here tonight, erin. >> thank you very much. as we said the storm is still continuing. we've got these deadly storm surges in jacksonville, historic flooding. caley is there. this has people scrambling throughout the day. >> reporter: it did. it was one of the biggest surprises that hurricane irma brought to florida when the waters of the st. john's river started rolling up right here down into the streets of downtown jacksonville. record levels were being broken at every point in the day. at the water's peak today, waters were 5 1/2 feet above what they typically are. i wouldn't have dared hours ago to be standing where i am now. this is one of the many entry points where you can see the water of this river lapping up and heading into downtown. since that high tide peaks, the waters have receded some. you can see the visual of the damage here.