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Northern florida, the city of jacksonville reeling from a record storm surge and devastating floods. >> same threat facing other coastal communities like savannah and charleston south carolina with flash flood emergencies declared over night. so far irma being blamed for five deaths including two from falling trees. >> power outage a big issue. 6.2 million customers in florida. 1.4 million in georgia. hundreds of thousands more in a south carolina, north carolina and alabama. >> it will take a l...

Minutes past the you hour. tropical depression moving to the north devastation becoming painfully clear. rescue team the struggling to reach the florida keys. >> accessing the lower keys by boat is too dangerous because of all the debris in the water. us-1 which connects the keys is under water. later this morning monroe county officials will allow some residents and business owners back in. >> the biggest threat it this week will be river flooding in northern florida. city of jacksonville reeli...

Some. >> we need water, food, we need gas. >> reporter: and in this area, broken boats litter the roads and the shores. >> its not going to be any tourism down here for quite some time which is going to make life tough. no way to make a living. >> reporter: irmas impacts are cripples much of the southeast. in jacksonville it could take a week for the flood water to recede. today the mayor pleased first responders the for rescuing people from the rising waters. >> what i saw on the ground is noth...

Here. this is the main treem that were seeing so many falling trees and billboards. weve seen boats and jet-skis in the middle of the road. we drove down actually to check out the snake creek bridge we had heard from one local -- why dont we go down here and see whats going on. we heard from one local that the bridge had gone out. its the one draw bridge in this chain of islands and if those rumors were true it would have been devastating for the people of the keys because that would have cut th...

They wont go out. its simply too dangerous. >> michael, you can really hear the wind is whipping up right now where you are. hello, everybody, im john vause. thanks for staying with us. hurricane matthew as you can see battering the coast of florida he at this moment. the storm earlier plowed through the caribbean, 269 people were killed there, mostly in haiti. another 100,000 are living in shelters. we have more on the devastation caused in haiti. >> reporter: hurricane matthew was at strongest...

Hours probably to come to that shore. it wont be that high when it comes on shore. it will be about half that number. six to eight confused storm surge is likely approaching east of cape canaveral now and north wad as the eye wall is approaching. the conditions are rapidly approaching at the cape. winds are gusting over hurricane force. plenty of rain, and the trees are bending. im waiting for power outage asks telephone poles to start snapping because the winds are picking up here at this locat...

Back to the 17 foot storm surge you are talking about. its 20 miles to the east. what is the time frame before that hits the coast? if its 17 feet 20 miles out and the what does that mean when it impacts the coastline. >> stand by. winds are gusting -- winds are gusting over hurricane force at my location. u.s. trees are bending here at my location here at cap canaveral. let me make one correction fl its not a 17 foot storm surge. it is 17 foot waves on the bui. its showing you the water is ramp...

From is that storm surge, 7 to 11 feet this is friday evening. palm coast, daytona beach. and then our main focus moves into southeast georgia and south carolina. thats where we have a potential for a major flood problem. lefts dynamics at that talk about here. michael back out to you in the horrendous weather you are experiencing now. >> reporter: i can tell you, mate, it is a bit -- it is as they say in the surfing world getting a bit gnarly out here at the moment. derek thanks so much for tha...

By one estimate, 25 to 30 people a year are killed by falling trees, and especially after severe weather. watch as this tree is lifted from the soggy earth. that danger particularly worrisome in crowded city areas. >> here in new york central park over the last five years, several people have been injured, even killed by falling trees or tree branches. tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> gusty winds brought down many tree branches in parts of the southwest yesterday. severe storms even spawned a ...

>> reporter: chaos across southern california. deadly winds and choppy water tossing these boats on to catalina island. and up in the mountains, caught off guard by icy conditions. trapped in their cars. >> we cant go. were stuck. >> reporter: forced to use snowcats for the rescue. in pasadena, at least four injured, winds gusting at the rose bowl. and more winds at the coast in san francisco. near 50 miles per hour. train service stalled by trees on tracks and some ferry service canceled. >> ye...