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Thousands to these places helping with buckets, bringing in water with wheel barrels, and you can imagine with buildings like the ones behind me how much rubble you have to clear to reach the people. it is tons and tons of rubble. the government is helping organize these brigades, but it is so overwhelming that these people are really helping. >> so looking forward to the next 24 hours here, one of the biggest concerns that the authorities have right now, as they look to the next couple of days, trying to get some kind of normalcy back into place, trying to scare for survivors and clear away t...

Notice after the storms come by you and i have seen it, people will begin to set up these charities. you can funnel your money here, you can send us money and we will make sure it gets to the right place. listen, unless it's a trusted, nationally known agency that gives out aid and relief for its your church or spiritual organization, be very careful, very cautious. >> trace: we saw so much of that in the weeks and months, in fact, the years after katrina. people were just so desperate to get their lives back into get their sanity and their semblance of normalcy back that they were willing to ...

Community is starting to focus on, michaela. >> it's going to be a struggle for those kids to get back to school and get some sense of normalcy back. our thoughts are with them. let's look at more of your headlines right now. breaking overnight in afghanistan. two americans have been wounded in an attack on a u.s. consulate vehicle in the city of herat in western afghanistan. officials say the vehicle was traveling on a main road when it was hit. the victims are being treated in the hospital. we're told their injuries are not considered serious. the state department is warning americans in...

They expect us to stand up in a time of stress and we're going to do exactly that. >> i'm sure you're going to have a lot of people. how many people do you know are homeless and without power right now? >> we know there are thousands of people without homes at this time. in terms of power, the last time i checked there were probably about 162,000 homes in the area that was without power. sna ear wo they're working feverishly to correct that. we need time to make an assessment to make a sense of normalcy back. you're talking about people who have lost everything. we're trying to get donations i...

Of the victims. >> i am so sorry. >> just heart wrenching. yeah, it's just -- just a very, very sad scenario. >> well, commissioner hajek, i'm so sorry, sorry for your loss, your community. our hearts are all with you. hearts and prayers. >> thank you very much. yeah, it's going to be a long process, but we're going to do everything we can to support the community and try to get some normalcy back in their lives. >> well, thank you. thank you, and obviously, we are focused on this to try to explain it and try to understand it better. thank you very much for being with us today. >> right. i wou...