>> keith's good friend craig bradley was there to lend his support. >> this is the first time you wereo eye. >> i could just tell he was shaken. >> as if the news couldn't get any worth, their great dane cleo along with a second pet daisy had also perished in the flames. craig and keith walked the property, surveying the damages. >> we get to the koi pond. got to get those fish out of there. julie would kill me if something happened to those fish. i was like, you know, let's not worry about that right now. >> overwhelmed by loss, the griffiths were faced with the question, how could this have happened? >> the first thought was that it was the new heating and air unit. it had just gone in. >> the unit had been installed just days before the fire adjacent to the master bedroom. >> that was my very first thought, that somehow the new heating and air unit wasn't put in properly. >> faulty installation? >> yeah. >> as for the cause of julie's death, that was left to the county coroner's office. deputy coroner ben bradley. what were you working with? >> a very charred body. i could not very

i have matt bradley head to go columbia, south carolina, where we know from craig melvin he has family in north carolina and they're experiencing some some flooding. i want to go up to oak "land, about 40 miles northeast of here on the north carolina side of the border. >> you're well past 24 hours into this. >> one block away from the beach to my right, this water is up to my ankles here. but in some parts, it's up to my knees. we're expecting 2 to 4 feet from that storm surge. these beach properties are already starting to get some of that debris flying around. when you start getting this much rain, the soil starts to move. a lot 06 these beach front properties are on wooden stilts because they said, listen, what if the ground starch to move because there's so much rain i don't want my house to fall under me. catch some of the street signs behind me. that is why you have the mayor out here and the authorities. for the folks who evacuated who want to come back in and check on their homes, it doesn't seem like that will be possible until sunday, monday at the earliest. both bridges com