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Shocked yesterday when the flooding started happening here. what i immediately did was i know the mayor was focused on this and the sheriff was focused on this but i sent fish and wildlife officers, over 60 officers right here to help with rescue. the mayor will talk about what they did. i think with everybody here i think they rescued over 300 individuals and thank god that everybody helped everybody here. that was important. fish and wildlife brought boats with them and we've got -- search and rescue efforts continue around the state. i'm praying that when people get to see the damage in the...

Will rake the eastern part of the this island nation for many hours. >> reporter: absolutely. it's going to come across the eastern part, then the northern coast where we are before feeling off and heading north to florida -- before peeling off and heading north to florida. the cuban government told basically every person on the island expect to be affected in some way or another. it's such a big, powerful storm, and there's really nowhere to run. what is happening here -- coastal areas like this one where i am, they're being told that international visitors, tourists need to leave the area. c...

Breaking news. hurricane irma tearing islands to shreds. these are brand-new pictures and video just in from saint thomas. a cnn photographer was up in a plane going over all of the damage. you see the debris. you see the downed trees. you see the debris literally everywhere near. giant pieces of wood. this is a very popular vacation spot, very high end vacation spot and you can see it, obliterated. this is one spot that meant nothing to a storm as giant as it was. didn't slow down. the brand-new forecast outputs miami right on the path, right exactly in the center. and the way the track is ri...

Marco rubio lives directly in the storm's path. and a storm chaser will tell you what he saw. and irma leaving massive destruction everywhere it has struck. hundreds of thousands of people in purt toe toe -- puerto rico without power. erto rico are wit power. retirement rabbit, from voya. i'm the money you save for retirement. who's he? he's green money, for spending today. makes it easy to tell you apart. that, and i am better looking. i heard that. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya.

Has been spinning. paula in haiti, this will be a major hit. >> reporter: it will be a major hit. and even though the interview you just had, we're on the southern end. haiti, erin is not going to take a direct hit. that doesn't mean there won't be catastrophic conditions here as the storm continues. we have got a lot of bands going on. we've heard reports of flooding. the most alarming to me is we've had officials say we are not prepared for this storm or what happens after the storm. especially when it comes to flooding and the risk of those mud slides. those mud slides that literally swept ...