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100-mile-per-hour winds. thats taking out power lines and taking down trees and putting down wooden structures, so we ask you to be in a metal or concrete building. st. croix was hit, the area here as it went in the overnight hours in the dark, somewhere around 3:00 in the morning. we will see rainfall. 20 inches of rain. it will cause flooding. that could be the biggest concern from where we are now. we are down to 145 miles per hour, and its still southwest of san juan. it will be moving offsh...

Irma went through. rob: the airport in puerto rico closed and they are about to be slammed via category 5. >> went to a category 4 but 5 miles shy of what it was. 155 mile-per-hour sustained winds, 2 miles short of a category 5. disregards the fact we are down because this is going to devastate puerto rico. you can see the i, the core of the winds coming onshore in eastern puerto rico, the virgin islands, overnight, feeling the wrath of a category 5 storm moving towards puerto rico, they will ge...

Where our nick paton walsh is, to the west of san juan, as its going to exit into the ocean. so there you go. this is what happened, though, to st. croix in the overnight hours. a direct hit or very close, with the northern eye wall here, just on the southwest tip of the island. and thats where the significant damage, i believe, will be. the farther you get toward the east, slightly less. but really, were talking about 145-mile-per-hour compared to 120 miles per hour. so, big damage happened the...

Steve harrigan live in san juan for us tonight. i met, steve. >> reporter: martha, the start of a long and painful cleanup is just beginning behind me. around this courtyard there are trunks of buildings everywhere. high-rise hotels in the 145-mile-per-hour winds were strong enough to rip the sides off, rip balconies down, rip satellite fixtures down, it just kept whipping through here and snapping off trees. widespread damage across the island. this was a worst-case scenario for puerto rico. u....

Croix. go throughout the early morning hours. possible land fall in the eastern half of puerto rico. 145-mile-an-hour winds. it could be a cat five at land fall here in areas east of puerto rico. the population of puerto rico is about 3.7 million. roughly about 1 million people live in the greater san juan area. if that center line holds true, category four, category five right over the top of san juan. if this happens as forecasted right now, this would be one of the worst hurricane disasters w...

Sweltering. i dont know how many hurricanes ive been through, but it seems like the day after, its always one of the hottest days ive ever experienced, and unfortunately there were tragic consequences for that in hollywood. >> reporter: sthaert. the heat here is stifling. it has been for several days. there are many fatalities in the aftermath more so than during the storm. millions of people are without power in florida. for the loved ones of those who died at this facility, it is not the storm...

In danger. now, all of this really started wednesday morning when three calls came in to first responders. they came here to the facility on the second floor. the police chief said it was extremely hot, so they saw the three people had died and evacuated 145 others. five of those others died later on from heat-related causes. all eight victims. we spoke to jacqueline ventura whose mother survived, 83 with dementia. >> my mom needs long-term care. ive been driving around to different facilities. ...

Florida power and light said theyre sorry but said the nursing home still had power and that hospitals in 911 centers get higher priority to restore power, particularly after a storm like hurricane irma. now, on wednesday morning at 3 a.m. the first responders came here after a call. they found three people dead on the second floor. it was sweltering on that floor according to first responders. they then decided to evacuate 145 people. five others later died. now, the center has been cited for n...

There were a number of sick patients there and number appeared dehydrated and in respiratory disstressed. >> reporter: three were deceased. then investigators discovered another person died at the facility tuesday, their body already moved to a funeral home. >> as we began this investigation we were made aware of that death and we went to the funeral home, the medical examiner went to the funeral home and did claim that body and that is now part of this investigation. >> reporter: in all, 145 el...

Have seen since hurricane irma, this may be the most tragic. eight people confirmed dead in a nursing home in hollywood, florida. possibly linked to the air conditioning going out in the aftermath of the storm. federal, state and local authorities, they are now investigating. moments ago police and other officials offered up new details about what theyre learning so far. cnns senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is following this in hollywood. what are the new details? what are we learni...