the place where we re staying at, at this area have gone to their homes, i was speaking last night to a lady who lives in a mobile park home, and they re just saying this is the only place we have. now, there s been a lot of information out. people have been told they have to leave this area. this is an evacuation zone and many have but many have decided to stay. what i can tell you, willie, is that in a matter of seconds we re going from pretty peaceful as far as rain is concerned with some wind to all of a sudden these feeder bands coming in and it is just horizontal rain and horizontal wind. so far we took a power hit 30 minutes ago. there s about 60,000 people here in the state of florida, mostly obviously on the west coast that have lost power. the governor is expected to hold
power in north carolina. one of the things people are not really talking about too much is the fact that this area is trying to just recover from florence which hit last year. almost on the year anniversary. this area was hit really hard. people were taking precaution. this time when the evacuation order was given, people took heed to that and got out of the way. we also traveled as a crew yesterday where a tornado spawned quickly and damaged a mobile park home. luckily no one was hurt in that. damage reports haven t come in so far today. we don t think there s been any massive structural issues. but with this wind. hitting so consistently, worried about any trees down. the power where we are has gone in and out for a bit of time. we haven t seen any massive flooding. we want to make sure people don t go out especially in the early hours to drive through the water standing in some places. that is the part that is the good news. of course with this pounding
at least 14 people are dead tonight in central and southern georgia. killed when a line of severe storms hit the state earlier today. our paula sandoval is in adele, georgia, where a mobile park home was nearly wiped off the map. and he has the latest, polo. reporter: well authorities have not been able to complete the search and recovery efforts yet because of that ongoing threat for severe weather. as a result, what is perhaps the hardest hit neighborhood, you may be able to make out behind me remains closed off. because of the darkness, because of the distance, may not be able to see too much. look at some of the pictures that have been shot in and around the region. you can see that he widespread devastation. the sunshine acres neighborhood, a mobile home park. according to authorities is where at least seven people lost their lives. the owner and the manager of
you never know but that could lead to some questions. people are saying they might have to go back and question people who knew him to see if they can find some answers. a lot of questions that need to be answered and a lot more looks like a lot more time searching and trying to find out more about this tragedy. our coverage of the plane crash mystery in the alps continues all morning long. look for breaking developments on good morning america this morning and also updates at abcnews.com and good morning america, as well. moving on to breaking news from the heartland, deadly storms rolling through parts of oklahoma and arkansas. there s plenty of cleanup to do in the community of moore, oklahoma, which lost 24 people in a devastating twister two years ago. luckily last night s storm only caused minor injuries but at least one person was killed in the suburbs of tulsa where a mobile park home was seriously damaged. more than 70,000 customers in oklahoma are left in the dark.
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