so when the rains stop people come out and you can see that they're cleaning up they're picking up debris. crews have been out here. i don't know if you heard a couple second ago, a helicopter has been flying overhead. looking for maybe some of the people that are remaining unaccounted for. the situation is still very tense, very difficult. and as you just reported i mean really tragic. just lives being extinguished. people with dreams and aspirations, those lives cut short because of this what people here are calling a freak storm, a freak amount of rain. hasn't happened -- in 1946 when this cabin system was built, the river had never come this close. >> it is so dramatic the footage that we're seeing jose. it really almost looks like end times, a post apocalyptic scenario. some snakes and other animals are being found in areas where they don't belong. >> reporter: this is an unusual thing. forget snakes.