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Move from one side of a building to another. >> and one of the things about this storm is could really slow down over the peninsula and inch its way up which means hurricane force winds, the pounding rain could be there for some time which hampers your efforts. what message to do you want to get to people about getting ready now because there might be an extended period of time where you can't reach them. >> absolutely. preparation is key, and we ask our residents, our citizens to help us. help us give us the time necessary to get to you. now, we will do everything within our power. we've even...

We begin with rob in morgan city. rob. >> reporter: hey, charles, if you can hear me there, i don't have isp, i hope you can hear me, but we're in morgan city, louisiana. i've lost my earpiece out here in this nasty storm we've got here. still barry is a tropical storm at this point here in southern louisiana. it could become a hurricane here at any minute. we're about 75 miles east of new orleans which is where a lot of the attention for this storm has been because it is a low-lying area, very populated area. but here just to west is where we're really getting hammered. we're not too far away...

Homes with entire families inside lost in them. >> two generations of people, in some cases, all in one home and, unfortunately, became victims of the storm. >> reporter: none of them survived? >> none. the ones that we located, they did not survive. that is correct. >> reporter: first responders working in the overnight hours, searching for survivors. and we're told tonight the searching will continue into the evening hours again. going home to home, combing through debris. it began sunday afternoon. the eerie, ominous sound of those emergency sirens blaring, ringing out across neighborhoods....

I about 65 miles north of san francisco. just down this main road, which is still blocked to traffic, burnsville. three days of pounding rain have essentially turned this town into an island. and it could be another day before the roads in and out are possible. some 4500 people live here. those who did not evacuate are now getting around in boats and kayaks. so water is about 8 feet deep in some parts. too high for regular vehicles driven by regular first responders, so the national guard is here. they made about 60 rescues yesterday. the muddy water is filled with all kinds of debris. it's a ...

Temperatures in the single digits. with the windchill, the feel like temperature was negative for. it's set the tone for what turned out to be a frigid, stormy winter. down south, typically warm areas like tallahassee were hammered with dangerous freezing rain and covered in ice. then, temperatures skyrocketed in late february, reaching the high 70s and setting new records in much of the north and the midwest. but what goes up must come down. plunging temperatures led to a whopping four nor'easters and marshall on. we had the hottest month of may in recorded history. west of baltimore was hit ...