote, was on a long spiral of going down before bein...

That were headed out. meantime, residents here on the ground, they spent the day collecting sandbags. we're told more than 45,000 were passed out yesterday and then the process begins again at 8:00 this morning. that's great because we want to see this. that's what officials want to see, use the time right now to get ready. so we heard from the governor yesterday telling folks exactly what to do. take a listen. >> it is better to be safe than sorry, and we don't want to be telling anybody we told you so. so we would say be safe, get away from the coast and predictions all over have wind, water...

That's struggling if they're thinking about suicide. that it's fine to ask the question. they should ask the question. >> reporter: other rural communities reach out to them for guidance. >> you don't want to have another family go through what you've gone through? >> no. it's okay just to ask for help. it's so hard for so many of them. >> reporter: the american farm family strong, independent, standing tall. but sometimes, too, in need of support. kevin tibbles, nbc news, near loganville, wisconsin. >> the real economic and emotional troubles that we are seeing because of this trade war takin...

Too. the rainfall predictions right now, it's really along the coast. but if we get that inland track here into north carolina, we could bring some other, you know, further inland areas into it, too. so it's amazing. five days ago it was look like this would just be a horrendous florida event. we knew the bahamas, too. now it looks like in the lower 48, the mainland, we may actually see the worst conditions in north carolina and in south carolina. you know? in georgia and florida, you know maybe mostly spared except for the, you know, storm surge, which we have to wait and see how that plays o...

Geography of the bahamas will forever be changed due to this event. >> yeah. all right. >> janessa webb, thanks for that. so as we mentioned, a mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for parts of florida, for parts for georgia and for south carolina. julia bagg is joining us live from jackson beach, florida. thanks for joining us. parts of the city have been ordered to evacuate this morning. take us through that. >> that's exactly right, and where we are here in jacksonville beach, the evacuations are set to begin at 8:00. hotels to be closing. no one will be able to stay in the hotels...