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Department that they've pulled the officers off the street because they wanted to make sure their first responders were okay. we've seen some highway patrol going by and for the most part, people have cleared the streets here. in fact, we even talked to someone who came in this area to restore power after all this is all over. they say they haven't seen the wind gusts pick up this quickly, this fast in a long time with all of the storms they've been through and you can imagine what people are bracing themselves for as this storm starts to move through. this is something that people will be wai...

Side of the hurricane. it usually has less winds and we had top winds of 110 when it came through. it's usually less, but now all of the debris is on the ground. now all these big branches that blew down like this one from the first part of the storm and the gutters that have been blowing down are all over the place and so even though the wind may be less, it's still very treacherous because everything is loose. the rain is here. ditches are flooded and there's so much precarious danger left out here even though people may think we survived the worst part of the storm. >> there is no really wo...

East coast which a lot of people might be surprised still as you saw with brian todd, still in the danger zone and still getting those winds and that rain in daytona beach with us. sir, i know it's been windy there, as well, just a few minutes ago. >>. >> yeah. it's really picking up, anderson, and we've been seeing the bands of rain and wind that come slamming through this area and you were looking at daytona beach and we're standing on the fifth floor of a hotel that is a hurricane-rated hotel. we are staying with dozens upon dozens of florida power and light contractors and you will see the...

Gorda, a town which was just hit so hard, devastated back in 2004 in hurricane charley which we were covering. lot of people thought tampa would be hit. the storm took a turn at the last minute and hit punta gorda directly. miguel it's very dark there, obviously darkness has fallen all over this area, that's what makes it so scary for people now at night just to not be able to know exactly, not be able to see what is postentially coming at them, at their house especially with the storm surge due in the early morning hours on tomorrow morning. >> reporter: yes, i think, look, it is getting dark...

City right now, the lights seem to be out around punta gorda which is across much of the state. it's not clear if they are going to remain out for a long time. they were certainly expecting that this was probably happening at some point tonight but not clear why they've gone out. i didn't see any transformers exploding, i didn't see any obvious reasons for it to go out but it is out right now and they have to figure out how to get it reestablished, like much of the state, millions and millions of people tonight without power. anderson? >> yes, miguel, be careful. alex marquad is in sarasota, 5...