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>> sounds like we have lost david there. but jacksonville is the biggest city in florida. we always think about miami, but not only is jacksonville very big, it's got low-lying places and a lot of the houses that are owned by people or rented by people who have not been able to, since hurricane andrew, bring everything up to code. we spent a lot of time talking about people who built their homes to what they call miami-dade standards or the windows to take 145 miles of impact. not everybody can do that. >> remember how bad florida was hit but the subprime crisis? >> that's right. jacksonville ...

Have been affected by this. but jacksonville is the story. i want to go over to say hi to by mbuddy, stephanie, we were mere when the storm was setting in. a lot of things we have to talk about this morning. i don't want to lose sight of 9/11. it is the anniversary, the 16th anniversary of 9/11. something that is so important to those of us in the city. but right now our immediate attention is on jacksonville. ali, i just left a 9/11 memorial event. if you lived in new york or washington, d.c., part of that group in pennsylvania, it's a day you can never forget. but the day we're focusing on...

>> reporter: the station here usually has three trucks, they have gone up to six, they had trucks come in to help and assist here. we just actually, i think they got a call about somebody being stuck under a tree, so we'll go and take a look at what that looks like. stephanie and ali? >> vaughan, i want to bring in bill karins. bill? just quickly from the jacksonville area, the sheriff tweeted out and said attention everyone in zones a and b along the river, evacuate now. they have opened up the bridges which were closed only westbound to allow for those evacuations. they are anticipating th...

Tons of pelting rain. a lot of flooding as we've been showing you throughout the day. this debris that came in from the ocean really washed up on to shore, the a1a is covered in sand. looks like a beach. then you have the kelp that leads up to the businesses. many of them closed a couple days ago, taking precautions. but the overall sense of relief here is pretty strong, although they're going to have to deal with insurance claims and re-opening is going to be a process, as there is still no power for 6 million people in the area. >> is all the water in all the obvious places you were at yeste...

Parts. >> we are watching the continue of hurricane irma in some parts. if you are in jacksonville, it is not clear which part you're at because there's still a high tide coming in. and there's flooding in that city. let's go to florida times union reporter david bauerline from jacksonville. david, what is the situation in jacksonville, which is the, in terms of land mass, the largest city in the continental united states? >> reporter: well, the main danger right now is definitely flooding from the river. just to put this in perspective, it's the worst flooding the city has ever experienced al...