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And another big part of that, that i think needs to be mentioned, is that communication lines are -- they're basically down. we have communication with some people, but in general, we're still getting in contact with people that are located in different parts of the island like the southeastern part, the northwestern part, the southwestern part it's been very hard the last 24 hours to determine what has happened from the voice of other people because we haven't had any communication, plus, there's a lot of destruction in the road. there's a lot of debris in between, a lot of obstruction. so to...

Additional troops to contain serious post-storm looting on st. martin. and the u.s. virgin island, there's a 24 hour curfew as crews try clean up. and st. croix homes have been destroyed, vital communication lines knocked out, many still waiting to hear from loved ones they cannot reach. of course the u.s. common wealth of puerto rico, home to more than three million americans all without power, absolutely obliterated president trump says. and that's just some of the many islands in the caribbean, crippled as maria continues her path. joining me now is colin, he is the washington based spokesm...

What is most helpful to you as where you are at this time? >> one of the things that i can share with you is it has been a remarkable experience to engage with our federal government francis rooney, marco rubio, our governor scott. the president, our senators here in florida, et cetera, they have been engaged with us locally. we are executing on plans for communicating often. i talk to all of those officers last night or them personally. and the communication lines are opening. the effort is massive focused on us right now for weeks. we are internally grateful. todd: mayor anderson as a yankee...

Right now the potentially kas strofic storm is hitting the caribbean islands and winds whipping off roofs and knocking off communication lines and sending debris flying. listen for a second to the sheer power behind this -- [ winds howling ] >> i mean, that sounds like the gods screaming. that's a crazy, crazy sound. hurricane hunters are recording

People in the federal government, great communication lines with the president. extremely concerned, incredibly engaged. everything is working through. just because there's not a leader in some of these areas, you've got dedicated, highly knowledgeable, experienced workforce in each one of these agencies and they know this mission. we're putting it down and we're there. we're leaning forward and we're going to continue to support the state and local governments. i have no concern. we are doing our job. >> administrator long, best of luck. thank you for joining us today. please let us know how ...