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Dirt road. i cannot tell you the stories weve been hearing from people as they walk by here. one person told me he was 40 stories up in up with of these buildings yesterday riding out the storm and saw glass flying out of another building. i saw a person walk home who had to evacuate because the water got into the ground level of his building. he had a clean shirt, went home to get a clean shirt because the place hes staying is so cold he needed long sleeves. most people here grateful it is all ...

Microanalogy of what this entire area is dealing with. were flooding on our debris, just twigs and stuff that are coming down on the tree are blocking the drains so the water fills up so quickly. imagine that mag if iified for the sewer system here, which already say very low water table. its very shallow because the water tables very high. so it floods very easily. just this rain alone would have completely overwhelmed it and still were waiting on the storm surge and these gusts are the real de...

Thats the storm surge coming into naples and its now up about five feet and one foot above ground level and thats supposed to go upward of ten to 15 feet and well continue to watch this and well start to look for pictures to show everyone of this in this once in a lifetime and once in a generation storm surge. >> lets describe what it means to folks. as this hurricane has come in. it is coming in with winds that are doing this. >> correct. >> if you were in fort meyers you were facing the winds ...

Big crane in manhattan collapsed. so thats a real threat. shep: phil keating in the water along miami. governor scott holding a news briefing. lets listen. >> the areas of south florida and the keys have had up to 12 inches of rain. across the state we can see 8-15 inches of rain. the vast majority of florida is under a hurricane warning. this is a serious serious threat of storm surge flooding along the west coast of florida. this increased to 15 feet above ground level in southwest florida. ta...

5 1/2 feet in an hour and now we are officially going above ground level and the water is now about one foot above ground level and the forecast is for ten to 15 feet and were now starting in one hour, the water rose five and a half feet in naples. >> thats the kind of thing that makes you wonder. the hotel weve been watching across the street in downtown naples. will those sandbags be near enough for what theyre going to need to keep water out of their lobby? >> not if the storm surge has wave ...

Of the range makes a big difference for not only this arena, that neighborhood in the windy city. trade to thank you very much. stay safe with everyone. >> punta gorda in central florida south of tampa. we were with you earlier. it looks like the winds have already picked up. >> yeah, we are down to ground level now. we just checked the radar. if you look at it, even though the most connection comes near the eye wall, there were others invented within this then you get a little bit of one now. t...

Here around me, really makes you wonder, can the homes, can the other buildings around this part of naples and southwest florida, can it continue to withstand this kind of intensity for as long as it has and theres still more to come. theres no question and a concern that we have here. >> reporter: all right, ed. ill take it from you right now. i was -- i was a little overly optimistic in terms of the worst being through. i was hoping thats what that was before but shes back. and it is a big blo...

Around. we have not stheen een that to case. you know what it would be like if you get hit by anything like that. thats why its on ground level. im up here to assess what is happening here, because this has been hours of this. and if we can bring chad bad. ed, sneak inside. get yourself out of this. duration and the idea some of this has been tenderizing to the naples city area, that while its been waiting for hours for irma to come in earnest, its been getting hit with wave after wave and wind,...

Wed like it to be faster, but thats what we have to deal with. this is a wind event and surge event that is beginning now. thats why we have the flash flood emergency for the marco island area. >> control room, show us the weather channel for a second. there our meteorologist is at ground level in naples. 88 mile an hour sustained gusts to 131. >> now starting to see things slide, right? starting to see tree debris. you can barely see anything down u.s. 41. s with intensity of the wind and the r...

We live right across from -- we live on atlantic boulevard, we live in a duplex, and her place is ground level, we knew that would flood. >> when you went to the shelter, did you know what to bring with you? how long can you hang out at the healther with the stuff that theyve got? >> the word was this is emergency shelter of last resort and bring your own food, water, bedding, or whatever you think youll need. but they did, once we got here, they had water, meals ready to eat, and stuff like tha...