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Hope that -- the hope would be this thing would dissipate and go out into the atlantic. we have to prepare for the worst. >> florida's governor rick scott declaring a state of emergency in all of his states, 67 counties, ahead of hurricane irma. now barreling toward the caribbean as a category 5 hurricane with winds up to 175 miles an hour. tomorrow morning a mandatory evacuation of the florida keys will begin for tourists. government officials say another evacuation for residents is l k likely to follow. the national weather service calling the storm dangerous saying it could strengthen ahead...

You can see where the flooding was, some of the waters have gone down a little bit, you can see debris all over the neighborhood. just neighborhood after neighborhood after neighborhood like this. again, still raining when this video was taken a short time ago, listen. neighbors coming out to assist there. this is the latest loop from the satellite that nasa has sent us, the satellite loop goes back about 24 hours and you can see that circulation in this storm, it's overland now. you can see a little bit of an eye and these walls will reform and there it is, another huge area of explosive stor...

Across the central atlantic. this is tropical depression four. a lot of things working against the strengthening of this tropical depression, that being the upper level wind shear and also saharan dust coming off of north central africa. you see that on our dust monitor that's streaming right into the location where our particular tropical depression is located. this is the satellite loop. you see how poorly organized this particular system is. only winds at about 30 miles per hour. the national hurricane center doesn't believe the storm will impact land. that's good news. scattered showers, t...

It seems as if every year we're talking about the flooding that happens here. the waters there are trapping people in their houses, surrounding their homesteads. 20,000 people impacted by this. military boats and helicopters sent to help rescue operations that are currently underway. and guess what, there is more rain that is coming. and think about the health hazard associated with the water once it finally does recede. so this is not a single day event, this will last for several days if not weeks to come, the aftermath. you can see these two gentlemen in the background having to contend wit...

Of stuff. it doesn't get easier. losing your home, especially on christmas, my god, you can only think about what those people are going through right now. >> cnn producer joel labi, thank you. let's go back to derek van dam, give us context on what's happening in that part of the world. the temperatures and winds don't help. >> joel said it, we're right smack dab in the middle fl fire season in south australia. there was some relief that moved through. there have been reports of roughly between 10 and 20 millimeters of rainfall, thanks to this cold front you see on our satellite loop that m...