when you look at the size of the waves and the fact that you still have the water and the sand coming into these homes that are here in the ocean and flooding the streets, that is what rescue workers and that is what authorities here on the island fear the most. it is that in that flooding and the fact, again, that these bands can just come out of no where and it s why they re urging residents here to stay hunkered down. frances? we ve seen what it has done to that sign behind you. thank you. let s turn now to cal perry in wilmington, north carolina. part of town known as carolina place. you see debris everywhere. it seems like they have made some progress there clearing those branches and trees. cal? some of those 4,400 crews are just able to get into this area now. the house you see behind me was hit by that massive tree. it s crushed pretty much half of that house including the kitchen. walk with me this way we re going to go see the owner. we re not going to go in the house a
your neighborhood look like right now? the neighborhood has trees down. debris everywhere. roof tiles. storm shutters came off from windows. there was water in the drive. i have a lake behind our unit. and the lake filled up more. there is water he in the circle drive around. mild debris. stuff everywhere. it was so dark at the time it ended. trees down, debris ef where and water filling up. how can you compare this to a tornado? can you? when i first moved here in november everyone told me about hurricanes. being a kid from kansas, you get limited warning and then it just comes through and is there and gone, unless it s a big one. i chased them for a while? high school and college. not a smart thing to do but we
and closer. you knew it was not supposed to be happening. two skydivers are hit. both of them hit the other airplane with their bodies. sara is knocked off the plane. she was the second one to climb out of the aircraft. i saw her take a really hard hit. the other skydiver dan is pinned against the windshield. i see him pressed up against the glass, you know, kind of like this stuck. kind of like a fly on a windshield. i feel like i got hit by an airplane. i don t know how i wasn t smashed. the lead plane explodes. one wing is blown off. when all of a sudden, bang, there s this loud noise and this wing right above us goes away and this big flash of fire is right above our head. you feel a large jolting. glass flying everywhere, debris everywhere. all i see is this big fireball. you can feel the heat from
glass flying everywhere. debris everywhere. [ scream ] all i say is this big fireball. you can feel the heat from the fuel burning off. at that point, just get out. not everyone can. the pilot of the burning plane is caught inside. the airplane itself is starting to spiral down to the ground. the broken wing is in flames, threatening the skydivers. i think, you know, in the next second probably not going to be alive. the wing plummets with the skydivers who are also flying through the air. the wing is above us. we re falling faster than that wing is through the air. and it s on fire. and there are other small pieces flying around us that are on fire. and so everybody s instinct then is just to get away as quick as possible. including blake weedon, the pilot of the chase plane. i saw the 182 with only one wing at that point. i guess my first thought is what does my airplane look like.
now to extreme weather. storms turnly deadly as tornados ripped through the country. all the way down. tornado. yep, the hardest hit the small town of van, texas. where two dozen people are hurt. kdfw reporter dan godwin is there. what do you see? it is something to see. the latest update we got indicates ten people are still unaccounted for. now that we have full daylight, door to door search is being organized. it will get underway. behind me is van intermediate school. remarkable damage. windows smashed trees up rooted and thrown around. debris everywhere. poiwer lines down. the suspected tornado touched