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All together, if you e mask the land, you get land area twice the size of washington d.c. they are known for being absolutely gorgeous. known for white pristine beaches, old world castles and architecture. their incredible culture and incredible art and museums and incredible food, really rich storied culture and right now, the u.s. virgin islands are really, really hurting. two of those three big islands, st. john and st. thomas got destroyed. st. thomas has one hospital and that hospital has been destroyed. one resident in st. thomas told npr the hospital suffered a catastrophic failure. pat...

Barreling this way, you could never tell that anything was wrong. look at this day we of got here. bright blue skies, pristine beaches. the only real indication that something is wrong is how few people there are out here. there are a handful, there's a gentleman out there right now in the water. that is a handful too many for the local authorities here. they don't want anyone here. this is a mandatory evacuation zone. once this storm hits tomorrow, they're expecting the storm surge to come ashore around 3 to 5 feet. now, we drove across from ft. lauderdale across the florida peninsula this mo...

Maarten. today it looks like this. st. maarten's landmarks including their world famous airport have taken a devastating blow. this is what it looks like inside the airport. check-in desks flooded, debris all over the place. local officials say huge swaths of the island have been leveled. about 80,000 people live on st. maarten. most have seen their homes damaged or destroyed. this is what the docks used to look like. now the docks look like this. this is one of the hotels in st. maarten in brighter times. it has replicas of famous paintings on the outer walls. this is that same hotel now. you...

Mystery. along the gulf coast of florida there's a tiny place, cluster of islands really called cedar key, home to 700 people. the biggest draws are the annual spring arts festival, pristine beaches, good fishing opportunities and particularly bird watching. that's because cedar key is also home to one of the bird refuges along the gulf coast of florida. it is called sea horse key. it is a small island five miles from the shore. nobody lives there. it is hard to get to. accessible only by boat. 150 acres of federally protected land and over the years it has been home to thousands of birds. som...

Examine it. >> the company downgrading the amount of oil that leaked. let's turn to abc's brandi hitt with more. >> reporter: these are the lives rescue teams are desperately trying to save. pelicans coated in oil. the dark toxic sludge covering a baby elephant seal's face. this sea lion died over the weekend. >> that's when the emotion starts to come in. >> reporter: it's believed up to 101,000 gallons of oil spilled from this ruptured pipeline last week in santa barbara. experts say injured wildlife swimming through the spill are now showing up as far as 50 miles away. >> we have more than 8...