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The water or in the dirt. thousands of trees were ripped out of the ground by hurricane irmas blistering winds. and its not salvageable either. >> not any part of it. this would normally not be ready until april or may. >> reporter: his crop was destined to be orange juice, but now, with much of it floating in three feet of floodwater, it looks more like an orange soup. >> as you can see by the amount of fruit on the ground, this was more than an average crop. >> reporter: it was a banner year? ...

Operations center, delta dispatchers worked to get flights back in the air. florida wants tourists to return quickly to deserted beaches and abandoned hotels and shops and restaurants that power the economy. insurance losses from irma, including homes, businesses and vehicles, are estimated to cost between 20 and $40 billion. jim durhan is picking up the pieces of his 65-room hotel in ft. lauderdale. >> it gets very emotional. i broke down a couple times. just ive been doing this 17 years. every...

For weeks or months, putting 1.4 million tourism jobs in jeopardy. airports now closed. cruises canceled. beaches and coastal hotels abandoned, some guests sent to red cross shelters. even the states iconic theme parks like disney and universal studios are shut down for days. universal is owned by nbc news parent company. beyond tourism, small businesses are facing irmas wrath, boarded up windows lining the main drag in ft. lauderdale telling irma to stay away. at the elbow room, an iconic bar h...

Florida. >> reporter: oranges trucked to tropicanas processing plant. and who knew it was all started by an italian immigrant, anthony rossi. his goal? getting fresh squeezed orange juice to grocery stores and kitchen tables across america. and all these years later, we can still find it right there on the shelves. the cold room, the most popular room on a hot summer day. >> becca, hi. good to see you. >> how are you, good to see you too. >> youre at the coldest part of the store. >> reporter: b...

Sidewalk of his urban gar den. with us an abandoned community pool, finally is now swimming in pomegranites, oranges, curly kale and even bananas. >> most people expect ugly, dressers and mattresses and chairs on the parkway. but thats why i did this. i want to end that. >> reporter: celery root. >> finallys gangsta gardener persona has inspired similar initiatives through the ron finally project. >> the soil is gangsta, being educated is gangsta, being self-sustaining is gangsta. not this robbi...

In south carolina, farmers hoped protective covering would save the states strawberry crop but in south georgia, blue berry fields fell into a deep damaging freeze. >> is the worst of it over? >> i hope, thats what-- thats the question of the hour. thats the question of the hour. if its not, i might as well quit. >> reporter: all this week the overnight lows have been in the mid 20s. some good news, tonights overnight low should stay above freezing. but all of the open exposed buds on these peac...

This. it happened real fast. >> reporter: at a nearby golf course-more rescues, 20 people believed to be homeless-clinging to trees for safety. emergency officials say the flooding is the direct result of water being released from anderson reservoir, what now looks like a man made waterfall. its one of many reservoirs in the area at or near capacity, leading to low level flooding, including this parking lot full of cars at a nearby college. all of san jose doubling the normal amount of rain it n...

They figure the music confuses harmful bugs, making them unable to breathe. the music also scares away birds and other creatures who feed on grapes. cignozzi is proud of the research, not to mention their wines. as for the idea that these vines are reacting simply to sound vibrations, not specifically mozart, well, this is italy. >> i prefer the music. sorry, but im very romantic. >> reporter: seth doane, cbs montelcino, news, italy. >> ninan: i know im not the only one who want to know how that...

>> pelley: now, steve hartman, with a special military operation. >> reporter: for as long as he can remember, 19-year-old rishi sharma has been fascinated with world war ii. but it wasnt until recently t un he realized this history is still living. >> there are real superhero world war ii vets out there, and i want to meet them. >> reporter: so in 2014, as a junior in high school, rishi made it his mission. >> i ditched so many days of high school to go do an interview. >> reporter: you were sk...

>> reporter: and its in jeopardy because of this bug from china, which carries the tree disease known as greening. it can kill a citrus tree in as little as three years. >> were always constantly looking, is there a way to cut costs. do we want to take money out of our pockets? im the fourth generation to be here, and to give that up would really hurt me. >> reporter: the infected trees produce oranges that are much smaller. theyre misshapen and they fall from the tree prematurely. the citrus in...