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Was already saturated from hurricane irma. now, clearly there is a new kind of life here that was totally alien to puerto rico 48 hours or so ago. cell phones are not really working that often. fresh water is being rationed and electricity will be out for months. and the drive, you saw, from my reporting earlier where it made landfall to the north here in san juan, it shows how many electricity grids have been destroyed and it only had a $70 billion debt and it's a massive reconstruction job and i'm afraid to say it's a change of life here for the people for the years ahead. this has been a de...

Covering these storms? >> reporter: no. we have heard them urge people before. i think it's recognition and this is hard for people to understand of what comes after. nobody wants to see a death toll that climbs. nobody wants to see the scope of the disaster that comes after. and so the best way to minimize that is to get people to understand what they have to do. there is a lot of people who recognize what is going on. by the same token, it's just curious and interesting to look at this. and we have lots of people doctor their cellphones taking pictures. it's a relatively nice day, but they k...

How soon will it get there? well, irma is moving to the northwest at about 6 miles an hour. it slowed way down from when it was over the glorious open waters of the atlantic basin. but as it was encroaching across the leeward islands and turks & caicos then made landfall along this north-central coast of cuba before exiting, now it's slowed down a whole, whole lot. there's that tornado watch box, which includes that southern portion of florida because of the outer bands. that upper right quadrant, this portion of the hurricane, is most prone to see the dynamics that would lead to tornadic acti...

People feel a little disappointed because it wasn't going to make landfall there. now it's the west coast. kennedy space center is looking at the potential for near hurricane-force winds. and the hurricane is still way down here. so if you're second guessing yourself, don't. because there are a lot of impacts from wind damage, lightning, tornado, storm surge, flooding, 10 to 20 inches of rainfall. irma has got all of that covered. michael, isa? >> thanks very much, karen. don't second guess yourself, of course, in situations like this. the rain, the water, the hurricane, they always win. it's ...

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