walkways now a raging waterway. just listen to whistle signals. i ll tell you. i m going to watch the river and make sure nothing comes down at us. this is actually not the river, either. this is the street. reporter: door by door, fema task force teams look for those who rode out the storm in this flooded canyon neighborhood and warn them that it s not safe to be here. house is complete vacant. can do. next building recon. reporter: it s been days of dramatic rescues through these treacherous mountain canyons, hundreds plucked out of desperate conditions here by the national guard. these are the people waving and signalling to rescuers who have run out of food, fuel and water, praying for dry land. officials estimate only a few hundred residents may still remain in flooded areas, and not all of them want to go. in this neighborhood, the team comes across this resident who refuses to leave.
this is the street. reporter: door by door, fema task force teams look for those who rode out the storm in this flooded canyon neighborhood and warn them that it s not safe to be here. house is complete vacant. can do. next building recon. reporter: it s been days of dramatic rescues through these treacherous mountain canyons, hundreds plucked out of desperate conditions here by the national guard. these are the people waving and signalling to rescuers who have run out of food, fuel and water, praying for dry land. officials estimate only a few hundred residents may still remain in flooded areas, and not all of them want to go. in this neighborhood, the team comes across this resident who refuses to leave. when we leave, we really can t there s no way to police this whole area. so if they re here, we definitely if they fall in it s going to become a rescue scenario for us and we re going to have to be going in after them. reporter: the terrain s been completely redrawn fr
of the people on that list are probably alive but just have no way to get in touch with authorities. the death toll was also revised downward to six. however, as kim law reports now, the damage is epic. reporter: just days ago, this was a desirable place to live, a small creek lined with homes and walkways now a raging waterway. just listen to whistle signals. i ll tell you. i m going to watch the river and make sure nothing comes down at us. this is actually not the river, either. this is the street. reporter: door by door, fema task force teams look for those who rode out the storm in this flooded canyon neighborhood and warn them that it s not safe to be here. house is complete vacant. can do. next building recon. reporter: it s been days of dramatic rescues through these treacherous mountain canyons, hundreds plucked out of desperate conditions here by the national guard.
some of the areas hardest hit by the flooding. reporter: just days ago, this was a desirable place to live. a small creek lined with homes and walkways, now a raging waterway. just listen for whistle signals. i ll tell you. i ll kind of watch the river and make sure nothing comes down at us. is this actually not the river either. this is the street. reporter: door by door, fema task force teams look for folks who rode out the flood in this canyon neighborhood and warn it s not safe to be here. house is complete. vacant. next building recon. reporter: it s been days since dramatic rescues through the stretchers us mountain canyons. hundreds plucked out of destinations here s by the national guard. these are the people signaling to rescuers who have run out of food, water, praying for dry