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Problems. eyan reynolds is in flint. >> reporter: when 41-year-old nikyea wakes looks at the thtrasound images of the twins she lost two years ago, her anger is evident. >> i believe the flint water crisis, the lead in the water, caused me to have my miscarriages in 2015. >> reporter: back then, she was drinking and bathing in the water pumped to her home by the city of flint. to save money, the city had switched its water source to the flint river because it was eteaper than the water it had been getting from detroit. but it was so corrosive it leached lead from her pipes right into her fauce...

Or tuesday. even if it makes a glancing blow, savannah, a historic jewel of the south, could suffer considerable damage. last october, hurricane matthew did not make a direct hit here, and yet still caused tens of millions of dollars in damage. savannah has been fortunate when it comes to major storms. only three have made a direct landing here in over 100 years. the governor has activated 5,000 national guardsmen, both to protect life and property, as well as assist in rescues. jeff. >> glor: don dahler in georgia. now let's go back to anthony mason in new york. >> mason: thanks, jeff. the se...

Do you get the sense that people are appreciating what might happen? >> i think the people that were here in andrew and people who understand the power of a hurricane, who have watched other hurricanes, like in texas now, houston, those people now have seen so much and they finally realize. >> glor: the biggest threat here in miami is not the rain. as you saw in houston, with harvey, it is the wind speed and the storm surge, and the storm surge is the most difficult thing to predict. farther up the coast where irma could hit early next week, states of emergency have already been declared in ge...

So much sand, jeff, the city has run out of bags. people have been bringing their own bags and in some cases, pillowcases. >> glor: mark strassmann with us here in miami. mark, thank you very much. potential danger from irma extends throughout the florida keys, which stretch 120 miles into the sea. elaine quijano is in key largo. >> reporter: the fishermen of the florida keys have begun a long-established tradition: searching the mangroves, hoping to shelter dozens of boats from the storm. what's the strategy here for tying up the boat? >> to keep her in the middle of the canal because the tid...

And dime and buy one. this is the heart of the operation. you lose that, you're out. >> reporter: it was in 1960, ahead of hurricane donna, that sands first secured a fishing boat in these mangroves. back then it was his father's vessel, and now his fellow fishermen are helping him protect his. feels kind of like a family out here. >> that's a lot of friends. i have a lot of friends here. i have charter boat friends. i have lobster friends. this is a nice community. it's really nice where we live. everybody sticks together. >> reporter: gary sands and some other boaters are not evacuating and ...