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Days to find people, and if they are not registered or could not get registered, they will get them registered and it's another way of getting to people so we are not waiting for them to find fema, and fema will look for them. >> people that left their homes before the storm, many of them want to get back to their houses to assess the damage and figure out what has gone down and what they need to do to recover. the message from so many officials along with you is do not return now, now is not the time. how do you get that message out and why? >> a big reason is if you are going back in, and so...

Up to two inches an hour in some areas and with wind gusts over 45 miles per hour knocking down some tree limbs. these utility crews are standing by ready to respond as power outages are already impacting thousands here and this storm far from over. more than an additional six inches of rain or more possible over the next 24 hours as this storm continues to move through. linsey. >> janai, stay safe. let's go straight to senior meteorologist rob marciano who is in westerly, rhode island. rob, what is next in store for henri? >> reporter: well, the wind and the waves are still up where henri cam...

♪ bret: rescue crews in tennessee searching for survivors after record-breaking floods swept away homes and left 22 people dead there. thunderstorms dropped 17 inches of rain in some parts of the state in a short period of time. utility crews are working to restore power to tens of thousands of customers throughout the northeast and new england after tropical depression henri powered through that region. the storm brought with it rains that flooded streets and powerful winds tearing down trees and power lines. more man 33 million people remain under flood watches and warnings. fire crews str...

I have a trip planned their mid next month with my family. how do you think this will impact tourism? >> so, the good news is that we are pretty swift at being able to respond, when we have these serious incidents. i remember two years ago, we had a freak tornado touched down in homage yarmouth, and in a matter of days, it was cleaned up. i think we will ride this out, assess the damage and recover quickly. but this is not something that i think is going to impair our ability to welcome people long past midweek. you know once ferry services return, the downed power lines restoring power, havin...

Folks and local government and the other agencies that you need to. do the best you can to station assets in locations where you think they can be most helpful to help solve problems and deal with the power issues, the vehicle issues, the debris issues, whatever they might be, and then make sure you have enough folks who are talking to each other on a pretty regular basis once it gets started to make sure you don't miss something. >> because of the storm's change in track, are the utility crews no longer sort of focusing, are they moving? >> some of them are, yeah. i mean we are going to end u...