Close and right now several counties are under mandatory evacuations. Other parts of the south are under Storm Warnings as residents brace for days of heavy rain, dangerous winds and Life Threatening Storm Surge. Joining us now nbcs Marissa Parra from pinellas county, Florida And Nbc Meteorologist Bill karins. How are people there preparing for this . Reporter well, you can see some of the preparations happening behind me, and im going to go ahead and give you a little bit of a walk and talk, a show and tell if you will. These are Sandbag Preparations w we always see this when there is a hurricane or tropical storm approaching. It was within the hour, jose, that our phones were lighting up and going off, warning us of mandatory evacuations happening in this county. So were in the Tampa Bay region, pinellas county. This is one of the areas that is under mandatory evacuation for Mobile Home residents and ill tell you, talking to people on the ground here there are several people who are
Attempting to figure out, to explain, how this might have happened. In the meantime, Family Members are holding onto hope, and they are desperately waiting for answers. My nephew was here with a wife and three four children. Im just asking god. My mom is an absolutely amazing person. Shes a fighter, and she fights for every single one of us. And we wont stop, until we wont stop fighting, until we find her. I want to get, now, to sanjay and cnn correspondent, rosa flores also there at the scene of the building collapse. Rosa and sanjay, this is you know, this is heartbreaking to hear from these families. And there are, still, so many questions about what happened here. No doubt, brianna. And rosas been here since yesterday morning. It is tough, i just have to say, listening to those Family Members. I cant even imagine if your if you dont know, at this point. And that is the case for 99 people, theyre still unaccounted for. I i wonder, do we have any more insight, as to what, exactly, ha
Fires, shifting materials, Twisted Steel and water up to their waist at some points. Yeah, theyre searching for people in there. Theyre searching for mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, children. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath the debris. They are not confirming exactly what those sounds are. They said it is very possible the debris moving, metal, concrete, et cetera. But, with that news, Family Members are doing their best to hold on to hope. There is hope. Its just dwindling by the minute. There is a certain hope in the air but it is a very strange kind of a feeling. Ive rarely had this feeling except in the war zone. Were dealing day by day, theyre now finding more and more people and i hope and pray theyre found soon and everything is good. Those poor, poor people. Officials say that President Biden has been receiving updates on this. Hes expected to address the tragedy there later today at the white house. We dont know yet if he will then go on to v
We can stand under the American Flag as one. And we would like the American Flag to represent us because we feel it dont. Thank you, rodney. And as we bring his cousin sharita. Please understand this is only one step in getting accountability at the criminal level. The federal charges are still pending. So i do believe that when philonise and terrence and rodney say the maximum, it is still attainable to get maximum accountability for george floyd. Maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd maximum accountability for george floyd now you will hear from his cousin sherita tate. Hello, everybody. I wont spend a whole lot of time sort of reiterating what my family has already said. I think they have spoke very eloquently about how we dealt with this last year, and our Thought Processes as it relates to the amount of time that Derek Ch
It is friday june 2, 05, youre watching fox and friends first. Jillian President Biden approved floridas Emergency Declaration. Lets go live to the scene in surfside. What is the latest . Reporter you get a sense of what is going on behind me, they are springwater to keep the dust down, we are seeing heavy machinery moving in as they tried to remove the rubble. The search goes on for life underneath that rubble. At least 40 Urban Search And Rescue workers were under the underground parking lot, they heard some sounds, some banking, not clear if it came from humans or not but officials including the governor say this is very much a Search And Rescue operation. First order was the Search And Rescue, save lives and also caring for displaced folks. The first thing is why did this happen . They dont have the answers right now but i think they will in relatively short order. Reporter as many as 99 people remain unaccounted for after this disaster. A lot of Family Members in agony trying to f