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Waiting for new supplies to arrive and power to be restored. some of the worst devastation is in the florida keys where irma hit as a category 4 storm. bryan, whats the situation like there? >> reporter: wolf, this is what a category 4 storm can do to an apartment complex, a condominium complex. this is the sandy cove apartment complex. this is now one floor of gutted out wreckage. look at this. there were three units at the top floor here, three units right below it. those are now completely un...

Are not able to tell families and friends they are okay. thank you for all the prayers that came from home. >> a report from our affiliate. we will take you back to the keys in a few moments, but first i top the go north to the tampa bay area where residents were spared a direct strike, but suffered significant damage. our correspondent is on the scene for us. whats the main concern where you are? >> reporter: wolf, you are looking at it at this point. here at this point we are talking right now...

And they are telling residents to boil water until they can determine it is indeed safe. ed has been throughout the storm area for us. ed, you heard from the mayor of naples. you have breaking news on the cost of the recovery. >> reporter: we spoke with the mayor, bill barnett and the city completed the initial damage assessment. this is only for the city of naples. they estimate so far some $100 million in damage. the mayor execs that total to continue to go up. that includes the clean up and w...

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Now, there is so much concern over lost humanity, and officially only a couple of fatalities so far in the keys burk a facebook has lists of hundreds of people now who are missing, and we dont know whether they are perished in the storm or if they are like the rest of us, they cant get a cell signal. im using a satellite phone here, because everything south of here at mile marker 88 or o87 here, and everything is south of us for 80 mile, it is harder and harder, and so you have to physically go ...

They dont have water or electricity. and this family was trapped in their home and they wept on the facebook to ask people if they could help them to get the tree away from the driveway and get out, and neighbors came, and you can see the people out on the jet skis here, but neighbors came, and they brought over the fuel, and got it out of the road, because it was blocking the street. we will go over here to the warner bayou east, because this water here, the bayou, wolf, this is what they were ...

Cnns diane gallagher surveying damage for us on anna maria island near tampa. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah, wolf, we just got onto the island. theyve been waiting, not allowing people on here. residents achieving access just before we did. i want you to see some of these trees that have come down. overall, the damage not as substantial as you would think on a barrier island, but take a look at how large some of these trees that actually came down were. massive roots, huge, old trees, b...

When we last spoke, it was a very different picture. >> yep, yep, let me put my jacket on. whew! wolf, i didnt have a rain jacket when it hit because it had not rained a single drop here all day long. we havent seen any rain. it just goes to show how quickly these things can come out of nowhere. so, if you are in florida awaiting this storm, dont be outside. dont be near the water. dont be in a place where something like this can surprise you. you know, were on the weak side of the storm. the st...

>> reporter: they have to. they have to leave them up. it takes a week or so to take them down. even then they would clawing the streets, wolf, and they want the streets open for people to evacuate. more than 20 of these cranes in the city behind me, everywhere you look, you see they have. we see at least ten from this hotel balcony right here. its a sign of the progress in this city. they are built to withstand 145 mile an hour winds. as you have been reporting, wolf, irma is going to hit as a ...

Cnns patrick altman is on the northeast coast of cuba where theyre expecting hurricane conditions. patrick, what is it like right now? >> reporter: were starting to see the first bands from hurricane irma come into the area where i am. gusts of rain, increased wind, some pretty big waves off the coast. further east of us, theyve been getting battered all day long. thousands are without power. the government of cuba are monitoring people all throughout the storm. we had officials coming by with l...