residents fleeing to higher ground. casey siegal is live in conway, arkansas. the pictures are devastating. i know from covering such disasters in person it s even worse. what are you hearing from residents there? reporter: arthel, really the images don t translate fully on camera, when you watch it back. but to be standing here and to hear the water rushing around you and to have all of the sights and smells, it really doesn t do it justice. and what is so astonishing is how widespread of a problem this is. i m going to hop out of the way now. we keep showing this over and over throughout the day, but it s just so difficult to wrap your mind around. look at the arkansas river, out of its banks, clearly, and it has the ferry lock and dam offices up there, almost submerged, up to the garage doors there. and then as my photographer just continues panning down along the