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want to turn to meteorologist. hard to complain about the weather here when you see so much devastation happening down there in puerto rico. >> i think we turned the page yesterday. over the weekend and monday felt like we were shouting into the wind about how dire it was in puerto rico. all the governors know, the congress, president, so now it's just up tow what they can do and hopefully congress gets involved. >> they said they may wait until october. see if we can get that sped up a little bit. as far as what's left of maria. hurricane ever since it intensified and slammed into puerto rico. now it's going to brush by the outer banks. about 36 hour event. glow like a nor'easter type storm. winds coming out of northeast. they can deal with this. minor wind problems. isolated power outages. 2-4 foot storm surge. overwash and highway 12 at one
passed away during the storm. san juan packed as they tried to escape on few commercial flights. u.s. military delivering humanitarian aides by air and sea. the marines are here. marines are landing. >> rushing to help clear roads. >> this will not happen overnight. this is going to be a marathon. >> in northwest puerto rico engineers inspecting a major dam after finding a crack. tha thankfully so far it is holding. pastor runs this massive church his father built and maria r ripped apart. >> see it destroyed in just a few hours is really sad. we are a church of hope. we are going to rebuild. >> rebuilding will take time for an island in crisis and in need. gabe gutierrez, nbc news. puerto rico. >> certainly good to see people have hope there.