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Us in palm beach florida. thank you, dylan. also, a big concern for the florida keys as they face the brunt of hurricane irma. it's the rain and the wind and the surge that dylan was talking about. we have julia bag for us from florida city, florida. the weather is changing. talk to us about it. >> indeed things have really kicked up here. i'm taking some shelter right at the gas station. essential the rain starting to get very heavy now. the winds kicking up as well. we've also seen some big lightning crashes nearby. you can see still in the sky more flashes here. want to show you what's go...

Here back 25 years ago when that storm hit, so what does that mean. people take this storm threat seriously with irma. many of them have either evacuated, gone to shelters, a lot of hotels have actually had their guests evacuate even just yesterday here in florida city to get out of the way of the storm. right now the good news is it looks like the worst of irma may actually skirt this area, but that's not something to -- that's not something to take lightly. we're still expecting some heavy winds here. just in what we're seeing, just as i'm speaking to you now, heavy winds and rain. the race ...

Texas, where the plant is. ing we were able to see a dark plume of smoke. it's definitely there. this is something that emergency crews have been planning for because we know that this plant was expected to potentially explode because these chemicals could no longer be refrigerated. now, the people who live within a mile and a half radius of the plant have been evacuated for days. it's been a wait and see scenario. there is a chance that perhaps the chemicals may not explode with six feet of water inside the plant. those chemicals may not ignite as they go into the water, but so far this morni...

I guess there's some hope that fema can do something. i feel like we've had this wonderful mained. how are we all going to rebuild? i keep thinking about, like, what i could have saved. i could have taken more stuff up. i don't know. we'll be okay. >> obviously so many people in shock there. now to another crisis in the houston area. arkema, which has a major chemical plant just outside of houston in the nearby town of crosby says that it has been informed by authorities that multiple explosions have occurred at that facility with black smoke rising from inside. one sheriff's deputy has been t...

Can change in a minute. >> reporter: flooding has completely cut off the roads to beaumont. the city of 120,000 is now an island. >> it's being essentially into a military base. these helicopters have been landing and taking off all day long. >> because this is the only way out. within hours hundreds of people poured into this setter just outside beaumont. the frightfrightened, the shake elderly being taken in. newborns in the arms of rescuers. >> i got my life and my baby, my family. >> i lived there 34 years, and suddenly your life is destroyed overnight. until it happens to you, you can't e...