Irma Zigzagged News Today

Of florida all the way to the northeastern part of florida, jacksonville. the largest city geographically in florida, so youve got cities from here up to there just getting their arms about what happened here. florida now fighting to rofr after getting pounded by hours from winds sometimes over 100 miles an hour. every major city in florida impacted by irmas wrath and over 6 million customers left without power. two-thirds of the state. the florida keys hit first in the u.s. with category 4 wind...

About mile marker 85 or so. and it is one heartbreak after another. a childs picture book on the ground, the markings of the search and rescue teams who put the date and time they searched that home. unfortunately, zero bodies found inside, zero people found alive. most of these folks we hope would evacuate living in structures like this. good thing, you can see irmas storm surge what it does to a mobile home. this was someones -- someones living room and, of course, this is stuff that can be re...

>> irmas tropical storm, the center is 150 miles south of atlanta. moving north-northwest at a good clip at 17 miles per hour. and maximum winds, 50 miles per hour, by tomorrow morning, 40. however, its already responsible for two fatalities in georgia, one in an atlanta suburb with a fallen tree pipts nice to to see the dryer air move in but we had historic flooding with the st. johns river. its been shattering records, wolf. lets begin from the very beginning. we watched this as a typical wave...

Goodland, florida. this is a small fishing village, couple hundred residents call this home. this is by far the area where weve seen the most intense damage. this is an area where essentially the second landfall of hurricane irma was in here along marco island. were on the eastern edge of marco island. the winds were 130 miles an hour. at some point the gusts reached up to 140 miles an hour. residents described the storm surge taking over most of this town. 7 feet of water in some places. most o...

Monroe county -- commissioner, i should say. commissioner, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. and thanks for your help. >> we appreciate everything youre doing. good luck to all the folks there. i thn is a crisis that has unfolded. just ahead, the newest forecast for irma as it endangers those in the south. also tonight, another hurricane thats threatening the u.s. in the days ahead. well talk to a national guardsman thats been involved in urgent rescues on an island in crisis after being...

The disaster spawned by hurricane irma still unfolding as the storm moves north with potentially deadly winds and flooding. and tonight the full scope of the damage in florida is being revealed. cnns brian todd is in the hard-hit state. hes in the southwest coast. brian, youve seen some extreme damage. >> reporter: we certainly have, wolf. just a short time ago we came out of a badly flooded neighborhood not far from here in bonita springs, florida. we went there just to survey the damage but we...

Back there, the water was chest deep. >> reporter: rescues from flooded neighborhoods continued throughout the night with a total of 6.5 million people in florida told to evacuate. the question now, when can they return home? >> you check with local officials before returning home to make sure can you safely do so. >> reporter: clean-up crews now working on downed trees and branches and clearing sand off roadways. but authorities say parts of florida could be without power for weeks. while spots...

Customers, they are in the dark after irma zigzagged between the states east and west coast. the storm unleashi ining winds over 100 miles an hour and impacting major cities from miami to tampa to jacksonville. officials warn some places wont have power for weeks. were covering the breaking story with our correspondents and guests. theyre standing by in the areas hardest hit by irma. first, lets go to marco island where irma made its second landfall in florida. cnns brian todd is on the scene fo...

This is the spot where irma made its second landfall. theyre counting themselves as fortunate here tonight. >> were showing our viewers pictures of trucks going in to restore power in these areas. thanks very, very much. to the flooding emergency in jacksonville, florida, thats unfolding right now. irma hitting the city very hard in the past few hours. kaylee hartung is on the scene for us. floodwaters are rising to historic levels there, right? >> reporter: they are, wolf. the waters of the s...

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