people all my life. and they re helpless. i don t know what to do for them. every time i look around here i grew up here, and it s horrible. reporter: volunteers offering assistance for victims in places like the mayfield fairgrounds. barbara anderson s sister lost her house. i have seven people staying in my house. no power, no water. we re living in two rooms. reporter: mike goude has run an excavation building in mayfield 40 years. his teams are scrambling to clear fallen trees from red duck creek, a key drainage ditch. officials fear if the creek is not cleared soon, towns will flood from rain storms coming. there s buildings not stable, of course, i m sure you ve seen. reporter: survivors still returning to their neighborhoods, vowing to rebuild. this right here is just a lesson for us that, you know, we re not here to live forever. reporter: on this street in bowling green, 11 people died, including five members of one