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There is no joy in reporting that hurricane maria has exploded from a category one to a category five in 72 hours. just tonight it made the list 1 storms in recorded history. also just tonight a crew member on board a hurricane hunter aircraft traveling over the top of the storm said, quote, this is about as bad as you can get. we have two reports on this storm night. one from san juan and one from the studyio. gabe i see its hitting you with rain and wind bands. >> reporter: yeah. seems just a ...

70-mile-per-hour wind gusts in mayport. 60 miles per hour wind gust in jacksonville, its still there. thats what we will be concerned about here as we head into around the noon hour a. three-to-five-foot storm surge from the space coat up north. four-to-six feet. >> that combined with the heavy rain that will be in the area here for today going to lead to some tough travel conditions and also some inundation of water and the normally vulnerable spots. we will be looking out for that again, not s...

Through the rain and fog behind me, but thats going to produce a lot of damage. >> chris, i want to drive the point home to people, you are in a sheltered spot where you need to be. behind you not too far, we are seeing what these localized rain and wind bands are doing to palm trees. it is going to keep going and intensify throughout the day. now the wind has reached your back. >> reporter: yeah. an hour before we had jacob soboroff a few miles west. as you get further west to the water, you ge...

[ inaudible ]. it was devastated in hurricane andrew. it was rebuilt to much better building codes. i can tell you all across this region, homes here are -- the big concern is of course these wind bands continue to blow across here from north to south in many areas. thats a major concern. first responders will not go out anymore today. they dont want to put their first responders lives at risk. the rain has also been an issue. its hammering sideways since about 8:00 p.m. late last night. its bee...

Saying to rene marsh yesterday out of washington, there could be millions without power possibly for weeks. a big elderly population obviously in the state of florida. how concerned are you? >> well, im very concerned. already in south florida we have about three quarters of a million people without power. >> three quarter of a million? >> just in south florida, because of all the rain bands and wind bands that have come in from the atlantic. as you move that state through the entire peninsula, ...

Keep in mind the outer bands this is where the wind is strongest. a path of the destruction up, of course, the entire western a half of florida. they may think theyre fine in the southeast, parts of miami and hollywood up to delray beach. youre going to be still into significant wind bands and attorneys. concern now into georgia with the winds sustained around 50, maybe gusts, 60, 70, thats pine country. the pines in this area have weak root systems and theyre massively tall and theyre downed al...

Were trying to heed the evacuation orders to get out of miami and they came here only to find themselves in the same predicament. it has been kind of a -- the best made plans. you know how they go. for a lot of people we were out early this morning along cause ways and running into people coming out to the beach by the airport to bag their own sand because they were so concerned about storm surge because there had been issues early this morning with the water that was being sucked out with the e...

Air conditioning units that are tied onto this building here, theyre rusted, how rustd are they, well find out when 90-mile-an-hour sustained winds hit them and try to move them and it drops down to a sustained gust and comes back. will that ac unit be a projectile into another building that may in fact be fortified. >> god forbid. last point for right now and then well go to break. ive been telling people when that band comes see it as a taste, only a taste of what will come some 20-plus hours ...

Theyre expected in the southern portion that they might see that. certainly saw it in southern bahamas, one of the islands there. dont think peop. rehema ellis, thank you so much. well see you again. lets go t miami beach. lester, good morning to you. ha cakes the last few days. are coe minute, alex. were getting more frequent wind bands. hould all night. weve had recorded gusts in the per hour. thats an interesting point because here in miami beach, a barrier island, a decision had t responders...

With water vehicle. >> we are covering the whole area of galveston area. >> we are here and we are supporting all the locals. wi we are trying to coordinate the efforts. we also had been coordinating c with border protection as well as texas dps. we have also been vausked in helicopter rescue missions. >> have you been able to because of the weather system and the fact that it stalled when you talk about any type of rescues, how hampered have they in because of rain bans or tornado forming activ...