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The heat, the humidity, that's their reality. and the light is just coming up. we'll be going around this key and others to show you how people will try to get by. it will make so clear why people can't come back here yet, alisyn. let's deal with another hit area. if you're still seeing the mayor of jacksonville. they're worried about jacksonville for two reasons. one, they weren't expected to get hit. what's the situation there right now, mr. mayor? >> good morning. yesterday was all day rescue boats. we evacuated the most vulnerable in at-risk areas, mandatory evacuations. unfortunately ther...

Signs damaged and store fronts smashed and vehicles swamped and the hardest hit area was in ormond beach a few miles from us where the volusia county sheriff and roll locals said a toornd tupped down -- where a tornado touched down between 9 o'clock and 9:30 last night. badly damaged homes with roofs ripped off and deposited in neighbors' yards or a block away. people remain in the dark and they can expect the lights will remain off for some time to come. >> sean: rick leventhal. thank you. he's on the ground in daytona beach, florida. thank you. mike tobein. hit less hard than they anticipate...

The damages from hurricane irma. one hard hit area was jacksonville, the area saw historic storm surges. the flood waters are fanlly receding. thousands are without power. ketdy beck is standing by for us in jacksonville. katie, this is a fascinating story. as the storm, the hurricane, started to move west away from jacksonville, the news came in that jacksonville was going to flood. and flood it did. >> reporter: indeed. as you said ali, these waters are receding. we are at high tide along the st. jone john's river. the water is just cresting, just slushing over. a much different scene from...

The most -- most of the deaf station was around big fine key near marathon. it was -- we saw a lot of boats that were sunken, we saw a lot of trailer homes were all piled up and some were blown into the nearby water. and it was really sad. we didn't see many people out on the streets, so that was good. hopefully most of the people were evacuated or got out of the keys. from -- yes. >> i was going to say when you say marathon where you saw it looked some of the worst. when you look at the keys map marathon right in the middle, on key west end and to the other, what did it look like there that m...

That's not good enough for the people that are without power. it is a massive storm. and regardless of all those investments, this storm took a toll on our system. >> for sure. we should tell people, i mean, you're obviously not the only power and light company in florida. you're a big one. there's something like last estimate we got, 5.8 million people without power, so you have line share of that, but not all of that. lots and lots of people are suffering. as we understand it, the hardest hit area was on the west coast and it's going to take more than just a simple sort of flip of a switch t...