A special edition of today the impact of irma. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Good to have you with us on a tuesday morning. Its picking up in the southeast. The more the reporters get into these areas, the worse it seems to get. The death toll is rising overnight. At least 11 people were killed by that storm in the u. S. Another 29 in the caribbean. Heres a number thats startling. Nearly 8 million customers without power this morning across the south. The overwhelming majority of those, nearly 7 million in florida. Thats almost a third of that states population. One official is warning of a potential humanitarian crisis in the florida keys. An Aircraft Carrier is going there. And jackson is dealing with recordsetting flooding. Its led to evacuations of people and rescues. The mayor says this could take days for the water to recede. Were going to talk to him live in a couple minutes. Dylan dreyer is in jacksonville this morning. Whats the situation . This is the st. Johns river behind me. Thats what overflowed its banks and flooded neighborhoods in downtown jacksonville, like never before. Really incredible that irma has impacted all of florida. Key west, here in jacksonville. And also to the south. And recovery is just beginning. As a weakened irma marches north this morning, hurricaneravaged florida is starting to pick up the pieces. But in some areas, it wont be easy. In jacksonville, flash flooding has swallowed entire streets. Flood levels along the st. Johns river, surpassing a 153yearold record. The surge is unlike anything residents have seen before. Its jawdropping. Reporter many neighborhoods, now under water. Cars submerged. Coast guard teams, rescuing more than 100 people monday. And the cleanup is just beginning. After violent winds uprooted trees, debris is littering neighborhoods, as crews try to clear the roadways. Nearly 8 million throughout the state are still without power. Sparking, arcing and downed power license planes should be to 911. Reporter farther south, highways are once again packed with bumpertobumper traffic. Theyre trying to return home, just days after evacuating. But officials are turning many away, until towns are secure. In miami, First Responders are coming to grips with irmas impact. Boats piling up on the score. Putting down on a football field. And where irma made landfall, even more devastation. The florida keys, facing a possible humanitarian crisis in the lower islands. Water is not working. The sewer is not working. And theres no electricity. Its very tough. Reporter according to early insurance estimates, irma costing 20 billion to 40 billion of damage in florida. Now, its stretching into georgia and south carolina. Bringing intense rain and flooding. Delivering a tenfoot tuesday in certain areas, with the high winds knocking out power. Bringing more destruction and anguish to the southeast. As power is restored, officials are telling residents do not go out and move the power lines. Leave them alone. Theres 30 rivers in major flood stage across florida. But they are receded, which we noticed in our short time here this morning. We are going to see improvements. But cleanup now has to be done. It will be a long process. Dylan, thank you very much. Jacksonvilles mayor, lenny curry, is with us on the phone. Good morning. Good morning. We heard in the piece from dylan that about 100 people had to be rescued. Is there a backlog of calls . Do you have people saying theyre stranded that you havent been able to get to yet . No. Our rescue efforts, we jumped into that mode yesterday. And 15 neighborhoods. Right now, the call volume has stopped and people are safe and secure. What is the Flooding Condition there . Are the waters finally starting to recede . Or are you looking at a worsening situation . It will recede slowly. We had evacuated the number of zones because we knew this was going to be a major storm, major impact. And then, yesterday morning, the information came to us. We were getting a category 3 hurricane surge, and tropical storm. Some people did not leave a atrisk areas. We had the president , senator rubio and his team on the front end, offering help. But whats most important is yesterday was a rescue day. And First Responders and the people of jacksonville did their jobs. You have to go from rescuing to recovering. I think youre also an accountant. So, have you done some preliminary math, mr. Mayor . Have you tried to figure out what this might cost the city of jacksonville . We dont have cost estimates but i can tell you this. We have financially stable and secure budgets. Were on Firm Financial ground. We have reserves. We went through matthew. And we are able to fund the needs that we have to begin rebuilding and recovering, as we work with the federal government, senator rubio, the president and the state, the governor and state of florida, to get our fema reimbursements. We can get to work now. Were in good order. As youre walking or in some cases using a boat to get through your city, can you characterize the scope and the severity, the damage here . When i got the information yesterday morning and pivoted to rescue, i got in the neighborhoods at risk, you see the huge vehicles with huge tires that cant get into some of the roads. And they drop the boat in. And they go. The and to see families coming out, kids coming out in these boats. The Public Safety men and women, loading people only to vehicles to get to shelters or other secure places, a moving moment. Humanitarian, unbelievable the way First Responders and neighbors stepped up yesterday to save everybodys lives. Lenny curry, thanks for spending a few minutes with us this morning, sir. We appreciate it. Thank you. The storm may be weakening. But its threat is expanding to other parts of the south. Lets go to al roker in tampa this morning. Reporter good morning, guys. This city is breathing a sigh of relief since they missed a direct hit. Thats good news. When we look at what irma is still doing, its breathtaking. As we go to the maps and show you, we are looking at a po posttropical cyclone. Its moving west i should say northnorthwest at 10 Miles Per Hour. It has 15mileperhour winds with it. It will push to the northwest today. By tuesday at 7 00, look at this, its in western tennessee, bringing rain into memphis, parts of little rock. And will continue to move, by wednesday at 7 00 in the morning, its still part of a system that has 25mileperhour winds and causing big problems. And in fact, rainfall amounts out of this thing are going to be felt all the way from mississippi. As we make our way to the east, we have one to three inches of rain. But the biggest event is going to be along the North Carolina coast. Southeastern North Carolina will still have feeder bands coming in from the atlantic. That will bring rainfall rates, pow hourly, up to two inches. And in total, could have five or six inches of rain before its all over. Well be dealing with irma, until the middle or the end of this week. Were watching, out in the atlantic, jose. It is a hurricane. And in the next half hour, well look at this. It is something we have to watch and be concerned about. All right, al. Well check back in with you on that and all things weatherrelated. As mentioned at the top, the storm decimated the florida keys. The only way in now is closed except to emergency personnel. And Officials Say it could be weeks until residents are allowed to return. Gadi schwartz is there. He is where irma made landfall. Reporter good morning, savannah. This is where irma made landfall. It had so much force. The winds blasted through these homes. Over here this, is a washing machine that was thrown across the street. If we can take a live look from the drone, you can see that type of devastation stretches from the bay all the way into this neighborhood. All around the keys, the remnants of irma are apparent. Waterway s clogged with what w once in peoples homes. Sh sh shipwrecks line the islands here. When it hit us and it came in, it started rocking the house. This is the video that brian shot as irma pounded the keys. Felt like an earthquake. Reporter almost a full day of winds of over 100 Miles Per Hour. Emergency crews think 10,000 people stays behind to face irma. Those who didnt evacuate are just happy to be safe. Its okay. Everybodys safe. Everybodys safe. No problems. Reporter and happier when we tell them their daughter wanted us to check on them. You want to talk to your mom or dad first . This family able to connect with a quick call on a sat phone. Were okay. Everything is good here. Right now we dont need anything. To use your word, the stuff is gone. But were okay. Reporter right now, from is no food, no water, no electricity. First responders are in triage mode, the supplies and communication limited. Thankfully reinforcements are beginning to arrive. It will be months before things are back to normal. Power is out to all of the keys. Part of the nearly 8 million floridians without electricity because of the storm. And even though the damage is substantial, it could have been much worse. In key west, unmistakable landmarks, like duval street, Ernest Hemingways home, battered but still standing. Key west will be strong as ever. Were good. Reporter one thing thats important to note, particularly for residents here, if we take another live look from our drone, if you look closely, theres a lot to clean up here. Those homes may have roof damage. Most of the homes are concrete and still standing. Let me show you what im talking about. This is one of the homes that took a direct hit from Hurricane Irma. Theres damage. Everything ripped through the homes. But the concrete itself, the concrete structure is standing. And for the last two days, weve been touring up and down the florida keys. Matt and savannah. Back to you. Appreciate it. Irma has hit the airlines hard. In 2 days, delta canceled 1,200 flights at its atlanta hub. Many others are shut down but working hard to get open. Gabe gutierrez is at Miami International airport. Gabe, good morning to you. Reporter flights here at m. I. A. Are set to resume this afternoon. And in the last few minutes, the line has started to build. Irma has forced the cancellation of 14,000 flights in an area dependent on tourism. The passengers are m. I. A. Today. Escaping the path but not the wrath of irmas eye. Floridas busiest airport, like many parts of the state, is flooded. A lot of water damage in a lot of the gates. Reporter with winds whipping 100 Miles Per Hour, roof tiles rained on abandoned gates. Some flyie flyers grounded for. Hundreds of them were bussed to shelters. These are folks that were trying to get out of the country. One man was trying to get to argentina. His flight was canceled. And he has no place to go. We caught up with him again monday, helping roll out mattresses for fellow passengers. American canceled our flight. From that moment anwards, we are struck. Reporter some stranded so long, theyve made friends. Ft. Lauderdales airport is open this morning, after draining this water from the runway. 14,000 flights in florida and the caribbean have been canceled since the start of the storm. As irma churns forth, one person in the skufecurity line in atla. Other passengers are seeing red. Im so annoyed right now. Reporter delta dispatchers scrambled to reposition its planes and personnel. But not in time for this group of students to get to india. We have a church thats taking all 45 of us in. Reporter and flights over the next several days that had the Flights Canceled over the last few days. Some airlines have capped flights at 99 for those returning to florida. But it will be a while before things get back to normal here. Thank you, very much. Theres other news to get to, as well. Including new developments in the north korean crisis to tell you about. The u. N. Security council has approved new sanctions on the north korean regime. But those sanctions fall short of what the Trump Administration had sought. Peter alexander is at the white house with more on this. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Nikki haley calling this round of sanctions the strongest measures ever imposed on north korea. This was a unanimous vote. But the sanctions were dialed back to make sure russia and china would sign on. These are designed to try to tighten the economic screws on the north koreans, to crack down on kim jonguns efforts to build up his nuclear and Ballistic Missile program. Here at the white house, the white house is pushing back on a new report that claims that some of the president s lawyers, representing him in the russian investigation, wanted jared kushner, his soninlaw, to step down as Senior Adviser this summer. This is a piece that says some of the legal team is worried about the special counsels probe. Some being looked at by federal investigators in congress. One of the president s lawyers heading up the team now, confirms to me he thought the proposal was, in his words, absurd. And it was never in his knowledge presented to the president. The president s inhouse lawyer calls the story false. Jared kushner, who has denied collusion, remains one of the president s most trusted, able and intelligent advisers. And speaking of entrusted aides, nbc news has confirmed that hope hicks will become the third Communications Director in this white house for the president. Officially, she is the woman who will replacing Anthony Scaramucci in that roll. Tomorrow morning, Hillary Clinton will join us live in studio 1a. This is her first live interview and morning show appearance since the election. Theres a lot to talk to her about. Hillary clinton tomorrow morning on today live. Lets turn back to irma and the National Forecast with al. Al, good morning. Good morning, guys. As we look at our u. S. Map, youll see again in the southeast, and on into the mid Mississippi River valley, irma dominates. In the northwest and new england, we have a gores ge day. Stormy conditions in central california. Look for a tech when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get time for more life. This family wanted to keep the game going. Son hey mom, one more game . 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Later today, temperatures will pick up to around the low 80s. A Traffic Alert now in lansdale, montgomery county. Sky force 10 over a water main break. Well get you details with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Tractracy, weve been watchi this for most of the morning. A closure at lansdale and allentown road. You see guys working around the scene. There are delays and backups around. How do you get around that . My bet to you is at least the bet is taking a detour around the scene. Take welsh road, route 53, around the scene. Watching 422 at trooper, the eastbound side around trooper, theres a crash, 24 minutes for the drive time to the schuylkill expressway. Speeds in the 20s. Back to you. This morning the Villanova Community will say final goodbyes to coaching legend rollie massimino. His funeral will be held on campus at 10 30. For those who cant make it, there will be a live stream on nbc1010 and our. And our nbc10 app. Back, now, 7 30 on a tuesday morning. 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