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I'm okay. >> reporter: i'm alive. that's the message from the people who rode out the storm here getting messages back to loved ones. they're here. they are haert folk. help is beginning to arrive. i saw a line of a couple dozen utility trucks into the main road here, u.s. 1. so, again, they're going to get to work, but there is so much work here, brook, that needs to be done. >> watching that peegs, seeing everyone on those sat phones telling loved ones they're alive, goose bumps. we'll check back in with you momentarily. also, we're going to take everyone live to the caribbean where a week a...

Low on food and other supplies. carissa moore has more on the devastation on the island of gue guadeloupe. >> reporter: not a day went by, she says, without us thinking that we were lucky to live on this idyllic island. today, it is just complete chaos. six days after irma pummeled st. martin, officials say more than 90% of the buildings on the island are damaged or destroyed. food and water are still scarce. power remains out for most. thousands of tourists were stranded for days. >> it was horrifying. absolutely horrifying. never been that scared in my life. >> reporter: the desperation has ...

>> i'm john vause, this is "newsroom l.a." what was hurricane irma is now bringing showers to starts of the u.s. south. but the record breaking storm has left behind a trail of destruction, which could mean years of rebuilding in caribbean and florida. >> irma killed 38 people in the caribbean and 17 in the united states. >> those in the florida keys are seeing widespread destruction. millions of people across the state are without power. >> caribbean islands are trying to assess the catastrophic damage caused by irma. widespread power outages, flooded neighborhoods and in some places there ...

You're getting on. we wish you the best of luck. thank you. pedram jef harry joins us now. millions of people without electricity in sweltering heat. >> you look outside, look at the temperatures, middle 80s. the factors that your body spands to heat are air temperature and physical activity. a lot of people are trying to get to their property. you put that together it's a recipe for disaster. i'll break this down. key west, areas impacted, the weather stations are knocked out in key west. work your way into the caribbean. observations in the british virgin islands, also not are reporting be...

Damage. $300 million to barbuda. more than $1 billion for st. martin. for the people that who still there, does this weigh on them? are they looking to the future and wondering if they have a future? or is it a day-to-day proposition now for them? >> even the rescuers that have -- the volunteer rescue crew that's been working with us, a lot of them have been trying to go through self-evaluation of whether or not it's time to relocate. a lot of them are thinking about depopulating the island themselves, as far as the damage is too catastrophic. there's no way for them to recover. >> so, there's...