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Bending in this wind already. don't know what it will take to get them to break. again, one of the causes of concern here as we look around is the potential for the flying debris. the city says it was ready, it's got things staged for after the storm, but that's after. the next several hours, of this kind of wind will be very punishing and i think will be a long couple hours here, wolf. >> we're hearing you just fine, john, people in the united states and around the world, they're worried about you, they're worried about all of our corpora correspondents, reassure them once it gets really awfu...

>> reporter: we have seen tree limbs flying through this area and we want to go to brian, i haven't seen anything like this in the last several hours, this is as bad as it's been, give us a sense of where things stand where you are? >> reporter: john, it is every bit as bad here, i mean the violence that you're looking at, with the storm just rocking these trees and power lines. is just amazing to look at. and we're just getting another incredible burst of wind here, as this storm starts to make lawf landfall. look at these trees, i mean these pine trees look like they're about to snap. i have...

Rain, the water gets everywhere, the wind is so loud, it's hard to hear much of anything, but you can get a sense of the power of this storm as it just begins to make landfall on the gulf coast. >> yeah, it's an awful, awful situation. john berman, you're doing amazing work for us, our viewers will be relieved once you get inside and get some safety over there, they're very, very nervous about you and diane gallagher, all of our reporters. let me bring in the governor of florida, rick scott right now who's watching all of this unfold. governor, we're hearing it's 155 miles an hour, it's made l...

Metal railing, governor, good ay eye, it's gone, it looks like it's completely served and that becomes an extremely dangerous situation, what are your gravest fears right now over the next several hours? >> well, right now i'm just praying that people got to safety. we know, as an example, i was in franklin county yesterday and we know one of the barrier islands, 50 people decided to stay, even though the locals declared a mandatory evacuation, the law enforcement went to visit each one of them. we sent out a text alert to every one of them and some of them still decided to stay. so i'm worrie...

Can be pretty sure that that's going to happen. and at this hour in okaloosa county, there have not been bridges closed. that said, he doesn't want anybody on the roads, he doesn't want anybody out and about. it is time to stay where you are as we heard earlier this morning from the governor, this is not a storm that you want to be out and about. after the storm, you need to stay inside, and the damage, you're seeing the debris already flying around and that is of course a major concern, also dealing with the power outages to come. the mayor telling me he is pretty sure the power will be out b...