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Morning. >> and it's going to be very, very dangerous, and there we go with our -- with our power here. we're back. >> and we are back, we want to bring in the mayor of tallahassee, john daly, thank you very much for being with us. you've asked people who chose not to evacuate to shelter in place. what are you seeing this morning? >> well, we're seeing the storm move past us. we're still dealing with the wind event and rain event. we've got about 35,000 people without power, our crews are out working around the clock to restore power, and we're just asking everybody still to shelter in place. ...

Between new brunswick and savannah. the on and off tornados will be with us all afternoon and especially late this afternoon early this evening, in the carolina areas, you have numerous hazards, tornados, and the current wind gusts in valdosta hit 67 miles per hour. trees are definitely coming down. i'm sure people are seeing the arcing of the power lines there and losing power. that should head up towards way cross georgia in an hour from now. finally back down below hurricane strength, and by the way, we did have rapid intensification yesterday of this storm, it went from 70 up to 120 miles ...

Directly by the eye of the storm, but the storm surge of course is of concern. what are your concerns this morning? >> our concerns are just what you heard from those on the ground here in tampa, the individuals that didn't heed the evacuation warnings and now are calling for assistance. we have a number of areas that are cut off, davis islands where just talked about about tampa general hospital. you can't get onto that island now, and you can't get off of it unless you traverse through some pretty high water. we are just asking everyone to stay inside, that the worst of this storm is not ove...

20 minutes? >> it's impressive how the water level has risen very, very quickly, jose. however, we have to say that crystal river has been pretty lucky when it comes to the winds and the potential of a storm. we went around crystal river. we drove around, and we saw how the water level came up in exactly 20 minutes, it covered the pier, and what's important to say is people have taken seriously the evacuate orders and the announcements from the authorities. and we didn't see anybody outside, which is also good news, and a lot of authorities and sheriff's and police officers just taking care of...

Flood inundation maps. we're looking yellow into green for expected water push all the way into our communities along the coastline, yankee town and cedar keys. so even though the storm has passed and the winds are beginning to subside, the worst is not over. we're counting to shelter in place, emergency operations have not yet resumed, so as soon as the wind speed comes down a little bit more, and we can get our emergency crews out there, we'll begin our recovery process. >> and sir, there's been the latest numbers are about 54,000 households that are without power, more than 100,000 househol...