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Tallahassee, canopy of trees. thats bhat governor was worried about. i spent time with him in the emergency operation center. hes worried about scenes like this. the tree clearly blocked the road, smashed in the back of this car. narrowly missed a house but took a power line with it. dozens of home in this area, we saw neighbors come out to check on one another. this is about a 40 mile projectile. the city was going out to assess the damage in the area that inspired us to check out the same. the...

Surge i -- urgency. right now in the immediate crisis. no small irony the u.n. global climate change report comes out talking about these conditions, how 100 year storms are every year storms. were dealing with this. tom, pick up on sams point and one of the things were watching. on my screen what were watching in different areas, we see obviously what is the hurricane threat in this area. but tropical storm which everybody always mitigates its intensity, its not that bad. its horrible, especial...

People dont want to hear it but it doesnt make it any less real. let me ask you something, this is a vicious political time. youre near the end of the political cycle. campaigning would stop. people would put leadership before partisan ship. are people working together, are you getting the right minds and the right collaboration? >> well, i was there before the storm. ill be there tomorrow and then i can answer your question. i suspended my ads up in the entire panhandle. well see. andrew gill...

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Ill check back with you soon. hurricane michael. the trail of damage is amazing. look at tallahassee. youre going to have a unique challenge because of the foliage, the population centers, the need. cnns nick valencia is there. what are you seeing? you got one of the main examples right behind you. >> reporter: yeah, this is some of the worst of it, chris. you hit the nail on the head. picturesque beauty in tallahassee, canopy of trees. thats exactly what the governor was worried about. i spent ...

Trees tossed like twigs, too often into homes and businesses, multiplying the mayhem. the challenge for us, to capture what the storm has left behind, the need that exists, and where it is headed next. and we have the best information available. we have reporters all over the place. people willing to put themselves into the worst of it. and we have weather legend sam champion, the one and only back with us to walk us through the toll and whats still to come. it is all hands on deck. lets get aft...

Already. if you are, you are among lucky. close to half a million now are without power. flooding catastrophic. theres been only a limited window for rescue. the night is still very young for those in the path of this monster. the rampage started near mexico beach, florida, this afternoon. homes ripped into shreds. roads raging rivers now. trees tossed like twigs, too often into homes and businesses, multiplying the mayhem. the challenge for us, to capture what the storm has left behind, the nee...

Nature can throw at you. trees snapped and crossing the road just about everywhere. electrical lines down everywhere as well. very hard to get through those, and lots and lots of water. i mean, cars at this hour -- it was pretty easy to cross this much earlier today. now its much more treacherous because its hard to see as youre coming down the road, its hard to even tell this is water if there is nobody else on it. but this is a major intersection. theres no lights. it is completely desolate, a...

Tom, pick up on sams point and one of the things were watching. on my screen what were watching in different areas, we see obviously what is the hurricane threat in this area. but tropical storm which everybody always mitigates its intensity, its not that bad. its horrible, especially in the areas that are already saturated. what is the additional risk there, tom? >> in 2003 hurricane isabel moved into the outer banks and went into the washington, d.c. area. it wasnt that strong a storm but it d...

Surge. miguel marques is in south port, florida, just north of panama city, right around here where the storm has just moved through. and behind it now, devastation. just look what hes standing in. miguel. >> reporter: this is a major road here, chris. ill show you these cars going through here. this is 77 where it meets 77-a. were trying to get to mexico beach, but it is blocked by just about everything that mother nature can throw at you. trees snapped and crossing the road just about everywhe...