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We just can't get rid of that. of course we don't like that rain down there in the northern gulf. we continue to get more of these pictures out from the region, to believe devastatiowa -- obvious devastation. this is aerial footage of mexico beach. it was about a 20-mile-wide tornado in this area. the reason mexico beach looks so much worse, that's where they also had the storm surge on top of the winds. it's going to be incredible to see how they try to rebuild this. i like to equate it -- there was a town in kansas that was devastated by ef 5 and they rebuilt it completely after the tornado ...

Damaged, blown out, washed out by the storm surge. combination of high winds in the storm surge just leveling everything in its path, i remember being in one of the worst tornadoes in oklahoma in 2013, ef5, destruction but in a much wider area and, you know, we were -- as we were flying over our pilot who has been down here flying helicopters for years, i asked him, i said, what's this compared to anything you've seen and he said nothing like it, take a listen. >> it would be a long time on what it was in the past. hopefully it doesn't affect tourism, great people and hopefully they can get it...

Most of the buildings there where you are in panama city, florida, were they built after 1967 when the building code changed there? and yet, they were still devastated in this way? >> this has been a terrible situation with all of the buildings that we looked at. we have some facilities here in the area that did withstand a lot of the wind damage. we had some trees on them, but most of the buildings that we're seeing right around this area here have been damaged to some degree pretty badly. >> even the newer ones. final thought -- >> even the newer ones. >> what has struck you the most when yo...

Councilwoman for your town. when the town is right, go down greensburg, kansas, somewhere, a small town that got hit by an ef5. the whole town was destroyed. they that they would never rebuild it. maybe there is a partnership or through donations maybe you got a thousand people right in your town. you know in. >> yes. >> we don't want you wiped off the map. maybe we can find a way. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> it's the downside of living in paradise. living along the water. especially in this day and age in this country. >> yeah. you know, we have good weather and sunshine most of the y...

Are in san juan right now, the northeastern section of puerto rico and the storm is 95 miles or 240 kilometers to our south and east. several hours to go before the storm inches closer and closer. but hurricane maria, major hurricane maria is really scraping the upper echelon of what is possible with hurricanes. 175-mile-an-hour sustained winds around the center of the storm. we continue to harp on that. we know that's where the strongest winds will be felt. and if -- to put this in perspective we have a scale for tornados which are small scale events, let's say a half mile wide at its greates...