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The community, whatever -- whatever they can do to mitigate any weather that was forthcoming. we thought this rainfall would mirror if not exceed esias from half year and we were using that as a bellwether and, unfortunately, as everything has played out along the eastern seaboard it's certainly esias. >> it certainly did. there's a lot of disappointment that there wasn't better appreciation for what was about to happen. what do your residents need most right now, keith? what steps are you taking to provide for those who are in desperate need? >> so now that -- now that we've concluded the sea...

Casualty after -- after evacuation and rescue operations have ended. we were able to ascertain that there was in fact one casualty. >> mayor barbie also told us, keith, that some homes in bridgeport, your community, are what, three-fourths of the way underwater. were you able to get any type of significant warning out to your residents before these waters started rising? >> well, wolf, we are -- for a bit of a sense of scale we're in a municipality of about 4,600 residents and .4 of a mile. we did through our typical methods be at social media and our website, try to notify residents to at the...

Southeastern pennsylvania and the utilities to make sure that gas and electric services are shut off to these houses in the interim until certified professionals can come in and verify that the systems are able to -- are still probable and that residents, once remediation has take ben pm -- what these residents need right now is shelter. the red cross has set up a regional shelter in -- in an agist ent municipalities, and they are certainly going to need support in terms of trying to get a semblance of their life back together moving forward. >> good look, keith.

As well. awful situation in philadelphia as well. pete muntene, we'll get back to you. thanks very much. let's discuss with keith drewman, the manager. i ups what, at least 80 people have been in xhour xhufnltd are you still in the search and rescue phase, or are you moving on towards recovery efforts now? >> thank you for having me, wolf, first and foremost. >> yeah. yes. we rescued at least 80 people vie rarks water rescue. that ended somewhere in the vicinity of 1:00 this afternoon. waters have receded more since then. >> earlier this afternoon your mayor said to cnn there were no storm-rel...