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>> this is really a heartwrenching experience. hundreds of people came together to rescue children from an elementary and middle school that unfortunately collapsed. >> at a nearby school, we are told the bodies of 20 children have been recovered. the death toll now officially stands at about 200. that number will rise. lets bring you the latest on hurricane maria. it is leaving a trail of devastati devastation. >> look at the trees, stop for a minute. those are palm trees. palm trees are in c...

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And tampa. but these are likely going to spread north, anderson, in the coming hours as we get closer to landfall and they have a more defined track for some of the northern counties. >> you know, so many people of course remember hurricane andrew and the devastation of that. can you give us a sense of the scale of that storm compared to hurricane andrew? >> the big glaring obvious thing is size. take a look. this is actually to scale. this is andrew. this is irma. you can notice right off the b...

In its path. as if that is not bad enough, theres another hurricane on irmas heels. were now keeping a close watch on hurricane jose. cnn is using our global resources. we begin with cnn meteorologist chad myers. give us the latest projections at this hour? >> its going to hit the florida keys first and then goes up into the everglades. thats where it hits the united states. right now its still in very warm water, 155 miles per hour, i know it says cat 4 behind me. cat 5 is 157. this is a danger...

You could buy two cases of water. it is not like a storm on the mainland u.s. where you could be out of power here for weeks or months at a time. there are still 40,000 people without power from irma. so -- when you dont have electricity, you dont have running water. this could be disastrous. weve heard promises of immediate aid from fema and emergency declaration by the president. they could need help in a hurry. this island has been sheltering people from irma and theyre in the worst of it now...

Miami has exploded as far as buildings and structures in recent years. 145 miles per hour, thats the estimated wind speed on approach to miami. again, a healthy category four. once you get up to, say, 80 to 100 stories, the wind speeds because less friction could get as much as 30% higher. get up 20, 30 stories high, winds could be as much as 30 to 40 miles per hour higher. were talking well above that threshold once again of a category five-type winds for some of the structures. of course, a lo...

150-mile-an-hour winds, although im going to tell you the wind speed monitors on the island, all of them are broken. ill tell you how were getting this measurement, but this is a category 4 storm. its just a tick below category 5 status. it made landfall around 6:30 this morning, about 35 miles southeast of san juan on the opposite or southeast part of the island. its now just a few miles from the capital. by the way, the last time a category 4 hurricane hit puerto rico, 1932. >> more than 10,00...

As you mentioned, we have these gusts up to 100 miles an hour. that would put this in tropical storm depression category. i mentioned before about the two cranes. weve the reporting out of ft. lauderdale of a crane situation that collapsed on top of the two in miami that collapsed. on the side of the area where we are, across from the riverwalk here, theres a construction area where there are two cranes side by side. weve been watching that. my field producer here just ran over to make sure we c...

Over. the air on top of what youre feeling with the wind has turned the rain into a midst and pull ver rised the water. you have so much water in the air it is almost like a fog now. thats a combination of heavy raining coming down and the incredible winds that are now in this area. we are under an extreme wind warning, which means that we could see gusts of up to maybe 145 miles an hour. now, if that happens, you are not going to see me. not because i walk off, because i would be blown off. the...