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all of this. i'm going to get to it. i'll see you tomorrow night. thanks. this is don lemon tonight, and i'm in orlando florida, and being here, what's really amazing is the amount of water. as i said last night, this has been a water storm. it's all about the water. it's not about the wind. this hurricane dumped so much water on the state of florida. what you see behind me, these trees are usually under water behind me, so people would normally be walking behind me on this path. but now, if you go there, you're at your own risk. the destruction it's caused here is amazing inland, an...

state of emergency tonight, it comes as florida is dealing with catastrophic damage from in, at least 17 people dead tonight. there are fears that that number will go up. cnn's chief climate correspondent is bill weir, and he joins me now. bill, hello once again to you. you say this is some of the worst damage you've ever seen in your career. covering these disasters. tell us what you saw? >> well, by that i mean, don, there are certain sort of moments and scenes in storms that are just burned into your brain, katrina for a lot of the reasons that we all know. that was such a man mad...

live from atlanta. ahead on cnn newsroom. >> it is destroyed and it is ruined and you have to start all over again. honestly, where do you start? how do you start in this? >> there is no way i am walking in that filthy water. there are snakes, fire ants. alligators and alligators. >> a lot of great people on every street like this in america. it is friday, september 30th. 4:00 a.m. on the east coast where rescue crews are struggling to reach residents. the national hurricane center says the category 1 storm regained strength and is expected to make landfall in the coming hours. the...

at 19, a number that is almost certain to rise in the days ahead. the u.s. president warming up thursday poll of a lot of loss of life as one official sank likely the biggest natural disaster disaster the state's ever seen. that's the biggest disaster in florida's history. tens of thousands of emergency workers and deployed statewide. now 2 million homes and businesses stay with the electricity. large parts of the state are underwater. instead it's a one in 1000-year rainfall. the governor ron desantis decided describe the storm surge is biblical. >> some of the damage was almost und...

chair. >> we were in that much danger, and we didn't know it. >> what were you be willing to give me today to move past the police investigation? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was january, 2009. brenda konstantin and her husband brian rodgers, and their three teenagers, two boys, and a girl spent the new year's holiday the way they always had. a trip out of town and then back to their home. amid class suburb in the capital city, ottawa. >> it's a very family oriented community, lots of young families. lots of kids. >> but as you say? in a town which is very safe, but it didn't seem particularly ...