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Have come out from state, local and federal authorities have been continuous and constant. as a result of that, i think the people should be well supplied. if theyre hunkered down, they should have the water that they would need. some canned goods, you know, any prescription drugs they might need for several days. that sort of thing. >> but that for most people has occurred. once the storm gets past us, hopefully it moves on fairly rapidly. >> hope for the best, plan for the worst. thank you fro...

Crain has cracked fifb want to be clear its not a full collapse. but it does appear that there was a concern they -- i believe we have with us a witness, someone who saw this crain crack. gideon abe joins me. give me a sense of what you saw. >> caller: hi, really i was just riding the storm out like many people here in downtown miami. i heard a loud crack, and then a boom that followed that. i looked out the window and looked up and sue remnants of the cranes falling down. so now its cracked.

Good day or so. in fact, just before you came on, that i was cued up with you, i happened to lose power at the moment. its been flickering in and out at times, but only for about maybe 10, 15 seconds. then the power would come back on. s. >> reporter: right. we had that same power hit here. it was just brief, certainly nothing like what theyre expecting may happen. the estimate from the state is over 1.3 million people without powers, mostly central and southern florida, because obviously the st...

Flights as we go to break, this storm has strengthened. it made landfall, and it slowed down. that speed is going to mean a lot to scientists. duration. this storm is going to stay longer and places were going to take you through that, where the storm has been, what its done and where irma is still aheaded. well be right back. were seeing cars drive up to this intersection, having to turn around, make a u-turn, realize its not safe to pass. we have some first responders out here. these are the...

Zone. that is what they think is not going to be susceptible to any kind of storm surge, but we went back there this morning, and just -- just really looked like those folks had been through a miserable night. theyre not letting cameras inside, but outside we just met lots and lots of people who said their night was terrible. the day is going to be terrible. theyre just huddled down in there, just waiting for the storm to be over. to be fair to the officials, they gave them safe shelter. they ne...

Basically act as a weather vane, but theres being questions about how prepared tampa is for this storm surge of this mag any tide. five to eight feet was the estimate. as of yesterday. it was 1921 when a category 3 storm hit tampa. thankfully only one fatality was reported then, but there was an awful lot of damage down here, so the city has not had a direct hit since that storm nearly 100 years ago. obviously yesterday morning people woke up to a very different reality here, and really all alon...

Much worse. >> mow do you think the ampa bay area will be able to handle that? >> a storm surge like that is something you will worry about, but depending on where the storm continues to track will be a huge factor in how much of a surge we experience or on the back side of the storm. that all depends, as you know, whether the eye goes to the east or west of us. >> millions of people in the past of the storm.

Tens of shelters, as far as -- >> well, theyre pretty full now. >> we have got a lot of shelters fortunately. people have heeded the evacuation orders, which is important. so i think were doing pretty well. we have some shelters that are taking pets, cats and dogs as well, which are very important to people. >> now, 1 million people-plus without power already. that number will go up, because theres still plenty of how long will it take the power to get back up? >> it may take a while.

Through this, how to be best prepared. we thank you so much for your time, sir. back to you, chris, in naples. >> obviously charlie crist, congressman now, former governor, we heard from the fema director the other day. you have three objectives -- inform, influence and inspire. we are in the phase now of just holding everything in pause until they see what this storm does. the aftermath is a when the horse will have -- bill maas, i kept you as dry as possible. to be honest, this is nothing comp...

Im anderson cooper. welcome back to our continuing coverage. im in the city of tampa, where there really is no indication at this point of the storm that is yet to come. obviously things are going to be getting worse and worse later throughout the day into the evening hours. john berman is in miami, and were in naples, and were throughout the region. this is not just an event for florida, but other states will be affected as well. john, you mentioned a crain collapsing in miami. what have you le...