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A powerful storm also with flooding. 3-4 feet underwater from the flooding. rescue crews really moving throughout the area. it's been tough getting the roads clear for them to do that. any downed trees and power lines blocking the roads. the palm trees did pretty well even at the height of the storm but it's those nonnative trees, some giant ones that came crashing down all around naples. it is an eerie situation right now around the city, almost completely in darkness. the entire county about 200,000 people, power clients, electric lines, about 190,000 of them without power at this time. some...

In the chopper, you'll be able to see minor damage to some roof. the kind of thing you would expect to see after a bad windstorm, which is what they received in south florida. they are walking along and jacksonville showing the flooding in downtown. a live look, let's listen in. >> i'm going to try to step out of the way. you may be able to see -- not terrible, good news. as for the rest of the street, there's a lot of debris. after the floodwaters receded, makes people realize this place is a mess. downtown right now. i want you to come over here. first of all, there's boards, debris everywhe...

Progress. one thing to look out for, these cable lines, electric lines. they are all over and they are down. it can be a tough thing. the orlando fire department went to a neighborhood 15 minutes from here and sent out pictures. you can show them right now. they went into the area at daybreak where there was a lot of water from the overnight rain. we got a minimum of 12 inches in a few hours. they made about 149 rescues in this one neighborhood. that was many hours ago. since then, the water has subsided. things are looking better and or low vista. orlando, as the sun starts to set. rescuing t...

Electric lines being down, and like we said this is the best projection we have at this point it. could get better, it could deteriorate. reporter: and that is already happening, bill. there have been reports of lines down in volusia county and trees down and flooded roads as well, that's going to get worse as the rain continues to pound this year. they're saying the next 24 hours will be the worst for volusia county and encouraging residents to stay in place. this is the first time the rain has hurt here, this is when you find out your rain pants are not waterproof. bill: oh, my! makes for a ...

Another shows roof damage. water got up and there. it's a low-lying area, no doubt. not too far from the beach. it's just west of i-95 i'm pretty far west of the gulfstream park which is along the beach. you can see this is on a body of water. desoto lake, i think it's a man-made area that extends right up to the highway. up to interstate 95. ralph rayburn has been in the helicopter giving us a tour of some of the damage. again, in the main, it's like okay, this could've been been worse and it certainly could have but if that was your home on the right side of the screen or that one in the cen...