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Extent of the damage. nobody really knows yet. let me give you an idea of what we're looking at here. this is what 155 mile an hour winds can do. ripped this metal wall off the building here. tore the doors right off. wrapped around trees. this is how powerful those winds were. now one other problem that they had going on right now on the island is the lack of communication. you know that power is out 100% across the entire island. we only have light here because we're working on generators. power is out across the entire island. people are having a hard time communicating with their loved one...

Now, you've got even more people without water. there's a lot of work to be done and right now the extent of that work is really unknown. >> you start worrying about health and sanitation. nbc, thank you. one organization is going to play a critical role in all of the recovery process. the red cross. the spokesperson for the red cross, thank you for joining us. i want to start off by asking you how the red cross is preparing to help the victims of hurricane irma in askand hurric maria. >> the red cross is already in puerto rico. puerto rico has a very political red cross. that does not mean we...

Territory as a category 4 storm, flooding homes and according to officials there, 70% of homes on the i'm had their rooves ripped off. joining us from san juan, puerto rico, nbc news correspondent tammy leitner. tammy. >> reporter: good morning. you know as the sun comes up here in san juan, residents will give some of them their first look at the devastation and it is heart breaking. we're standing outside of a bank and can you see that the doors just completely blew off the bank t. shutters are twisted, mangled messes here. from what we've seen, this is what it looks look, pleas after place,...

He obviously lost a wall off the roof. structures behind it, lost roof, roof damage. this is the issue we will deal with. people don't have anywhere to live. they can't stay in these structures, let alone the water and food issues in the days ahead. this is also in the same area, look at the trees, all the leaves stripped. more rooves damaged. this is in san juan, this is an apartment building with obvious structural damage. a lot of water was still in the streets in the areas. this will be recedeing today. today will be about clearing the streets. it will be about getting help to the people t...

The next step is to make sure that everyone is okay in our staff of volunteers. assess the damage. and to move forward and help everyone on the island. >> we asked fema officials and asking the red cross as well, are you wearing yourself thin. are you wearing yourself thin between harvey, irma, and now maria recovery. >> it is absolutely incredible the season we've had so far. to be honest, yes. this has been an incredible couple of months. it's something we're going to do together and shoulder together and move forward. keep in mind, red cross is part of a global network. we have had sister s...