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like a freight train. we're seeing record-breaking and terrifying storm surges throughout florida and ft. myers, the water is so high pickup trucks are almost completely submerged. water levels have risen more than 6 feet in the last switch ho -- seven hours. let's get to tom sater in the cnn weather center. an updated forecast should come any minute now. what should we expect? >> it was just handed to me. forgive me for reading off. we still have a category 4 hurricane and five miles east of punta gorda. it will stay at hurricane strength through orlando. this will rake the entire p...

Inches of rain over the course of 36 hours and we have never experienced that type of event so the water has to go somewhere. >> what is the situation with people in retirement homes or assisted living facilities that don't have the ability to evacuate? reca what precautions have been taken for them? >> we're really not a place you need to evacuate from. people from other areas of the state are evacuating to us. we're one of the higher points in the state. we're 90 to 100 feet above sea level. it's kind of funny in the case of charlie, as well, a lot of people evacuated to orlando thinking orl...