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That storm surge could be the worst part of this storm. So we will be on that during this hour. I'll be watching. Thanks alex. Thank you. We are going straight to bill karins. Msnbc's meteorologist. Nbc news meteorologist for the latest on the situation there. Bill, what can we expect now in florida? this is when all the damage is happening. We can't show you where the worst storm surge is. But we know it is moving in. We have had reports of a ten foot storm surge in sarasota. As we go down the coast, all the way to naples, it's been at least five to six foot storm surge. That is higher than h...

the homeowner's policy will cover somebody things but the flood policy covers probably the most significant risk for most homeowners in florida given the risk of flooding we have in our state. we are sensitive to that obviously going to be some folks that are in need of support and relief we will work as best we can i will say people have been asking about some of the overall homeowner's insurance with like citizens. citizens, i think right now they are between 6 and 700 billion of surplus. modeling in terms of paying out a lot of money in claims still have 4 and 5 billion in surplus...

Damage, but it is the rain fall that is also going to be something that will be incredibly worried about here over the next day or so as heavy amounts of rain fall. they have positioned emergency teams, high water rescue teams in various areas to be able to respond quickly to what they anticipate will be a number of people trapped in quickly rising flood waters. that is a great concern. you can hear the winds and just how high and sustained they are at this point. even though there are bands of rain whipping through and occasional breaks in the rain fall like we're exposing now, the winds real...

We're closely monitoring the path of tropical storm isaac right now. that system is moving over the florida keys and now the other gulf states are in danger. new orleans in fact now under a hurricane watch. let's check in on the conditions in the keys. we have hank tester. he's been driving around key west. he's there live for us. hank, i'm getting from bill karins that the heaviest squalls thus far are hitting key west. you're seeing thateri, right? >> if you can take a look out there right now, this is what is known as the garrison bite, and these are sail boats that have been tied off, and ...