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Fishing village called goodland just east of marco island. we were able to get on to marco island. that island has been reopened and residents that were there, 17,000 or so able to get back on. that island withstood the power and the fury of hurricane irma rather well, but it is a different story in goodland, florida, which is a small little fishing village at the very bottom of florida and the edge of the everglades and the gulf of mexico, and this is a small little village that just took a clo...

How are things there now? >> reporter: well, let me put it to you this way. i am standing on the bottom of the marina. not on a dock. not on a boat. literally on the muddy bottom of the marina here. you can mussels down to the bottom. i shouldnt be able to do this. about 30 or 40 feet of the whaert go water has gone out of the bay. sitting not in water but in mud. that water keeps getting forced out. one could completely nerd out on mother nature here it is just, the wind is blowing so hard towa...

Behind the lagoon without a doubt. all these homes, there will be water on the first floor if storm surge goes to where it is projected. and we are not talking about the wind yet. there are palm trees, projectile coconuts flying all over the place. stuff that i cant comprehend standing here. bill karins is 100% right. we are not out here in a couple hours time. if this is the beginning of it, i can only imagine what it is like when it gets to the worst. >> bill karins will look at the winds. >> ...

Anything probably above -- above 10 to 11, probably have water in their house. actually say on north beach, some of the areas where theyre basically at sea level, most of those structures are at least on, on pilings and theyre 10, 12 feet off the ground, but that means their cars are going to get -- if they leave their cars out there in the storage rooms underneath, theyre going to get full of water and, of course, dhau couple that with the wind pounding on them, we dont know the effect. thats w...

Bridges dont open. now, in 2012 when hurricane sandy badly damaged the pilings to the pier, that eventually made it inaccessible to the public, causing this to close in 2015. while this massive submarine doesnt technically have to go under the eviction notice, environmentalists say it should, and the only way to get it out is to dismantle her piece by piece, cut it up. lot of people dont want that to happen either. those who run the museum say theres a plan they have in place that they would lik...

Buzzing this morning. its all in "the skinny" on this thursday, august 28th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." i wonder, viewers are saying what happened at the end? >> i know. and now we might know -- but we might not. >> good morning, im brandi hitt. >> im dan kloeffler on this thursday morning. lets get right to our top story this morning. dangerous rip currents, high surf on both coasts. there is a hurricane in the atlantic. a tropical storm in the pacific. >> not only...

This is "world news now." i wonder, viewers are saying what happened at the end? >> i know. and now we might know -- but we might not. >> good morning, im brandi hitt. >> im dan kloeffler on this thursday morning. lets get right to our top story this morning. dangerous rip currents, high surf on both coasts. there is a hurricane in the atlantic. a tropical storm in the pacific. >> not only warnings for swimmers and surfers, but even waders. abcs kirk hawkins has more. >> reporter: high surf po...

The search for those missing in fridays deadly avalanche on mt. everest has been suspended for the day. at least 13 people killed when pilings ice and snow came crushing down on the group. three of them are still missing. the incident is is being called the deadliest day in the history of the worlds tallest peak. nbcs duncan golostani has the latest from london. >> reporter: a helicopter carries the latest body recovered. at base camp, climbers cape out to pay their respect as it was slowly lowe...

Much smaller scale. all the plans are in place. we know what to do. we know where to get the lumber. we know how to start. we know how to do this. unfortunately, were seasoned. >> reporter: in union beach, after the storm gigi opened a bar called jacobbobs off the bay because her old restaurant was destroyed. >> jakerbobs bay is in the bay. >> reporter: her $1.2 million insurance policy offered just $9,000. and shes not sure shell ever be able to rebuild. >> i dont know where im going to be next...

Barriers not been there, that woman would have been able to drive literally up the graduated steps straight up to the capitol steps. those were put in after 9/11, they did their job. those are massive steel pilings put into the ground, and so what we did after 9/11 to secure the capitol complex worked today. our precautions actually worked and thats a great thing. what did not work i think is when you see her go around that monument and then she goes back up and then she takes a right up constit...