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Incredible number. extreme heat that's in place, a lot of that moisture locked into the soil. all of that want to the evaporate. naples 2350e8 the like 96. marathon 100. 100 to 97 miami. flood warnings and also rivers exceeding record values across portions of florida pretty impressive. look at this. 6 and a half inch the of rainfall is what the average was. the run those numbers, that's 7.5 trillion gallons that water that fell. equivalent t 11 million olympic size swimming pool th tremendous aurt on the ground. we know the storm surge has been a major issue, jacksonville. record amounts. rec...

All of florida. and we were talking this for days. a lot of it, even with harvey in texas, if you tell someone they think three, four, five and then they got fort or 50 it's hard to fathom. and that's part of the issue here as well. when you talk about a category 4 hurricane and a storm surge, it's hard to fathom the damage. and the forecast even called for 3 to 4 million without power. it's a little bit greater of the even a couple of days ago when the storm was 500 miles from naples, we were talking about that surge coming into jacksonville and the radar was even hipting at the accumulation ...

The city now dealing with the worst flooding they have seen -- are you ready for this? since 1846. new video was posted this morning of dive teams in the flooded streets looking for anyone still needing rescue. officials say they saved almost 400 people yesterday when a record storm surge suddenly caused the st. johns river to flood. and governor rick scott has just gotten an up-close look at the damage in jacksonville. we heard him overhead as our own team was reporting on the ground and said help is coming to those who are in dire straits. >> fema's been a great partner. it's been seamless. ...

Jacksonville expected to get worse as we continue to get pounded by the wind here, but thankfully the rain subsiding for now. >> thankfully the rain subsiding. of course we heard from the national weather service they're expecting the highest storm surge in the st. john's river which is right there next to jacksonville the highest since october of 1846. everyone was wondering if that was a typo when they saw it the first time. what kuz it like getting into the city for you? you were traveling with your crew. were you seeing anyone on the street? >> so, we traveled in from gainesville. so just ...

Carolina, and points north. they're just now starting to feel the first effects of irma. my next guest is an expert on one of the big problems in with this storm, storm surge. jamie, is a storm surge specialist with the national hurricane center and joining me right now. i really appreciate there are flash flood emergencies in jacksonville with the st. johns river. we were talking to kaylie about this. what does it mean for storm surge in. >> a quick and immediate rise in water levels that can be life-threatening in those areas. you need to heed all local authorities and their directions in te...