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The puerto rican government who said, look, they brought too much water too late in the process, and now it's tainted perhaps, and they want to return it to fema, which creates a whole loanother logistical nr nightmare. anderson? >> and i understand the mayor where the water is call this excess water, that the people have what they need. is that what you're hearing from people on the ground there? >> reporter: well, maybe in his neighborhood, they're all fine and dandy, but we're heading up into the west tomorrow, where people are still desperate to get just the basic stuff of life. i was on a...

>> and i understand the mayor where this runway where the water is calls this excess water, that the people have what they need. is that what you're hearing from people on the ground there? >> reporter: well, maybe in his neighborhood, they're all fine and dandy, but we're heading up into the west tomorrow, where people are still desperate to get just the basic stuff of life. i was on a viequez, the island off the coast of puerto rico yesterday, where people are carrying water, cisterns of water up to their homes. still some living in tents there. that island running on generator power. so, no...

Generators, ac -- will be fine, we'll be hunkering down, will be safe. >> martha: what about the power outages, you say you have five generators and how far inland are you? i'm assuming you don't live right there on the beach where you're standing. >> were a mile and a half away, sea level is 6 feet. still 5:00, i'm here with you right now but i hook up the ac, central air, i've got enough generator power to hook it up. will be comfortable. will be fine. >> martha: no concerns where you are about putting first responders in danger because that's what the governor is talking about he doesn't wa...

Question. one of the things that is important to know is that it does not mean that 70% of puerto rico has its power back. what it means is they are generating 70% of the normal load. so what does that mean? so let's say when they first were having a blackout, they put power back on at the hospitals, at water treatment plants, at places that were high generators. so 70% is not 70% of homes. a lot of that is big infrastructure. so i would say at this point that probably at about half the island has power. and that means half doesn't. >> and that is a big number. so you have the story on "the ti...

Mostly maria. you've got this state where we are right now, florida, providing a safehaven for some of the victims. it's estimated about 200,000 people came here in the first couple of months after hurricane maria with relief centers really working to help those folks out. you've also got questions now about how many people have actually been killed in puerto rico. there is a concern that that number has been under reported and that possibly more than a thousand people have died. one of the biggest challenges, the most imminent and urging challenges right now is trying to get power back to eve...