they re still persisting in. the bodies are being increasingly think in terms of holding your fire. rescue us also working around the clock to save lives many victims astute trapped on rooftops trees and other remote areas and the region is bracing for more heavy rain in the coming days flooding has become to biggest threat mozambique is facing right now let s bring in jamie lists or he s them urgency response manager for the red cross and birol which has been especially hard hit good morning to you jamie the u.n. is calling this the worst storm disaster to hit africa in decades what s the situation where your. well it s still raining. do that and it s going to rain for a couple days or so we are on the second disaster in a few days and it s actually going to get more stress we know the second to die hit
wavering in their decision and they are in it for the long haul. we accept the risk. we know what the risk is, we accept it. we re not looking for anyone to come bail us out or rescue us, if we get ourselves in a bind, like they say, it s on you. so we ll use our wits to get ourselves through it. reporter: and there s a bill of a thrill in it, too? absolutely. i m a thrill seeker. there s some of that playing into it, i m sure. reporter: now, folks on wrightsville beach just behind me are weighing the same decision. authorities tell me they believe only a handful of people are left on this barrier island, but one wrightsville police officer telling me he had a conversation with a man last night where he said, if you re going to stay, i need you to take a sharpie, write your name and your social security number on your arm so if we find you after the storm, we can identify you. he told me, john, that man is now planning to leave the island this morning. that s good. that s goo
flying over and the agents are looking down, somebody is waving to them like that. they repel down, go down and talk to them. sometimes this means we re here, we re okay. other times it means we re here, come rescue us. a lot of time where they spend going down, talking to people. for whatever reason some people want to stay put. there s a lot of that back and forth. some people may have cell phones and there is continued cell phone service despite the fact that there s a flood, which is remarkable. they can t talk to each other. tough situation. no running water. lot of people had no sleep overnight. no way of knowing if things are okay. we ll come back in and check with you. appreciate you joining us. sure. david paulison former fema director. you ve been listening to what s happening not only in beaumont but in crosby with that chemical fire. you responded to incidents like
was someone who said rescue us. we re being swallowed up by the water. unbelievable. thank you, karen. that s how people are covering the story. the social media storm. people are tweeting out their stories. people are finding them. rescuing them. twitter and facebook has become the way it gto get the word out. a big test for president trump. set to fly it texto texas tomor. what did we make of the federal response so far? that s next. s cuse me. mind if i sit here? not if you want your phone to work. let me guess, you can t livestream your lobster roll. and my mobile pay isn t connecting and i just got an unlimited plan. right plan, wrong network. you see verizon has america s largest most reliable 4g lte network and now unlimited plans start at $40 per line, you know what i am saying? (laughs.) oh this is your seat. definitely. yep. just tucking it in. nah, i wasn t going to pull it out. when it really, really matters you need the best network and the best unlimited.
the russian government saying it with us not them. the syrian government denying their responsibility saying it could have been a chemical depot stored by rebels in the area. that is denied by syrian rebels on the ground and aide workers. we had a chance to speak with a british doctor living in syria volunteering for more than a year. here s what he had to say to us. they ve seen enough. i can t say anything more than what they ve heard. i m not going to waste my breath. we ve given up hope. we don t expect america or britain to come rescue us. we ve been left to die in a most horrific way. you hear the desperation with the volunteer doctor there as the international community gets together for another meeting for calls of investigations, more resolutions. you get a sense from the people of how dire the situation is.