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>> the view from a national guard black hawk from tennessee gave a bird's-eye view of the damage. the tombs in the cemetery appeared to be opened by the wind. 70% of the buildings and st. croix are damaged. there is no electricity. the island of st. john and st. thomas to the north are described as shredded. >> the emotional ride of going through any hurricane is devastating. you begin to believe it's of baiting and then it comes back more ferocious. >> the aboveground telephone and electrical lines look like an odd wound all of tangled yarn. st. croix escaped the brunt of hurricane irma. it w...

More help. >> we are rushed and how we're going to rebuild resiliently. >> the view from a national guard black hawk from tennessee gave a bird's-eye view of the damage. the tombs in the cemetery appeared to be opened by the wind. 70% of the buildings and st. croix are damaged. there is no electricity. the island of st. john and st. thomas to the north are described as shredded. >> the emotional ride of going through any hurricane is devastating. you begin to believe it's of baiting and then it comes back more ferocious. >> the aboveground telephone and electrical lines look like an odd wound ...

Family members and loved ones. they are also hoping to open one of the hospitals today. and if you think about the keys, tourism is their bread and butter. when you look at the images from aboveground, you can get a look at the recovery trying to get this place back to the way it was. it will take months if not years. back to you. >> mariana ate nrncio there. let's head north to jacksonville. there are problems there, too. they are watching the st. john's river. it is flooded, if you have seen the images, it is incredibly dramatic and nearly unprecedented. morgan radford is downtown with one...

A lot of banks here. a lot of business here. they are now breathing a sigh of relief. heavy flooding was expected in this area, and it is actually not so bad. i'll step back for you to see. only a couple of inches here. traffic already moving this way. it has really been drying up much more than they realize. back there, i don't know if you can see some city officials, they're not surveying what's going on on the ground but actually what is going on aboveground. the metro rail. to get the city back up and running again. as you know, financial epicenter, it is important for it to move past this...

Is beginning in an hour and a half. noon eastern today, the florida state senator, gary farmer jr. will join us on the phone. he's a democrat from the 31st district. thank you for being with us at such a busy time for your community. when you look at a map, so much of ft. lauderdale, broward county is just, you know, three feet or less aboveground. it's a huge risk for the storm surges, sir, we keep hearing upwards of 20 feet. what are you telling your residents? >> caller: thank you. thank you for having me on. i echo what your meteorologist, chad, was saying. we need -- that's a message we h...