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Something at the checkpoint. we passed the checkpoint on the way in today in order to get to the beach today. and again, the hope from the mayor is theyll be able to get people in tomorrow or earlier than the noon hour. ali, stephanie? >> have you seen any residents about? because ali and i of key largo. key largo is an area of florida where i spend a lot of time. looking at a1a and the fact it is empty, shut down, is stunning. that is a road constantly packed. the images were looking at now, we...

Stop signs and street signs, stop signs, which you know couldnt be deeper into the ground. when you see them start to flutter -- >> they are designed not to be removed. >> think about the economic impact. a city like orlando -- >> makes money off tour im. >> makes money off tourism. when you look at katie beck driving down the main drag like that and the road is empty, thats stunning. thats not an orlando any of us are used to seeing. >> there are very few cities, orlandos airport is mco, mickey...

Get in. remember, key largo is a multi-hour drive from key west. if youre not familiar with the area, you think it is a hop, skip and a jump, it is certainly not. when you look at these images and you think, when are people going to get back there and back into business, thats where you have loads of hotels, restaurants, fishing businesses. just off key largo is where they have a massive, you know, sort of everglades retreat, a huge alligator farm, a giant tourist attraction. people simply arent...

>> sounds like we have lost david there. but jacksonville is the biggest city in florida. we always think about miami, but not only is jacksonville very big, its got low-lying places and a lot of the houses that are owned by people or rented by people who have not been able to, since hurricane andrew, bring everything up to code. we spent a lot of time talking about people who built their homes to what they call miami-dade standards or the windows to take 145 miles of impact. not everybody can d...

Have been affected by this. but jacksonville is the story. i want to go over to say hi to by mbuddy, stephanie, we were mere when the storm was setting in. a lot of things we have to talk about this morning. i dont want to lose sight of 9/11. it is the anniversary, the 16th anniversary of 9/11. something that is so important to those of us in the city. but right now our immediate attention is on jacksonville. ali, i just left a 9/11 memorial event. if you lived in new york or washington, d.c.,...

>> reporter: the station here usually has three trucks, they have gone up to six, they had trucks come in to help and assist here. we just actually, i think they got a call about somebody being stuck under a tree, so well go and take a look at what that looks like. stephanie and ali? >> vaughan, i want to bring in bill karins. bill? just quickly from the jacksonville area, the sheriff tweeted out and said attention everyone in zones a and b along the river, evacuate now. they have opened up th...

Tons of pelting rain. a lot of flooding as weve been showing you throughout the day. this debris that came in from the ocean really washed up on to shore, the a1a is covered in sand. looks like a beach. then you have the kelp that leads up to the businesses. many of them closed a couple days ago, taking precautions. but the overall sense of relief here is pretty strong, although theyre going to have to deal with insurance claims and re-opening is going to be a process, as there is still no power...

Parts. >> we are watching the continue of hurricane irma in some parts. if you are in jacksonville, it is not clear which part youre at because theres still a high tide coming in. and theres flooding in that city. lets go to florida times union reporter david bauerline from jacksonville. david, what is the situation in jacksonville, which is the, in terms of land mass, the largest city in the continental united states? >> reporter: well, the main danger right now is definitely flooding from the ...