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That water can do. >> my goodness. >> reporter: my goodness. to get back home to that. bill weir in cape coral today. he is on his way back. what people here continue to go through takes on even more significant further north along the eastern seaboard out that in his back to hurricane strength. for more on where the risk is highest tonight, let's go to cnn's jennifer gray. jennifer, the storm is not done yet. what is the latest on its path and it strength? >> this is a strong that just keeps on going. it will not let up. we are back to a hurricane with 75 mile an hour winds. gusts of 90. all ...

>> well, john, when you say that things are not where they are supposed to be, we have a perfect example. just another example to show you. we are just on the edge of legacy harbor. were not in a boatyard. this was not ever a boatyard. but these boats are now on dry land. for example, these boats were in the harbor during the storm. and before the storm. but they have ended up here because of the force of this 10 foot storm surge and these high winds that came along with her cane in. i just want to show you. from the side, there are about one, two, three, four, five boats stacked up right next...

Some agency, something to do. but for the most part it was evacuated. but on captiva island, north captiva island, which is one you can only get to by boat, again, better constructed homes there that held out. there's over 30 people who rode it out and didn't want to be rescued. >> i spoke to the mayor of sanibel earlier, which is now cut off because the causeway is cut off. i asked her, are there services for people who want to stay. she said, no. >> no. that's the thing when you realize you have to give these folks some time to adjust to the reality of the situation. yeah, you don't want to ...

Pull soldiers off the beach at dunkirk by using civilians in every boat. of course, if you remember the movie. and that was their motivated by. that these combined forces we went out today to santa belt, to st. james, and on saint james they were actually going to answer a distress call placed by a child of this couple, seniors who are there who are scared, written out the storm. and we talk to them as they were gratefully accepting a ride back to the mainland. >> you are saying the water came up really fast? >> it did. it was so fast. >> if it wasn't for the water, this would've been a wind s...

Then the water went back, and you can see here, there should be a parking lot, it should be tarmac, but it's all sent. this is dissent from naples beach. we saw it go away. we saw the water drain away. and had to be, i am told, officially, six feet. it was definitely higher than six feet because we know there are car ports across the way there that were sort of all under water. it's remarkable to actually see in that instant. normally, i hear the point where it sounds like a freight train, and it's in your bones, you can sense a hurricane. this one, i could see the power of the water, and that...