Leaving roads across the state under several feet of water and in florida tonight, historic flooding. The storm surge in jacksonville worse than anyone expected, in fact, shattering the previous flooding record which was sent back in 1964. The wall of water inundating homes and businesses, moments ago tal la haassy issuing a storm surge warning as well. As we look at these pictures acoming in from across the street, you can see the grim extent of Hurricane Irma. Thousands are homeless. Waiting right now for the okay to try to go home to see what is left of home. In the florida keys, waterfront homes were ripped apart by irmas winds. The search is under way for those who didnt make it out. And further north in naples, entire neighborhoods are uninhabitable at this hour. Numbers are tough to grasp. More than are 6 Million People without power, that means food, fuel, also water right now scarce as they desperately try to get the power on and stores reopened. The power, we understand in parts of florida could be out for weeks. Also tonight the situation growing more dire in cuba. The sun is now setting. Look at those images there of people in the water. Rescuers are desperately trying to locate the missing, some are crushed by buildings which have collapsed. We dont know a death toll right now. At least ten at this hour as far as we know and that number could go up. We have our team of report rds, of course, across florida and the rest of the country. We begin with bill weir who is out front in the florida keys. This is going to be the heart of it all as theyre even able to get into the deep areas of the keys. What is the situation there . Reporter thats it, theres so much uncertainty erin, the search and rescue mission under way. People dont know if their loved once got swept away or without communication because theres no power, but no cell service south of 85 so 85 miles of dead zone and the keys are closed. I never thought id say that and i thought youd never think look how calm the Atlantic Ocean today that it could do this kind of destruction. Spin around and see what happens to homes built without foundations. This just struck me as a couple symbols, eat, sleep, fish, that is the creedo of the conchs who live in this part of the world. Now sadly this is the new symbol, this is the search and rescue sign on 9 11, an infamous date, found zeros bodies inside. Hopefully all these people got out. You think they would giving how tenuous these places are. As i mentioned before, the search and rescue operation is the main thing. You can here the helicopter. Theres one going over ahead now. We just saw a caravan of First Responders including an engine from the los angeles, the calvary is coming from all over including the u. S. Navy sending an Aircraft Carrier with humanitarian aid. Theyre trying to inspect the bridges as fast as they can. Half of those were depletedly 4 00 today. Thats a big job. Trying to get the road open and trying to get the power back on. Intense things but this storm will be measured in billions and billions of dollars, erin, but theres so much that you cant measure. The lives scattered, the family photos, the childrens books ive seen here. It is just staggering when you try to take in the scope and we havent even gotten south yet which we will do tomorrow morning getting on a boat to go see the hardest hit areas. Thank you very much. I think you brought it home there and you see those xs on the doors. No one was found inside. But to imagine to see those numbers, 9 11 on the doors, the day that we are starting to assess this damage being this day in american history. I want to go to ed lavendera now. We go, of course, ed from the keys and bill to you where marco island, where Hurricane Irma then made the next landfall and what do you see there, ed . Reporter were on the eastern edge of marco island. This is goodland, florida. A spec of a fishing village if you look on the map, sits between the everglades and the gulf of mexico and as you mentioned, Hurricane Irma made its second landfall here as a category 3 storm, 130milesperhour winds, gusts at times reaching up to 140 and officials tell us that some 40 people rode that storm out here in this town. Gary stringer, lives in this red house you see here behind me, talked to him a little while ago, he was in one of those front rooms as the worst of the storm was coming just sawing its way through this community. He says the house was rattling, he could hear this crackling sound and when he looked out of his side door, he realized that it was this giant tree and because it was the north side of the storm, the wind was blowing east to west. Had it been the other direction this entire tree would have landed on top of his home and gary tells us that he probably wouldnt have been doing that interview with us if that had happened to him. He said he actually joked around and said, this is a town called goodland. Its called gonnaland, i was gonna evacuate but i didnt get around to it. He said he will never do this again. This category 3 storm was enough for him as we have driven around this community, several hundred people call this area home. Its definitely one of the hardest hit areas that weve seen here in southwest florida. Trees and power lines down everywhere. A number of homes destroyed. The scene actually raerng catastrophic here in this small town. Weve seen people throughout the day coming back to try to assess the damage, people who evacuated and now trying to get back in here tonight, erin. Thank you very much. As we said the storm is still continuing. Weve 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. Johns 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 waters peak today, waters were 5 1 2 feet above what they typically are. I wouldnt 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. This floating dock that normally would be rising and falling with the height of the water, that storm surge came up so strong it broke those floating docks to the point where they are pushed up against that wall unable to bob with the water as you would expect it to. These waters have begun to recede, speaking with the mayor just a short while ago, dont be fooled by that. You may see pockets where the streets will dry out but when you think about how far back this water was at one point, three blocks into downtown, three blocks that way and the other direction to me, you just dont know where this water can go and governor rick scott has said in the coming days the floodwaters from these storm surges in northern florida will be of the biggest concern, erin, the folks in jacksonville believe that. Theyre not saying that its safe and as the tide goes out the storm is passed, thats the bottom line, right caley . Reporter that is the bottom line. Even when the floodwaters were nearly up to my waist, officials here saying go up not out. These floodwaters are still dangerous, erin. Thank you very much from jacksonville. Out front now, the administrator, that includes the florida keys. Roman, at the beginning of our program we were talking about the florida keys and obviously the bridges arent all inspected, theres no power or cell service. We just dont know what happened there and we dont know whether the people that did choose to stay are okay. What are you hearing right now . Well, its exactly right. Thank you for having me. Were getting down to the keys and were having a recovery effort and the sheriffs folks are out, the various Police Departments are out. The streets are starting to get cleared and were starting our Recovery Process and thats where were at. Were also concerned about folks wanting to come down, luckily we have a way to control that. We have a control point up at the top of that northern part of the florida keys and were controlling access. We only want essential folks to come down that can help us in the recovery, its creating a lot of frustration because people want to get home and see their homes and boats and stuff. But i think some time tomorrow well let them in. We havent established that yet, especially in the upper keys, well do it by zones and let them in in the upper keys where things are better off and then in the next day or two well allow everybody to go in the Florida Department of transportation has looked at the bridges and theyre looking pretty good. Thats a good thing that the bridges are looking good. Some of the images weve seen at least to the northern part where things werent hit as hard are pretty devastating. Its pretty overwhelming. It everyone accounted for in the southern parts of the keys or you must still not know . There have to be a lot of questions, right . Still a lot of questions. Were getting a lot of emails and a lot of facts and things, people saying their loved ones havent checked in. Most of the keys are in the dark. Its just black, you know, so its very frustrating, no Internet Service or Cell Phone Service, the people that have the good Old Fashioned landlines those are the people were able to talk to. That says something right there. Highway 1 is the only water that runs to key west, is the road going to be okay . It is. Its not that bad of shape. Theres a couple spots that are pretty bad but the crews have already put some sand and things over it and compacted it and made it passable. Thats the key. Right now i think we can report that its passable. Its not perfect but its passable and its 120 miles roads with connected by 43 bridges, so its a lot of work and i think well get there. Theres no doubt that we will bounce back. Thats a pretty incredible feat that that would be okay, and i know as we said half those bridges are checked. Theyre doing okay so far. Thats miraculous as well. Our reporters in the keys at various places are reporting obviously shortage of gas but also other supplies. Are you getting what you need . If there are people in there that are trapped, are they getting food, water . Yes. Things are running low. Theres no doubt about that but we have a couple c 130s coming in today. Theyve been great. The militarys been great. The state departments have been great. Well get the supplies needed down here no doubt. Roman, i appreciate your time. Good luck tomorrow. I know its going to be a crucial day and our thoughts are with those who are right now in the dark zone that well hear from them and theyre safe, thanks. Thank you. And next, this florida couple was actually in the keys when irma hit. You see them there but no one has heard from them. Ill speak with a relatively who is dress operately trying to find her sister and brotherinlaw. Thousands of americans are still trapped on caribbean island. Little food and water there. It can be very dangerous. Im going to talk to one boston made how he finally made it out and the florida keys, that island chain, completely cut off by irma. Bill nelson just back from a military flight over that area. 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Miguel marquez is out front and how are people there trying to cope of how to get the first sense of how awful this was. Reporter they were fairly lucky here because that storm was headed straight for punta gorda and it turned off to the right or east and the brunt of it didnt get through here but still, look at this sort of damage. This tree probably 100 years old or so, the house right next to it, amazingly it fell and only brushed the house. This town is trying to clean up and recover while irma is still churning. Hurricane irma slamming florida, heavy rain, strong winds and it is still on the move making its way up the southeastern edge of the u. S. Now weakened to a tropical storm, the danger not yet over. Streets flooded from the florida keys to south carolina. Tonight more than 6 1 2 Million People are without power in florida alone. Jacksonville hit with a record irma generated surge, turning its streets into rivers. Storm surge warnings in effect for much of the western florida coast and the entire georgia coast, charleston now feeling irmas wrath as waves crash on to its shores. Ripping through the middle of florida late sunday, irma battered the entire state with sustained winds and massive wind gusts. Rescue efforts continue for those who stayed to wait out the storm. In martin county, floridas Treasure Coast a marine unit dispatched after two people tried to ride out the storm on their sail boat. They survived. A scuba diver, his life dangling by a rope skrud near west palm beach. Coral springs emergency crews were called out to help deliver a baby in the height of the storm using their Armored Vehicle to navigate through strong winds and high water. When we got there, she was pretty much all almost all the way out. The mother of the person in labor was actually pretty much delivering the baby her own granddaughter in the bathroom on the floor and ive never met or seen a more calm scene in the chaos that was going on outside. Reporter miami streets flooded and left with huge sink holes leaving hazardus conditions as cars try to steer through the murky water. The cost of the damage yet to be assessed. One estimate it will top Hurricane Katrina even before it hit florida. Now one of the biggest issues here in punta gorda and across the county of charlotte is electricity like much of the state. 40 of the people still dont have electricity. 65 didnt have electricity this morning. Trees came down everywhere. Wires, electrical lines came down in neighborhood after neighborhood so you go from one place to another and theres no neighborhood street to street. Its going to be a long time before theyre fully recovered. Thank you. And of course right now, when you talk about recovery, it is also about just finding people with the power out, the Cell Phone Service out it is impossible in some cases. One woman trying to find her sister and brotherinlaw. Sherry perez and carlos perez were last heard from saturday night. They were staying in a house on pine key. Amy, thank you. We know theres a lot of power issues and cell phone issues. I know you were in touch with your sister throughout the day on saturday as the storm was coming. When was the last time you heard from her and what did she tell you at that time . The last time i spoke with her was shortly after 7 00 p. M. Saturday night. They were the last thing she said they were getting ready to go into a small closet underneath the stairs. They knew this was going to be scary. I know they had gone to a place Higher Elevation as much as one could say that in the keys. Epa, i know so many people are without power and Cell Phone Service. No ones able to get in there. Hopefully theyre fine and not able to communicate. This wait must be agonizing. Its very stressful. Im praying its just a cell phone issue, you know. I need my sister and i just want some contact. We had a short video call on the 9th also and there was a moment where her and i just looked at each other and kind of stared at each other for a minute and, you know, we have a really strong bond and we just stared at each other and kind of, you know we knew it was going to be bad but i just kept going back to that moment, you know. I know youre seeing her face, of course. I know