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♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'm kristie lu -- rescue crews strangling to rescue those stranded -- the national hurricane center says that the category one storm has regained some strength and is now expected to make landfall near myrtle beach in the coming hours. in florida, the hurricane has killed at least 19 people with that is an early figure. the u.s. president has warned that the loss of life could be substantial. hundreds of people have already been rescued, millions are without power. >> some of t...

Neighbor, tom podgormy, was just a few doors down riding down the storm with her family, when he saw gail's car, he knew she may need help. >> what did you find when you want to gail's house? >> i could not go out first because the river was coming across at 40 miles per hour. i found her on the front porch, kind of in water in a chair, shaking really bad, kind of hypothermic, calmed her down. and then we made a long slow walk into four feet of water into my house. >> you are 85, how grateful are you that somebody came to rescue you? >> tom is a blessing. >> blessing? >> a blessing, yeah. >> s...

Meanwhile, tomlin's family had their own story. >> tell >> it was fine until some water coming in from the back of the river, and we were bailing until water started coming in the front. by then, we got 5 to 6 feet of water in the house. >> was it scary? >> yeah, it was a little scary. it was scary when it kind of crashed the window and the door's. >> water? >> yeah, it was like a big wave came through in the door's. >> so it was terrifying? >> yeah, it was really terrifying. >> another neighbor, marvin johnson, said the water came up to feet in this house. he rode out the storm with his three...