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hurricane-force winds already recorded offshore from charleston. the national weather center warns storm surge is expected there. people are warned to take this storm seriously especially after what was seen and happened from ian in florida. more striking images are emerging as well. capturing the level of devastation especially where the storm came on shore in southwest florida. you're looking at have i had from sanibel island showing the community torn apart, completely severed from the mainland. people stranded without water and power. cleanup efforts have begun in some areas, inc...

and as you would expect, time is running out to get to them. there are also questions about what officials should have done before the storm, and regrets from those who stayed. >> we were just about ready to take her out. and you so don't want to see this. you're right. you're right. >> three days. >> three days. >> the water came up to me on here. and when it got to there, the way they were saying on the news, i thought it was going to eventually go over our heads. i called my daughters and said goodbye. >> it was very traumatic. i actually, i went into the water and saved three peo...

The interstates are, the major highways, state highways are shut down. We keep on trying different routes. And we come to the end of the road where its flooded and then we see rescues. We see the same kind of scenes unfolding in these small towns in east texas that we saw unfolding in houston. And there are real fears that the kind of flooding theyre talking about in beaumont is going to be even worse than what we saw in houston. And there is a perilous situation unfolding in port arthur, which is just slightly east of bomon. There is a city center there that theyre using as a shelter for hund...

Is in the hard hit city of panama city. Matt bradley is in the states capitol in tallahassee. Let me start with you, kerry. First of all, what are we seeing in panama city right now . Reporter let me just sort of paint the picture. You see this boat turned up on its edge, and you can see in the background an entire debris field. What im going to do is take you out here to really show the power of this hurricane, and i suspect likely, although this is yet to be confirmed, a tornado. Let me step back here and just sort of look up at this boat warehouse here that was completely ripped and torn ap...

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