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like a freight train. we're seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho -- seven hours. let's get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? >> it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles east of punta gorda. it will stay at hurricane strength through orlando. this will rake the entire p...

mornings too, but a little cloud, leapt the light slowly sleep in, cup of coffee, quiet house -- rachel: that sounds liken fantasy. [laughter] pete: my if wife is, like, turn the lights on. i like to keep them off. let the natural light come in, let the morning soothe in -- will: it's not an operating room. i don't need harsh overhead light. i hate badminton. [laughter] rachel: that looked so fun. will: i was so humbled just now. i mean, i broke mine in tennis, i i now play racquetball with friends. rachel: how is it different than racquetball? will: i don't know. first of all, i can...

From the keys up to the panhandle. i just remind people from hurricane irma, it hit southwest florida around naples, but we had massive flooding in downtown miami. so it's going to impact the entire state. we are super saturated from months of rain that have been going on here. we are going to have trees down all over the state. we're going to have local are oohized flooding all over the is state -- localized flooding. that's why we have all 67 counties ready for and preparing for a disaster under the state of emergency. rachel: kevin, so many people are new residents to florida because of the...

Our team was all yesterday. you saw chris cuomo, literally in the eye of the storm for some time after being hit by 140 mile-an-hour winds. on the phone with me that was bill barnett, the mayor of naples and thank you so much for being with us, and i know it's hard to get a sense of just how bad the damage is. it does take some time, but i do hear you are finally having some data to tell us about. what have you learned? >> you know, and i'd like to make a really quick statement about people wading in hurricane waters just because they wanted the experience. >> i -- that doesn't make any sense....

Been waiting to hear all day. a lot of us were very worried about what might have happened to naples with the severity, the storm surge was the major concern going in. you haven't seen any impact from that? is there any lingering water, flooding left over? >> well, we have some. sure. it was a little bit above normal, but it is receding and as i say, none of the business district streets were impacted and we are just -- we are fortunate, but yeah, we'll have water for a little while, but nothing -- nothing compared to what it could have been. >> mr. mayor, i am sure that a lot of the fact that...