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Eight rivers across the carolinas are in major flood stage. as waters begin to receipt, efforts are ramping up. kaylee hartung is near wilmingtwill ming and on a boat near the cape fear river. you are riding with the united cajun navy, right? >> reporter: that's right, fred. i'm here with our captain panama and volunteers from the united cajun navy. you have been down here for change and how many rescues have you been a part of? >> close to 300. >> close to 250. >> we are moving beyond the rescue stage. the mission is transitioning to that of supply-delivery. tell us where we're going and. >> ...

To communicate as you watch this develop? >> a few things, there are stages to this. right now you're still in the rescue stage and trying to get female safety. what you have to do long before that, where do you put all these folks? i saw her talking about supplies. if they don't have enough already, they're in trouble. trying on get them in under these circumstances are extraordinarily difficult. so the first part is you have to be prepared for this and overprepare. the next phase now is interaction with the government. that's not easy. and fema is fema. and it is a tough agency to work. they...

>> a few things, there are stages to this. right now you're still in the rescue stage and trying to get female safety. what you have to do long before that, where do you put all these folks? i saw her talking about supplies. if they don't have enough already, they're in trouble. trying on get them in under these circumstances are extraordinarily difficult. so the first part is you have to be prepared for this and overprepare. the next phase now is interaction with the government. that's not easy. and fema is fema. and it is a tough agency to work. they do their best. but it's hard. >> just goi...

Organizations and their essentially waiting to be directed to go, go to this -- you know, this neighborhood and try to, you know, deploy what you can and get people out if they are not already. there is an effort trying to get people out of their homes if they have not been yet. >> it's quite remarkable. i have covered these stories -- i have gone with samaritans first from carolina and all these organizations are all so well coordinated and so ready for this. and they have tractor trailers ready to help people. they have clothes and food and ready to move in. but you have to wait as soon as w...

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