I mean, the bat news i bad ns this is some big monster. I think we are very well coordinated. Hurricane irma packing a powerful punch, still punishing florida at this hour as it climbs up the coast. Brian monster storms violent fury unleashing a devastating strike, forcing the Sunshine State to go dark. Thats the way it is right now with the sundown, leaving millions, by the way, without power at this hour. Up to 4 million. Steve steve irmas lengthy assault with winds over 100 Miles Per Hour. Turned streets into raging rivers and ripping off roofs. A lot of them. Ainsley you go, they caught that on camera. Massive storm blamed for at least five deaths, including two Police Officers down in florida as Hurricane Irma surges north. Its path of destruction now sparking rapidly rising life threatening water levels. Storm surges that could climb up to 15 feet. 10 to 15 feet of storm surge, i dont know how anybody survives that pray. I dont see prayer as a last resort it should literally be a first resort. Literally pushing up against the window to prevent it from possibly breaking. In. Brian as multiday siege rages on. Live Team Coverage from across florida to miami fourth in of tampa. Steve most of the state waiting for the sun to come up so we can see the damage. Naples, florida, people got hammered and some under water. 90 of the people there waking up without electricity. Griff jenkins has Battery Power and he joins us live with the breaking details unfolding at this hour from naples. Griff . . Well, i said he had Battery Power but apparently there is a problem with the satellite. Try to get back to him in a minute. Brian there is the possibility is he giving us silent treatment we wont find out until after the show. Go ahead. Ainsley bryan llenas is in the miami area u we will check in with him now. Good morning. Good morning. Coral way is one of the many suburbs in miami outside of dont dealing with pitch blackout conditions. Take a look. Once we take off this light what its like out here. Do you see that . That is what people are dealing with right now. This is also what people are dealing with. Downed trees. You look over here. This is also, on my left over here, guy we have got downed power lights and power lines that go all the way over there blocking traffic. This is why there is a 7 00 p. M. To 7 00 a. M. Curfew overnight because frankly its dangerous. Here it is a car right now. Watch out. This is what is happening. People are now leaving shelters and finally getting trying to get home and they are driving in these kinds of conditions. Before this. We saw a bus. That was meant to go pick up utility workers. Remember. 43 of floridians right now are without power. 17,000 yittle workers from outside this area that need to get to start working on these things. One bus got stuck in this very intersection right now. So its a problem thats all over the place. Before that, obviously this storm in miami, although the eye was 130 miles away. We felt it really hard, 190 mileperhour gusts in some places. We had panels flying off of buildings. The tallest building in miami while we were reporting last night. Giant 6foot glass panels flying off of the building and onto the ground a very dangerous situation. There was also flooding in brinbrickle and downtown. Why also have unfortunately looters. Videos of looters in a foot locker unbelievably taking advantage of this situation. But the Miami Police Department has been making patrols in this neighborhood and in all neighborhoods to make sure that the 600,000 plus miamidade citizens here who evacuated because of the storm arent taken advantage of while their homes are vacant. There have been tons of patrols. Miami Police Department sending out a tweet with the photos of some of the looters that they caught and arrested. Some 28 already. And they are warning others that they are coming after you and were looking for you if you plan on taking advantage of the storm victims. But, again, people are dying to get home. We understand that but there are rescue crews. Im sorry, the recovery crews here in terms of debris and clean up crews have yet to do their work because its been pitch black and its only been only a few hours since those winds have come down and so thats the situation here in neighborhoods all throughout south florida that look at another vehicle trying to get past. Its just not safe, guys. Back to you. Brian what was the bus stuck on . Were they just concerned because it was a downed power line . What was the bus stuck on . So, look, the bus was trying to get to Fort Lauderdale to pick up utility workers. And he was stuck on this. I mean, this traffic light, which fell. And the reason why its on the ground because it got intangled in that. Can you see from my flashlight. The bus trying to figure out a way out of this neighborhood. Got intangled on that, and so you could imagine, look, even the buss that are actually trying to restore power are the ones that are also getting stuck. So, thats what were dealing would w. Here, guys. Ainsley you dont know what lines to pick up. You dont want to get electrocuted. Brian you cant see anything u. Steve you cant. Ainsley what about those looters were any of them arrested . We had at least 28 looters. In terms of the foot locker im unsure if any from that video were actually arrested. Ainsley got it faces on camera. Police officers will know who they are. Ridiculous. Steve matt fin picks up live Team Coverage on n. Saint petes beach on the west side of the great state of florida. Matt . If i were to step outside of this courtyard you would be able to seat violent whipping rains that are still happening right now and very strong, soaking rain. There are still a lot of downed lines around here. 10s of thousands without power. The sun is not up, so we are not able to see or survey the damage. The hotel owner here sent me pictures overnight of a lot of his fellow Business Owners who have seen some damage at hotels and businesses in this area. And as the sun comes up and high tide approaches, which we are inching closer to that, we are expecting a storm surge combined with the high tide so, we could expect to see water rise 2 to 4 feet. But not near that 6 to 9 inches that was potentially could have happened, which would have been catastrophic in this area. You know, we always report on bad news. But fortunately right now at this hour, no catastrophic damage in this area. No terrible flooding here at saint pete. Overnight, tens of thousands of people in this area lost power and unfortunately some Utility Companies had to stop their Recovery Efforts because they say it was just too dangerous for their guys to be out here. Police also telling us that once the winds hit 40 Miles Per Hour here, which that happened yesterday, it was just too dangerous for them to send out their officers and their rescuers. And it seems like we are definitely seeing winds over 40 Miles Per Hour right now. Unfortunately anybody who is dialing 911 or seeking help might not receive it as the sun comes up in this area, im sure we will be able to show you guys much more in the 7 00 hour here from saint pete beach. Back to you in new york. Steve all right. Thank you very much, matt. Brian 8 minutes now after the top of the hour. Ainsley jillian mele started our coverage last week down in miami beach and now she is in tampa. Jillian, how are things looking there . They were expecting a lot of flooding . Do you see any of that . Jillian we are not seeing a tonel of flooding. Right here we have a little bit of localized street flooding on the corner. Its not significant. I would agree with what matt finn is saying but we have been seeing a little bit of it we have been driving throughout the morning on bayshore boulevard. We were on davis island earlier this morning. We have not seen any homes damaged by flooding. Im not saying thats the case everywhere. Im telling you what we have seen so far this morning. What we are seeing a lot of is a lot of down trees throughout the area. You are seeing a lot of debris and downed palm trees. You drive up a street and all of a sudden you have to stop and turn around because this is the situation. I think a lot of people are going to wake up in tampa feeling a bit relieved. We did not have the center of that what was left anyway of the eye of that storm did not hit here in tampa last night. A lot of people are feeling good about that. But, 12eu8, the sun is not up here yet. People are going to be coming out as the morning goes on to try to look at the damage either at their home or on their street. And the thing is we actually have seen some Police Officers driving up and down this street. Every time a new one drives by they stop and they ask us if we are okay. So police are out. They are trying to make sure that everybody is safe. Its still not safe to come outside your home just yet. Guys . Steve thats right. Jillian, also, and also because some homes are unprotected. Some folks are out of town. They have to make sure nobody tries to go in and take something. Brian when you drive across those bridges, the water almost looks at the bridge library. Any time there is a storm people must get nervous. Steve just a few feet above sea level and janice dean that was the worry as the coast, the west coast the storm went up the coast would the storm surge overwhelm them. Janice right. Were still dealing with storm surge in jacksonville. They set a storm surge record over 4 feet. So, the east coast of florida is feeling this as well. I just want to point out normally i wouldnt want to tell you about this, we have another tropical system. Its a hurricane. We dont know where it will go. Next one we will watc watch this is jose. It meanders but some of the tropical models are showing perhaps an east coast impact. Landfalls around 9 10 cudjoe key. Major hurricane. Some of the wind gusts in naples 142 Miles Per Hour. I mean devastation there in the naples area and marco island 130 mileperhour success spand other rather gusts. Tornado threat will be ongoing today because of the righthand side of this storm. We have seen many tornado worn storms for florida. We had a tornado warn storm for jacksonville. It is going to be going through georgia and carolinas. Widespread effects even though this storm is weakening. Still a category 1. Moving across north florida. The effects will be felt well past the center of this storm. Tropical Storm Force Winds extending 220 miles from the center of the storm. And Hurricane Force winds likely 80 miles from the center. You can so we are still going to be dealing with this into tuesday and remnant low and sits and spins across the Tennessee River valley. There is the radar right now. You can see the core of the strongest winds right here. Then we also have the offshore flow. So tampa you are still going to get the potential for heavy rain and that storm surge moving. In it wont be the incredible storm surge amounts that we were predicting yesterday. But, still, very vulnerable coast line and the potential for, you know, water levels to rise. Future radar shows this storm system moving north and westward into atlanta, georgia for the first time in history, Atlanta Georgia is under a Tropical Storm warning. Thats incredible. We could see the potential for Hurricane Force winds moving into parts of georgia and the carolinas. There are your rainfall totals. Obviously this is not a harvey story like we saw in houston. But still incredible rainfall totals of over a foot of rain. The potential for upwards of 4 to 6 inches. So flash flooding is going to be a concern throughout the day, georgia and carolinas watching the threat for tornadoes and storm surge threat as well. Not only for the west coast but the east coast. This storm is so large, guys. Were going to be watching it throughout the day today as it continues to weaken but still widespread impacts all along the southeast coast line back to you. Steve pretty much everybody who is awake right now eastern third of the United States. Janice i read 35 of the state of florida has no power. Ainsley how long does that normally take for them to turn about t. Back on a week . Steve depends on the extent of the damage. Janice keys inundated with rainfall could take months. Steve janice, thank you very much. Ainsley a lot of viewers from the state of georgia waking up a lot of rain today. Anything worse that we need, janice . Lots of rain . She will keep us posted. Steve regarding Florida Power and light which has so many subscribers and customers out of electricity this morning. We are going to have somebody who is either their Public Information officer or Vice President with us in about 20 minutes so they can give us the low down. Brian meanwhile 13 minutes after the hour. Why went to Griff Jenkins earlier and the shot froze in naples, florida. Griff, are you able to hear us now . I didnt hear you, brian. I would never give you the silent treatment. If i could add on ainsley is asking about how long its going to take. The ceo of Florida Power and light said a few days ago when we were in miami in anticipation of this event said this is likely going to be the most difficult power restoration in the country. Florida power and light is the Third Largest utility. And here in naples, Collier CountyEmergency Management telling us 90 of this area has no power. The streets are impassable. Power lines, palm trees, pools of standing water. There are rising floodwaters although the storm surge seems to be only a foot or two based on our limited ability to assess it, but it is very much a serious issue, a catastrophically dangerous situation to wake up now and get into. The curfew here in naples has just lifted. It was 9 00 p. M. To 6 00 a. M. As people are waking up. The authorities, guys, are telling people to stay sheltered in your place. And if you were evacuated, absolutely do not try and get on these roads and get back to your property to assess it, because its a dangerous situation right now. Brian all right. Thanks so much, griff. Well see. And a lot of those people in naples, they pretty much were hit first and relatively surprised. If you told people on thursday naples is going to get slammed they will say no, its really on the east side and ends up by the weekend ends up being naples. Ainsley several of our reporters that were down there in south florida over the weekend were watching coverage and they were comparing it to Hurricane Harvey that they had all just been through. They said thankfully this is not as nearly as bad. It was quickmoving. Harvey just sat there forever and pelted them. Brian came back a couple of times u. Steve Hurricane Force winds were much stronger. This was one of the strongest hurricanes of all time. Harvey went out and stopped over texas. Ainsley harvey was more about water. Steve all about the water. The rain became the flood became the surge. Brian go ahead, steve. Steve meanwhile in Palm Beach County on the east coast deputy Danny Cunningham saved an American Flag battered by the hurricane. Claim egg he couldnt just bear to watch it get blown apart. He got out of heir car and did the best he could. Ainsley that is great. Brian we saw a lot of the water retreat. When the water retreated. It exposed a lot of sea animals, one of which was a manatee, stranded by Hurricane Irma after the water got sucked to sea. The rescuers quickly sprung into action, despite the rain and winds. They threw tarps on it, dragging it to deeper water. I guess the manatee lives. Ainsley isnt that great . Another manatee there, too, that they thought wasnt living because they said it wasnt breathing. Steve it need water. Ainsley they drug them both back over to the water and they both swam away. Steve crazy situation in the bay because of super low pressure the water just disappeared and it exposed those critters. Brian you know i love love stories. This is another great love story in camouflage. Ainsley there were two National Guard members and they were supposed to get married. She was going to wear the big poofy white dress. She had everything situated. She had a cake and all of that they were deployed. Their bosses said, listen, you are with the interNational Guard you need to get out there and help the people of florida. They said okay, what should we do snerp sitting there talking with a bunch of their friends. I will put out these chairs. Someone else said i will have some orange flowers. So they gave her the orange flowers. She didnt wear the dress and they ended up getting hitched. They got married right then and there on the spot. Brian Michael Davis and Lauren Dunham now married. Their families must be disappointed they planned, they were registered. Had the church and set. Next thing you know they get deployed. Their term their mantra is as many is service before self including their own marriage. They will dont know how their family will react to their marriage in florida. Ainsley i had think they will get over it surrounded by bunch of friends and family. Sorry dad this will be a cool story for our kids. Steve i bet they have another marriage. They booked u all the stuff. Although in that one everyone was dressed the same. Ainsley best guard in the guard happens to be a notary. Brian notary can marry you. Ainsley yes. I knew hand who would do that. Charge 75 bucks come over in my living room and marry you. Steve maybe justice of the peace. Ainsley i