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Been doing so, from the governor down to mayors. no mixed messages about this. where they see danger, they're telling people, get to higher ground. not saying leave the state, just get to higher, safer ground. >> that's why so many people evacuated because you saw what happened to thereading a headli the boston globe, saying people are searching for food on the island of st. martin. a lot of people need a lot of help across the islands. the jacksonville area, one area in our country seeing new damage created, it's from jacksonville northward up the coast. i was looking at the brand-new 11:00 a...

Welcome back. you are watching this special edition of stephanie and rhule. ali, we are focusing on this hurricane, hurricane irma. we were speaking to miguel al almagu almaguer, as they're assessing the damage. in northeast florida, south carolina, georgia, they're still preparing. these images here of the keys, think about this, 20,000 people didn't evacuate. >> look at that. a boat in the middle of the road. that's probably route 1. incredible. >> it's most likely route 1. and there are so many people still in their homes. the rescue teams are figuring out, how are they going to get to them...

Where you're going to have to get in a dinghy and check your spot to find out if your boat made it. you'll look out there and everything looks great until you notice, nope, that one sunk. that one sunk. some of them held out okay. there's a pretty big sailboat over there at the very end that is half underwater. so just to show you the power of the wind and the water out here. the other thing i want to tell people, and this is something we found after just about every storm, particularly with marina damage, there's fuel oil in the water here. be very, very careful. the smell is kind of overwhel...

Their backyards. the damage is severe. >> yeah. it is a pretty serious look out there. these are the first pictures we're getting from key largo. we'll keep taking a look at what some of the damage is to other parts of florida. remember how big this storm was. our coverage of the storm continues on the other side. you're watching velshi and rhule. we'll be right back.

Of water. we're trying to move from place to place to get a good survey of the damage here. now, the first thing you'll notice is there's a lot of boats in this area. looking back there, a little cluster of islands where the houses are. this is where people have their boats outside of the marina. if we pan over more, you'll be able to see, these boats have been tossed along the shoreline. boats that were on their moring here. this is the power of water. to give you the idea, we can keep going around and i want to show you where the water line was. it is easy to find. you'll see the debris line...