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It could pass through still as a powerful, destructive storm, even as it heads to georgia, brooke. >> reporter: yup, yup. and also i think you and i have both underscored this, but even as you mentioned georgia, the carolinas, other parts of florida. i mean, so many people including ourselves covering this, went to bed thinking it's a category two, wake up, it's a category four. not as many people in georgia and the carolinas were maybe paying as much attention and they're about to be certainly woken up by what's about to hit them. jennifer gray is our senior meteorologist who has been trackin...

Their jobs, have a massive job ahead of her. dianne gallagher, we'll check back with you. i'm brooke baldwin in destin, florida where those big, dark, ominous cloud have moved away and the blue sky is just about to be upon us. it is extraordinary how in a matter of minutes everything can change. but keep in mind if you are east of me, do not let this fool you. do not let this picture fool you. as dianne and john were pointing out and everyone else, the worst truly is yet to come. let's take a quick commercial break. you're watching cnn's special coverage here of hurricane michael in florida. t...

Category five. so category five is 157 or stronger and this is just two below. reminds people how incredibly dangerous and fierce these winds have been and still are. let's be real about it. i'm here in destin, florida. a lot of people are here off camera taking pictures and taking it all in. it's still a bit of an eerie scene here. panama beach still feeling the brunt of the storm and even east, st. john, apalachicola. we were talking earlier with jennifer gray about mexico beach and some of the structural damage. just starting to see some of the first pictures of the flooding. as everyone ha...

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>> i want -- john, i just want them to know that, you know, this storm is going to get through it, and we will get past the storm but please stay in and let us assess what the damages are and clean the roadways up and get the power lines back up, and we are fearful that people will come across a downed power line and electrocute themselves, and so let us assess the situation and we have a lot of emergency personnel waiting to get in and help us out. >> mayor bill saffo, our kind host right now in this city, mayor saffo we appreciate the work you are doing. >> thank you, john. >> you can see th...