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Downtown jacksonville. when we walked up upon hogan street here at 11:00 a.m. this morning, the waur was three blocks inland and it continued to rise throughout the day. as bad it looks then three blocks inland, we were told it was going to get worse. 2:00 p.m., thats when the tooitd was at its highest here is when the water was at its highest through these floods. five and a half feet today above what you would typically see at high tide in jacksonville. at times we saw white kams in those wate...

Otis. im so glad that you are safe. these winds continue to batter us here. we are looking at white caps coming up as the st. johns river flows through downtown jacksonville and the fear that the water continues to rise. a couple of bridges have reopened with traffic going both ways and it purely depends on the wind speeds and all bridges are open from the westbound side, leading anyone who stayed on the barrier islands like jacksonville beach who tried to ride out the storm and trying to get th...

Behind me you can see a marina just over my shoulder, and a bridge that would take you to jacksonville beach. these are already historic flood levels in downtown jacksonville, unlike anything that theyve seen before and authorities caution, kate, it will get worse. the rain has stopped. i dont need a rain jacket to stand out here and talked to you. the rain has stopped. high tide not until 2:00 p.m. they are thinking levels could rise 4 to 6 feet above high tide levels here. i would like to be a...

Whats it like? >> reporter: yeah, you know, the rain has stopped. i could actually take off my rain jacket but my shirt is soaking wet that the wind is making it cold, so i couldnt do that up. unpacked a lot of good news in that intro. basically, i think, irma -- hurricane irma underdelivered in tampa because we missed the eye and it went more inland. and south florida it overdelivered. i think they got more than they expected. as for the situation here in tampa right now, its much calmer than i...

When we last spoke, it was a very different picture. >> yep, yep, let me put my jacket on. whew! wolf, i didnt have a rain jacket when it hit because it had not rained a single drop here all day long. we havent seen any rain. it just goes to show how quickly these things can come out of nowhere. so, if you are in florida awaiting this storm, dont be outside. dont be near the water. dont be in a place where something like this can surprise you. you know, were on the weak side of the storm. the st...

>> it has deteriorated almost in the last few minutes, erin. it went from a moment where were getting ready for a live shot. my camera man and i, and all of a sudden out of nowhere, this gust came in, the sky turned back. i didnt have a rain jacket on because we hadnt had a drop of rain fall all day. and then just this surge of water came and almost knocked me over. so just goes to show you how quickly and how unexpectedly things can change. we are getting a much weaker version of this storm bec...

But its not bad at all. actually, its sort of clear. so, we havent gotten the bad part yet, to the bad part yet. we have areas of our city under mandatory evacuation orders. were urging people, if you live in those areas, to please leave and go to a shelter or friends house, but get out of that evacuation area. its a very strong storm. we want people to stay safe. once the winds pick up, we wont be able to send out our emergency responders because they cannot go out in the high winds. if you hav...

>> yes. theyre in a rain jacket, plain cloepts with a rain jacket on. theyre police officers, so they have a radio and firearm, everything that you would have as a plain clothes officer. [ inaudible ] >> no, they clearly were in an nypd rain jacket. [ inaudible ] >> i would rather not comment on that. 5ud aud [ inaudible ] >> they oversee and observe the actions of police officers and th demonstrators. >> during these types of demonstrations, we feel quite a few of our department attorneys, most...

Wednesday, october 15th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> okay. >> good morning. im reena ninan. >> im t.j. holmes. thanks for spending time with us an this wednesday. around here its called day three. >> day three. >> do you have rain boots? >> oh, god. >> rain jacket, rain boots. i would bring them in tomorrow. >> i dont have those just yet. >> it sounds pretty bad. >> this is extreme weather were dealing with. its going to be a mess the next couple of days. >> a deadl...

Youre wearing it. at the moment, i can see you dont have your hood on. >> reporter: i missed the last part because we had a gust but i heard you say something about what im wearing here. yeah. just trying to keep it as waterproof as possible. when i started off last night i just had a polo shirt on but ive got my rain pants and my rain jacket and im relatively, that is a look term again, relatively dry at this point. but at some point, id love to get some of this sand out of all of my various cr...