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Our fema partners have been air lifting a lot of water, food. we've done medical evacuations from the hospitals that was severely damaged. we provided hemodialysis for that segment of the community. we have teams in boats. so i would say it's going very very well. the marines landed today. they are going to be targeting debris removal on both of the islands. we've begun the reconstruction of the electrical distribution. had a good call with governor cuomo of new york. he pledged an additional 100 troops to beef up security so our folks can -- >> do you know when they will be arriving? >> no. w...

Anderson? >> just amazing all the -- i'm glad we have reporters all throughout the keys. i appreciate that. it's not just the keys. food, gas shortages, lack of power, caribbean islands were hit very, very hard. people who survived are describing some nightmare scenarios. clarissa ward as more on that. >> reporter: the island of st. martin. last week, one of the jewels of the caribbean now a paradise lost. not a day went by, she says, without us thinking we were very lucky to live on this ideal island. today is just complete chaos. six days after irma pummelled st. martin, officials say more t...

Most of them lost windows, a majority lost their roofs. they had no clothes, no water. their fresh-water system comes from desalinization plants. they have no power. there's no infrastructure, and they can't get in to go to work to perform some of these just basic civil services that are run by the government. they need crew ships down there bringing in aide and relief workers. and these people need a place to live. they need power, fresh-water, food just so they can perform the basic services to start getting this island back up and running. and up until monday at 9:00 a.m. when we left, we h...

See that? yes! i'm gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. rebuilding after irma is going to be hard enough, but right now one of the biggest issues is the lack of power. nearly five million people are without power, mostly in florida, while temperatures are expected to soar this week. most of the cities will see daytime highs in the 90s. no air conditioning for millions of people. not to mention all the food that's rotting and lack of communication. ryan young is in tampa. so many people without power. can you explain for us where mo...

Gasoline. most houses do not have power. some of them still do when those cables run underground but that appears to be a minority from what i can judge driving into the island. no power. water is a key one here. water is being given out by the dutch marines. food which is the other key one, for the moment we're doing okay on that in the that she knows people are still eating what they stocked up on before the hurricane. there's an important message. if anybody is watching us from st. martin on the dutch side, there's been a 24-hour curfew. you can't go anywhere, day or night. that is being pa...