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The -- >> we passed legislation that requires that disclosure. and one thing you do, you work to make sure, some of that gets caused because theres not good backup power. so thats where we have really tried to make sure happens around the state, that everybody has power so we dont have that issue. and these backup generators, i know it costs money, but it really does matter. for everybody, whether its businesses, and we are working hard with our alfs and nursing homes with regard to that. great,...

Generators and they will help us get online very quickly but it is such a powerful storm nobody can figure out what that would truly look like so we are anticipating when daylight daylight, said if we can get over their. >>, the animals are we talking about?. >> about 20,000 at the florida aquarium from the giant loggerhead sea turtles, penguins, sharks but the aquarium the majority of the exhibit or on second and third floors of their not affected by the surge it was just animals on the first f...

Sunny skies, the governor is warning people not to venture out in florida with flooding, with downed power lines and debris blocking the roads. rising waters are creating emergency situations in jacksonville. a record storm surge was reported this morning. search and rescue teams are now evacuating people who are stranded by the flooding. in orlando, more than 120 homes were evacuated when floodwaters suddenly rushed into that place. we looked at the pictures last night as the rain came down on ...

>> worse? but that was a 5. th this is a 4. >> but this is bigger. you see people and residents heeding those evacuation warnings. typically we dont have this kind of response. people have looked at cnn, looked at the weather out there. they know its coming. they figure lets be safer than sorry. also, the changes that we made since hurricane andrew, the building codes for one thing. south florida put in some of the string jest building codes there are. everything built since hurricane andrew has...

25 years ago this month in august 1992, florida got hit by a category 5 hurricane, hurricane andrew. in addition to the immediate concern for human life and well being, there was also a lot of worry at the time about this place. this is called turkey point, floridas oldest nuclear power plant. and as the eye of that hurricane passed over the turkey point nuclear plant in 1992, some of the facilities around the reactor buildings took a beating, including stuff that was supposed to be hurricane-pr...

Floridas oldest nuclear power plant. and as the eye of that hurricane passed over the turkey point nuclear plant in 1992, some of the facilities around the reactor buildings took a beating, including stuff that was supposed to be hurricane-proof. within ten miles of the plant, within ten miles of turkey point, there were 41 warning sirens set up for the nuclear plant. of the 41, hurricane andrew blew down 36 of them. they left the plant running on backup generators for more than a week in order ...

The 456 emergency shelters that have been set up all across the island. and this particular one is being run by the city of san juan. i want to show you what we have here behind me. yesterday when we came, this coliseum was empty as people were beginning to prepare food, waiting for these people to arrive. and as you can see, weve got hundreds of people, entire families, who have lined their costs up. they brought everything they can they were able to evacuate with. and this is full-on emergency...

Rupture other chemicals on-site? >> like we said, we believe that they are in a remote enough area that we dont anticipate any other damage to property on the site. >> you said that the chemicals could burn -- is there any potential for them not to burn as they are released into the floodwaters? does that do anything to the environment? >> no, we anticipate that they will decompose once they start to warm up, and then they will burn. we had a generators, backup generators, backup backup generato...

Other cases it continues to rise. you have families with the understanding that their loved ones are going in this particular flights to jasper, ambulances are going to other locations. the hospital here is organized. theyre keeping a list of which patient is going where. theyre setting up a phone number for people who dont necessarily have the main number to call to find out where loved ones are to be aware of where they are moved to. they started with 193 patients here. theyre starting to go d...

Military vehicles. the chemicals used to make things like hoses, foam cups and plastic pipes need to be kept cold. but more than 40 inches of rain knocked out electricity, killed backup generators and now threatens the remaining cold storage units. what is not clear tonight is exactly how big a fire or explosion might be, and exactly what the impact would be on people or the environment. tonight, state, local and federal officials are watching closely, tom. >> a story were going to stay on top o...