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And that's why you've seen so many people that had evacuated. they evacuated almost the whole keys, all of the emergency personnel went up to the northern key largo, but the winds spared us instead of a cat 5, i think it was about a 3 by the time it gets to tampa, it may be a weak 2 or even a 1. mike: how anxious are you about the keys and it seems to me that marco island took quite a hit as well as naples, are those some of the areas that you are particularly concerned about at this hour? >> well, interesting the whole state of florida has been covered up by this hurricane. we're going to see...

See how much you can save. choose by the gig or unlimited. xfinity mobile. a new kind of network designed to save you money. call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile.com. melissa: welcome back to our continuing coverage here on fox news channel of hurricane irma as it blasts through the state of florida right now. mike: president trump monitoring the situation and says the federal government is working with state and local officials throughout the duration of the storm. melissa: joining us by phone is the senator from the state of florida bill nelson. senator, thanks for joining us on what is obvio...

Colleagues and our friends as well, melissa? melissa: absolutely. mike: they do heroic work in trying circumstances. bill, i'm wondering what your questions are in terms of some of the places that have gotten hit, the keys, the naples area, marco island, are you wondering how badly they were damaged? >> i think you nailed it, mike. that's why i was thinking about even just a few hours ago. how bad are the keys? adam housely was saying throughout his reporting during the day he saw no one on the streets. so it appears most people got out of the keys, which would be great news, but what the phys...

Beach area as opposed to the naples area. so, you know, i wouldn't really be in place to predict it, but after it pulls out, that's the key point, is making sure you find those that are in distress and get them to safety as soon as possible. mike: what about the geography? we look at the map of the state of florida, and hurricane irma is covering the entire state. do you imagine there will be rescue operations throughout a wide area of the state of florida? >> absolutely, i do. the coast guard usually is the first responders when it comes to a national response like this. and they will certain...

Areas. we have the storm surge watch and warning across the entire state, 10 to 15 feet for folks in the naples area and fort meyers area. 5 to 10 feet for the tampa area. other big concerns will be the winds. the totals have been really big, 142 miles-an-hour wind recorded in the naples area. the winds starting to back down just a bit with this, but there's still going to be plenty of areas that see triple digit winds here in the next several hours. guys, as i was saying, the storm is still in southern florida, still everyone to the north has a very long night ahead of them. >> uh-huh. no dou...