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Mark and kathy. whoa. what is that? >> that's the ceiling. >> reporter: it seems to have shredded the insulation. >> insulation, yeah. it got wet, i guess, and all came apart. >> reporter: fleeing the florida keys for what they thought was the safety of marco island. did you get out of the way? >> not at all. we ended up right dead center. >> and matt gutman joins us live tonight from marco island. and matt, i know you have an incredible scene behind you, no power, no water there, and likely for some time to come. >> reporter: david, they're saying it could be weeks and in this heat, this coul...

>> jon: what about physical damage aside from the power lines, have you seen a lot of physical damage to structures in your county? >> it's a lot of what i expected, roof damage based on the wind. i don't see a lot of buildings but are really damaged on the outside. maybe i need to get to the side of the intracoastal before i say that but we've been driving inside the neighborhoods. i drove all the major roadways to make sure they were clear today and i didn't see lots of structural damage, i just saw, like i said, a lot of roof damage. >> jon: and so as broward county kind of limps back into ...

Chris. >> what j.b. is dealing with is bad, and what they are dealing with here is bad, and it's not just about the power, it's about external power and internal power, and the heat and exhaustion, these first responders have been going since we met them days ago. it's hard for us and imagine what it's like for these people working around the clock. then you have worse. we will take a break now and when we come back we will show you something even worse. the reality, we have people stuck on st. martin island. have you seen what happened there in the caribbean? how are they making it and how lo...

Halfway down, and the lower part, they are still not letting people down there because they are working on the roads and the neighborhoods. u.s. 1 may be cleared, but the neighbors they have to get to, we met a lot of people situated here that are stocked up with gas and ready to go down there and try to make it. without cell phone service or power, there's a limited amount of time you could probably spend down there comfortably, or if you had the resolve to sort of get things done. it's going to be interested to see what the next weeks and months are going to be for all of these residents. we...

Then you find everything that you worked hard for, you know, literally destroyed. but thank god that everybody's safe. >> and gio benitez is live from miami airport tonight. and gio, we heard you report there, they plan to reopen the airport tomorrow. let's hope so, but one of the concerns, the jet fuel, and if it was affected by the storm? >> reporter: that's right, david. they wanted to test it, to make sure that the fuel wasn't contaminated by the rain. it wasn't. so, it's good to go. david? >> that is good news tonight. gio benitez in miami. gio, thank you. there is still much more ahead...