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Updating these building codes, but for right now it's really important people get the message they need to prepare now. >> given the lax zoning laws or lack thereof in houston, should we expect to see the same level of destruction in florida that we saw there? >> well, there's no question that we're seeing more severe and more frequent flooding events. just in the gulf region alone we've soon 500 to 1,000-year flooding events in the past two years, the memorial day flood in texas, the tax day flood, harvey, and two major storms in l.a. will. so clearly we need to be thinking when we rebuild ho...

Need your help. a lot of focus has been on the east coast of florida. on the west coast they'll get hit too. we just don't know how hard. kristen dahlgren is in ft. myers, florida. how are people there preparing? >> they of been watching this forecast for days now, stephanie, and with this latest shift a little bit more to the west, some of the waiting has turned a little more to worry today. there are mandatory evacuations under way. take a look. i'm along the san'a bell causeway here. a lot of people may have vacationed on sanibel island. people getting off of the island. they're not as conc...

In florida. >> reporter: it is calm but it is empty, not normal for this area. we're at port everglades. i want to show you where a 3,000-person cruise ship from carnival was supposed to be docking just down this way. they were supposed to be going to the caribbean for five days. that of course has been canceled. that ship was supposed to be departing tomorrow and that of course has been canceled and there have been refunds issued. the reason this matters is you have cancellations on cruise lines from disney to norwegian to print says, all these lines canceling and that will have a big hit on ...

Me usually what happens with these storms is they see the path and if it's going the hit in one area, they get help in distributing the supplies from the other areas. but as sam champion was saying, since this is an all -florida storm, that isn't happening and supplies are running out quickly. >> we need to help that manager inside publix and those employees trying to serve the people of hollywood, florida. it is obviously the best thing for people to do to get out if they can but easier said than done. miguel almaguer, at some point they have to stop flying. tell me that ticket prices have go...

In the dark. the heavy deluge opened massive sinkholes, swallowing cars and killing at least two people. officials remain on high alert today for mud slides, runoff, and high stream levels. but it doesn't end there for the golden state. another storm threatens to rip through the northern region, and residents fear the impact this storm could have on our nation after nearly 200,000 were evacuated earlier this week because of damaged spillways. let's turn to meteorologist bonnie schneider with more. bonnie, what's the latest of the storm's movements? >> well, kier, it's interesting to note that ...