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Way, we are getting word -- a third crane has gone down in miami, that is very bad news, these cranes weigh tons. and they just didnt have time to bring them down in time. they said they would need about two weeks to get them down, i am sure miami-dade county will look at this closely. host hurricane irma, they unlatched them and let them swirl like weathervanes, letting them spin but three of them folded and collapsed, damaging buildings. i may have told you, we were awoken at 8 p.m. with a ban...

Them shut off. the other thing were seeing is water and how there isnt that much of it, especially on this street right now. when we spoke to you about 20 minutes ago, there was water covering pretty much most of this street up into the middle. now its gone. when we got here hours ago, there was water clear from here all the way back to biscayne bay. that is no longer the case. you can easily drive down this road. whats left behind, unfortunately, all kinds of things are starting to show up. you...

Shallow landing aircraft. tons of equipment supplies but we have 300,000 marines. all the services down here, army, air force, coast guard, national guard. we always come nothing a crisis. >> are you still, commander, searching for missing people? >> currently we have not had as much search and rescue activity as you might have seen in, say, hurricane harvey because the flooding damage was not as prominent. but id say weve done over 100 medical evacuation missions, including dozens of credit can...

Orlando. bri brynn what are conditions there like and for anybody here in orlando about the movement of the storm theres the go to be more concern. >> reporter: absolutely anderson. were in the middle of the state, not by a coast but that doesnt make us immune. we are getting smacked with wind gusts right now and tons of rain. officials tell me they dont expect the worst of this storm a or the worst to begin until midnight. were several hours away but already seeing a lot happening in orlando. w...

With life vests, and they went to the second-story to avoid the surge that came through. look at where i am standing. imagine where i am. im 63". it came about this high, right here. this business had no chance. the home had no chance. look over this way. damage all the way down. those are the houseboats that they got knocked out pretty goo good. there is no ambulance service on the island, the hospital is closed. the sheriff department dissecting whether the roads are passable. theyre not going...

In this direction we are blocked by our hotel building but in this direction can i tell what you im seeing is just the trees sort of bending over. wind tunnel is extremely bad over there. whats worse is an erie sound. we keep hearing the almost car crashing sounds. thats what we are hearing. they keep coming and crashing on to the concrete. hearing one after the other. sounding like many car crashes happening on the street. we are getting a lot of wind and weve been paying attention to this ligh...

Tons of pelting rain. a lot of flooding as weve been showing you throughout the day. this debris that came in from the ocean really washed up on to shore, the a1a is covered in sand. looks like a beach. then you have the kelp that leads up to the businesses. many of them closed a couple days ago, taking precautions. but the overall sense of relief here is pretty strong, although theyre going to have to deal with insurance claims and re-opening is going to be a process, as there is still no power...

This a your few from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. the roads are just impassable. this needs to be cleaned. not only that, we have downed power lines, giant trees. so we understand there are tons of people in shelters and hotels throughout the state that just want to get home. its been a grueling 2 or 3 days. and they want to come home. right now those restoration crews need to get their job done. the weather has finally started to subdue in the last couple hours. when i was first out with you guys aro...

This area. make no mistake, those, there is still water here. mean, theres a bit of a bowl effect on brickell avenue. if you look down this way, tons of water remains in that particular intersection. the side streets that lead back to the bay, they appear to be draining away. eventually we expect the water here to do the same. >> thank you for that update. we hear the faint sound of police sirens in the background as well. joining us is justin grimes who lived through hurricane charley and now r...

West to be on the west side of this. the winds coming from the north and the other side. there is a ton of wave energy being spread up towards the miami area. a lot of the energy will pull up over the next couple of hours. tons to go right here. this is a capital for -- cat four. this is going to be a really big deal hitting florida in a storm that has been strong for a long time that is accumulated a lot of energy in and about 12 to 18 hours, there would be some wind that will break it down. th...