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Moments ago i spoke with the assistant fire chief of hilldale who told us how this is unlike anything he's ever seen. >> we're used to flash floods during the monsoon season, but it is something that subsides very quickly. but this was something more than i've ever seen in my time here. >> with me now, nbc's ron mott in our los angeles bureau. ron, this thing was just extraordinary in its size, and yet it happened so quickly. >> right. you had two powerful storm cells that moved over that area. the national weather service did warn that area they would be subjected to pretty strong and rapid r...

Or 30 minutes long in the mountains, but it was so intense with two separate storm cells, that two and a half inches of rain became a 20-foot wall of water as it returned downhill. witnesses say the caravan of two cars had pulled over and was up on higher ground, but the flash flood came up behind them, swept them into the water. the news today is not too encouraging, because they are expecting more thunderstorms, and they've had showers on and off again. if they get up to a half inch of rain that they're expecting all at one time, that flash flood situation could happen again as the water col...

Jeffs. many of them don't have contact with the outside world so that may be one of the reasons they were caught unaware. we are expecting an update on search effort, but more thunderstorms are predicted for today with about half an inch of rainfall believed to be hitting all at the same time with some more of those strong storm cells. we'll keep you posted. >> tragic story on so many levels. another developing story out of northern california, those unprecedented wildfires which have now destroyed more than 700 homes killing at least one person. as of this morning, the so-called valley fire...

They're keeping scouts up the creek to look for the banks starting the rise again as thunderstorms move over the mountains so it's very careful work and just in the last hour as you know, we have received word of washington county sheriff's office a ninth body recovered overnight. an eighth person found dead. four remain unaccounted and of the dead six in utah. two others several miles downstream in arizona. now the downpour that overtook these two vehicles yesterday 20 to 30 minutes in the mountains and so intense with two separate storm cells, 2 1/2 inches of rain was a 20-foot wall of mud a...

Broadcasting. they know about new orleans so that's where we went. when the storm slightly missed us and we had a flood there, well, we weren't getting any calls out of waveland. there were no phones. >> about 7:00 if i remember right is when the water started coming in. of course we can't evacuate. i think there was 28 of us all together. my name is steven beil and i was an officer with waveland police department during hurricane katrina. i remember one of the officers opening the door and saying, hey, it's up to the tire. well, close the door. and within a couple minutes tried to open that d...