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Next to wilmington where i will be seeing you later on this evening, and the mayor of washington, d.c., has declared a state of emergency, and why washington? because of the u.s. model that you talked about or either way washington is going to be drenched? >> think about it like this. the landfall, and that is who is going to be hit, but we will have inland flooding even as far north as the mid-atlantic at some point. think about how much rain we have had already. we have had so much rain and saturated grounds and worried about the trees and the power outages and the trees falling, and becomin...

People saying i'm going to ride the storm out here. water coming into their homes. you're seeing the smaller signs topple over. they can't compete with this wind. power lines that are down. we have a camera in the back of our suv. you can just see how fragile everything becomes with the kind of windgusts that we're seeing. ly step away from this sign here. trees falling. i see a tree that is fallen to my right. ly ask peter to drive faster so i can show that to you. i have never seen anything like this on collins avenue. look at this right here, ali. this is a treat that had families taking ph...

News. hurricane irma is now striking puerto rico, about 50 miles off the coast of the u.s. territory. about 3.5 million people right now facing dangerous rain and storms. the governor of puerto rico telling me that, in his words, this is like nothing we have experienced before. 400 shelters have been activated in puerto rico. rich howell is in san juan. the governor said there's significant damage. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: right now, what we have seen is power outages. we know that is a big problem. this island is quite vulnerable to power outages. we've seen many strong storms ...

Rico. dennis, let me just start by asking where are you, how are you doing? >> well, we're doing okay. we're starting to get a lot of wind, rain bands moving in every so auvenl. but we ended up moving out of our home and moving down to where our business is. we have some cabins, and we're in a more secure area here out of the wind. >> obviously, that is so crucial that you're safe. they're talking about a storm surge that could be two or three stories and so dangerous. are you prepared for that, dennis? i know you're with your wife, are you prepared and safe? >> well, we're not as prepared as ...

Caribbean, setting its sights directly on florida. one of the strongest forms ever to form in the atlantic. there is a dangerous storm surge, trees falling. power cut to thousands. also just coming into cnn we have brand-new video. this is just in from the caribbean island which has been completely without communications all day. take a look. devastation as far as the eye can see. the prime minister says upwards of 90% of the island that has within destroyed. nasa releasing brand-new images. it is incredible to look at this. this is stunning as you watch it scroll for just a moment. this is th...