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This part up here that got completely blown away, the roof got sheared off. by the way, that roof, a hunk of twisted metal, was tossed about 75 yards down the road here and still kind of embedded in a fence. but this area here on the second floor that i'm pointing at used to be the kitchen and the living room, and that's not going to be in a state of being inhabitable anytime soon as you can see. and that's the result just below it of the wall being just completely disabled and tossed around. so that is what people are dealing with here. this heartbroken family has got to come here and see tha...

Stand by. i want to get now to cnn's brian todd. brian is in panama city beach, florida, for us as well. brian, you have seen some tremendous destruction where you are. describe what you're seeing. >> reporter: right, don. this is surf drive, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods of panama city beach. this house here was the subject of some video earlier today, some very dramatic and horrible video where you saw the roof being torn off this house. the side of it being torn off. this is the aftermath. we talked to the son-in-law of the owner of the house. he came here with his wife, whose mother...

Checking some of these houses. and you can see the damage in some of these places here. our photo journalist and i will walk this way. you can see the roof of that house got completesheared off o right-hand side there. a lot of cinder block damage on the other side. here come the sheriff's deputies here. gentlemen, did you find anyone? all the houses were vacant, they say. i'm going to show this house over here, wolf. we have video of this house getting its roof sheared off earlier. look at that. about half of that house looks to be gone. but that major part of the roof got sheared off. the wa...

That bridge is missing there. it happened during a storm. officials confirming several people are dead and we do know, though, there's a frantic effort at this hour to pull survivors to safety. cnn's nic robertson is live at the scene with those breaking details. nic? >> there was a tremendous thunderstorm in the minutes before the bridge collapsed. i'm going to step out of the way and you may be able to see the bridge sheared off. this is the main highway that runs along the coastline here from italy into france from genoa to nice. it's jam packed with traffic today. this is holiday time, pea...

Fire trucks, emergency services, rescue services, i see a fire truck now that's on a small bridge close to the collapsed bridge. you can see that sheared off bridge there, superstructure there, the bridge sheared off and below that crumpled concrete lying below. it's absolutely chaotic and pandemonium here in genoa as police try to weave their way through the traffic forced off the highway. it's unclear how many people were caught up in this incident but this is a highway that has two lanes in both directions, a major highway on a peace travel day of the year just before lunchtime. the other t...