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Forest coverage just in that century. and when you start losing vegetation we start seeing decrease in landslides so theres several factors here. its also human caused problems like that being deforestation and loss of vegetation so its leading to scenes like this. we dont have the root structures in place on the sides of these mountain slopes and you have to think some are forced to live on the mountain tops because the population continues to grow so quickly. >> thank you for watching cnn news...

Steve harrigan, thank you. despite expectations, tampa, florida, was lucky to avoid the worst-case scenario from hurricane irma. lets get the foxs mike tobin, standing by in tampa right now. >> reporter: with that stroke of luck, if you will, the fight here for the people and business owners in the tampa area to get back to normal. we saw that today with the boards coming down. businesses opening up. if the biggest obstacle is power. some 54% of the power customers with tampa electric are out of...