states. the number of fatalities is expected to rise as searchers go through neighborhoods that have been reduced to rubble. >> it's destroyed everything you've worked for, but we're alive. that's all that matters. >> everything's destroyed. everything's gone. everything. tore everything down. >> one of the hardest-hit areas is sanford, north carolina. take a look at this. that town resembling a war zone today. you can see the businesses in shambles. cars and trucks thrown around like toys, and a huge lowe's store practically flattened. we're live in sanford right now with more details on the destruction. hi, rick. >> hey there. yeah, here in sanford, lees county, the governor is expected to be here any moment to tour through this lowe's area, one of the hardest commercial areas in the sanford town.