more about those who did not. lives and families forever changed. evan kicks off our coverage in hazard, kentucky. tell us what you ve been seeing. reporter: we have been by this creek in route 128 in perry county, one much hardest hit counties. you can see the water level that they are still dealing with here after this flood that came through. this creek flooded over, you know, eight or ten feet from here, taking a whole house with it and knocking out the bottom of this building to mime right. the water level has been going suspend. we have been rain throughout the day. you see the yellow road sign is our guy. it was raining smorng and the water to the top of that rock and emerge that sign but come back down now. there is more rain in the forecast and a flood watch is in effect for tonight. the problem is the creek is really high and they can t take much water. nobody is expecting a flood surge like we saw on thursday that was a historic flood surge but it won t take much
these brothers and sisters, aged 2 to 8, dead, family members say they were ripped from their parents arms. witnesses say the waters were so powerful that in just seconds they swept away homes that had been standing for generations. cnn just obtained new video from one flood victim who says his family is trapped and cannot get out of that neighborhood. the whole road is blocked off. survivors are pleading for some help after losing every tangible thing. it is unbelievable. i took a chance to go up in the hollers. there s no internet or power. in a lot of places they say we won t have water for months. people are bringing stuff in, but as fast as they bring it in, it goes out. we need help more than anything. i don t care if it s a pair of fruit of the looms. babies need diapers, formula. we need everything that s possible to get here. cnn s evan mcmorris is there. are the rescues still happening right now? reporter: yes, victor, they are. i will say in perry county
foot most, if not all of the bill for the program. meanwhile, protesters are taking to the streets in long island, where almost 200,000 are still without electricity. residents and lawmakers say they are fed up with what they say is a lack of action by the local utility to restore power there. and 4.3 magnitude earthquake struck eastern kentucky today. it happened around noon near the town of whitesburg. this are reports that the quake itself was felt as far away as cincinnati and atlanta. at this point there have been no reports of damage or significant injuries. turning back to politics now. the president is hosting congressional leaders this coming friday at the white house. the gel of that sit-down is to make some progress on efforts to steer america away from the so-called fiscal cliff. a $600 billion set of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that if left unaddressed according to the congressional budget office will hurl the country back into recession.