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It is so stunning to see what the waves did with all the sand. some keys don't have beaches, but this one did, and it blew the sand up into the lobby of this condo, condominium, into through parking you can't do up against the door where the sand was at least three feet high. it was so surreal, which then lowered the ceilings. i found one guy there who was the lone holdover, the caretaker of this condominium complex, a guy named william dub richardson. i said why doesn't leave? he said i'm the caretaker, this is my job. he hung out there and rode it out. he thought this fortified structure wou...

Waiting for new supplies to arrive and power to be restored. some of the worst devastation is in the florida keys where irma hit as a category 4 storm. bryan, what's the situation like there? >> reporter: wolf, this is what a category 4 storm can do to an apartment complex, a condominium complex. this is the sandy cove apartment complex. this is now one floor of gutted out wreckage. look at this. there were three units at the top floor here, three units right below it. those are now completely under ground in water. tom ross, he said he believes

You're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. we talked with kyung lah. this is about 50 miles from where the eye of the storm came. you're standing in front of some sort of structure. it sustained serious, serious damage, brian. show me around. >> reporter: brooke, it's really incredible. we talked to people who lived here. we're going to show you what it looks like now. this is a condominium complex. our photojournalist will come past me. he'll show you inside. this level was on the third floor. this looks like a one-floor condominium complex. this was on the third floor. imagine this two stores ...

About 90% of the homes on the island chain are either damaged or completely destroyed. cnn's brian todd is in the key area for us. right now, brian, irma's fierce wind and storm surge simply ravaged that region. >> reporter: they certainly did, wolf. and it's still a very dangerous situation tonight. tens of thousands of residents of the florida keys trying desperately to get back to their homes. many are like this condominium complex. we talked to sheriffs deputies down the road. they would not let us through that checkpoint. would not even let residents through because of situations like thi...

What's the situation? >> reporter: i can hear you, chris. it's really cranking up here as irma huffs and puffs and tries to blow us all down. i've become increasingly thankful for building codes in south florida, many of them stiffened after hurricane andrew. we are hunkered down in a concrete -- whoa, condominium complex. i just saw a huge branch come snapping off this tree right around the corner. we don't want to move our camera out to the spot to show you but take my word for it, irma is trimming all the trees in this neighborhood. right now, it's blinding sheets of rain and we are on the ...