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Around the area, this is the largest county in the nation geographically. firefighters have about 20,000 square miles to cover. across that area from east l.a. to the arizona and nevada borders, officials are out and about, on the alert just in case this situation turns into massive flooding. people are out there, monitoring the weather models and trying to get in touch with the public to warn the public of potential flooding. we'll have to wait and see what happens. the rain starting to pick up, jim. >> all right. josh campbell. thanks for all the hard work to you, as well. let's go now to cn...

Significantly change the landscape here should water start rushing down the mountains, down to the lower areas. officials tell us they're very concerned. i spoke not long ago with the battalion chief of the san bernardino fire department said look, if residents get the evacuation order, it's not something officials are sending out lightly. they are very concerned about people in this area. take a listen. >> we asked you to evacuate, we don't take that lightly. we are asking you based on predictions and concerns and want you to get out sooner rather than later. the last thing we want you to do ...

The city has had three to four inches already, and the expectation is, in these next few hours, the city could see three to four times that much. that's why you are seeing things like this. i want you to take a look. this entire road is completely closed off, and the reason why is because this area right behind me, this is really a bit of a concrete jungle. this is where a lot of the water from the hills, from the deserts, all funnels down into these drains. and so the concern is that, you know, you have drainage. and that's where you can run into some flooding issues. so the concern from the ...

Is under evacuation. josh campbell is there. josh, what is it like where you are? >> reporter: well, the wind is picking up, the rain picking up here, as well, jim. all of us here just got an alert from the national weather service, this part of san bernardino now under a flash flood warning. the national weather service call thing a very dangerous situation, telling residents not to be out on the roadways unless you are evacuating, based on authorities telling you to do so. where we are here as we look over to the side, this is the base of the san bernardino mountains. this whole mountain is ...