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Meanwhile, browns fish camp, they were cleaning up and pulling out all the stuff that was wet and ruined. the high tide came in and they got wet again. another area where they are not sure how long this will go on. across the street, the owner of this house went to houston to volunteer during the aftermath of hurricane harvey. when he heard about irma, he came back to protect his home and sure enough, he got flooded. he told us about it. >> you heard the storm is come something. >> yes. cut our trip short there. booked it back to jacksonville to get prepared here. luckily i was able to get mos...

Out to you all. it's been quite the challenge because the cell service throughout the keys is out. good old-fashioned land lines are being repopulated and being utilized and that's where i'm getting my best reports right now. >> jon: last hours we spoke with david, who works for the "miami herald," a reporter down basically near key largo for the storm. so the problem now is there maybe an estimated 10,000 kitties' residence, hardy folks, decided to whether other hurricane there on the islands but now they are trapped. you really can't get in or out. u.s. 1 is closed, they have no power, no ai...

>> neil: they weren't kidding when they said every major city in florida felt the effects of irma. including jacksonville. what does it look like there, rick? >> the st. johns river was overwhelmed. some of the water receded earlier today when we first arrived. when the high tide came in, some of the flood water came back. the damages include structural damage to the browns creek bridge. apparently the engineers believe that some of the supports were compromised by the rough high waters. they closed the bridge. about 20 to 30 miles that way is fernandina beach and amelia island. everybody on t...

With storm chasers read timmer, who joins us now on the phone. we told folks you were there in the keys when this thing hit, you've been in a lot of storms, but out of this one compare? >> covering the storms, we started off -- [indistinct] the whole entire island was inundated by a storm surge. we went east, where the exact i passed over. [indistinct] right there and just absolute devastation. you saw the damage that the storm surge had done. the power of that water.

Bring in will ripley. good morning, what is reaction there from the latest round of sanctions? >> reporter: when we spoke with officials about this, they said look, north korea already has nuclear weapons and so the united states demanding that they denuclearize is something completely a non-starter for them and so predictably they're outraged. they have threatened unbearable consequences, pain and suffering, the extending shin of the united states. familiar fiery rhetoric from north korea. what we need to watch is there going to be a physical response, we know south korea has thought nor seve...