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Construction site can turn into a bullet. and with these wind gusts, you never know, a home or person, and according to this hour, a lot of people inside safely, probably hopefully getting some sleep. because it's not twoing to stop for a another few hours. >> very wise person concerning me all day watching you guys stand out there. thank you, bren, appreciate it. daytona beach, sarah, you're on the east coast. on the east coast of florida. what are are you dealing with? >> let me just tell you don that basically what is happening and we apologize and lights going on and off and a lot of rai...

Let's bring in jolene kent, live in ft. lauderdale. give us an update. >> reporter: ft. lauderdale continues to be without power, but a lot of business owners are coming back to their businesses. we're at a hotel here in ft. lauderdale, just off the a1a. i want to show you a bit of the damage that they got from the serious gusts of wind that came in yesterday. you can see at this particular resort, the fencing was completely blown off here. they are getting debris inside the resort. the owner is back here now. he's washing off the side of the building and trying to figure out what to do next. ...

I want to give you an idea why they try to tell people to please stay inside. if you look, there's debris that's been coming down. there was some debris that came down from seven stories up from the hotel, something snapped off made of metal. then what we're seeing here on a1a is we're seeing a lot of plastic, and i think that's from the tops of trash cans. so if you look, those are strewn all over a1a right outside here, right outside the convention center, the ocean center as it's called in daytona beach. take a look behind me. you can see the gusts. look at that sign. the auditorium bouleva...

Tons of pelting rain. a lot of flooding as we've been showing you throughout the day. this debris that came in from the ocean really washed up on to shore, the a1a is covered in sand. looks like a beach. then you have the kelp that leads up to the businesses. many of them closed a couple days ago, taking precautions. but the overall sense of relief here is pretty strong, although they're going to have to deal with insurance claims and re-opening is going to be a process, as there is still no power for 6 million people in the area. >> is all the water in all the obvious places you were at yeste...

The wind. what are the variables, what are the expectations here? >> well, i'm not an engineer but i can tell you when hurricane katrina came through miami, which it did, it took down a crane and that was a category 1. it knocked the crane across collins avenue, a1a. >> what do these do to these cranes to keep them secure in a situation like this? smob smoe shohozaned me video of a high-rise with thee cranes around it and they were already moving in gusts of about 45 miles an hour. is that normal? what is the reality? >> generally speaking with the cranes here, they don't lock them so they flo...