thursday. let s go to natasha chin, the sheriff said some of the search efforts could become recovery efforts. what s the latest? pamela, that would be very unfortunate but sit a possibility and he did talk about the search for those two missing people being a difficult task through the burn zone if you can imagine the extensive damage and debris, houses reduced to ashes, meanwhile, the snow has fallen and so another eight inches of snow is piled on to that debris. it s a very difficult task searching through that area. at the same time, investigators are working with experts and partners including the fbi looking how this fire may have started as you mentioned. it was a day with extremely dry conditions, a red flag notice because of those high winds and those high winds are what residents continue to tell us about that really shocked them because that s what carried the flames so quickly and these winds we re told were so strong
it continues now with crews recovering bodies of the final four victims of that tour boat accident in branson, missouri. bringing the death toll up to 17 now. the tragedy began unfolding last night when the boat got caught in a fast moving storm. the community struggling to cope with sudden loss. it s a trying night. please keep our families involved and first responders and thought and prayers. we had an outpouring of love and support from all over the country. we appreciate that. branson, missouri for us mi mike. grim task searching for victims is over. the primary task is determining what went wrong beyond the obvious. part of is world war ii era design boat got stuck out on the water as a severe thunderstorm