Resident Finds $2 Million-Worth Of Cocaine Along Florida Keys
U.S. Border Patrol Agents said they had recovered 25 washed-up contrabands of cocaine on Florida shoreline since October.
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U.S. Border Patrol Agents said they had recovered 25 washed-up contrabands of cocaine on Florida shoreline since October.
It's really tough right now, but that's what we need help with. >> the official landfall of the kata for a 4 irma, but big pine keys only a few miles away. the eye wall blew through this area. you can see the widespread destruction. virtually every house in this area is either destroyed or has significant, significant damage. as for electricity and power, right now in key west, total blackout, it's dead. the whole town closes down at 8:00 p.m., there's a curfew for potential looting. its blackness, but tony% of the island now has electricity restored. a lot of people in the keys, lower keys wo...
Packing 130-mile-per-hour winds, waves up to 15 feet high. with such widespread damage below, some of the keys are only accessible by air. there's so much debris in the ocean, reaching this location by boat would be dangerous. >> reporter: the national guard, deploying search and rescue missions into the keys. local officials say a humanitarian crisis is looming in the lower islands. big pine keys among those hardest hit. >> they need fresh water. they need gas. mostly, they need manpower to get clear pass zaage through thundershower yards. >> reporter: vital infrastructure, roads, bridges, re...