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Trees tossed like twigs, too often into homes and businesses, multiplying the mayhem. the challenge for us, to capture what the storm has left behind, the need that exists, and where it is headed next. and we have the best information available. we have reporters all over the place. people willing to put themselves into the worst of it. and we have weather legend sam champion, the one and only back with us to walk us through the toll and what's still to come. it is all hands on deck. let's get after it. all right. here's what we know right now. hurricane michael barrelling through georgia. t...

Already. if you are, you are among lucky. close to half a million now are without power. flooding catastrophic. there's been only a limited window for rescue. the night is still very young for those in the path of this monster. the rampage started near mexico beach, florida, this afternoon. homes ripped into shreds. roads raging rivers now. trees tossed like twigs, too often into homes and businesses, multiplying the mayhem. the challenge for us, to capture what the storm has left behind, the need that exists, and where it is headed next. and we have the best information available. we have rep...

Nature can throw at you. trees snapped and crossing the road just about everywhere. electrical lines down everywhere as well. very hard to get through those, and lots and lots of water. i mean, cars at this hour -- it was pretty easy to cross this much earlier today. now it's much more treacherous because it's hard to see as you're coming down the road, it's hard to even tell this is water if there is nobody else on it. but this is a major intersection. there's no lights. it is completely desolate, and nothing is open. most of the cars we see coming down the road here are emergency vehicles. t...

Tom, pick up on sam's point and one of the things we're watching. on my screen what we're watching in different areas, we see obviously what is the hurricane threat in this area. but tropical storm which everybody always mitigates its intensity, it's not that bad. it's horrible, especially in the areas that are already saturated. what is the additional risk there, tom? >> in 2003 hurricane isabel moved into the outer banks and went into the washington, d.c. area. it wasn't that strong a storm but it dropped over 10,000 trees. this is pine country, heavy, tall trees, weak shallow root systems. ...

Surge. miguel marques is in south port, florida, just north of panama city, right around here where the storm has just moved through. and behind it now, devastation. just look what he's standing in. miguel. >> reporter: this is a major road here, chris. i'll show you these cars going through here. this is 77 where it meets 77-a. we're trying to get to mexico beach, but it is blocked by just about everything that mother nature can throw at you. trees snapped and crossing the road just about everywhere. electrical lines down everywhere as well. very hard to get through those, and lots and lots o...