folks survived this when you see the images coming out there. most of the deaths so far have been -- that have been reported, which is obviously they don't even have their arms wrapped around it, has come from those islands. what are folks telling you about the number of people that they're missing or people that they know have perished there? >> reporter: you know, a lot of people have spoken to me about people they know have passed away. you're talking in the dozens. they know they haven't been reported yet. you have to wait for the official word from government. in speaking to people, they would give me the roll call of going through neighbors and friends they hadn't heard from or they know were either incredibly injured and needed to be medivaced out or couldn't find. those are the hard rending stories. the people they can't find. communication went down sometime around sunday. they have no idea what's going on. i have to add a, kate, they didn't know why the storm was