now to eight here in the united states. the casualty count. many times in the caribbean with irma struck as a category 5 storm, we're getting new first-hand accounts of the devastation there as well. the urgent need for food, water and lots of other supplies. our senior national correspondent clarissa ward is on the island for us. tell us what you're learning. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. so this is essentially a processing center. and for for last four days some 4,000 people have passed through here. a vast majority of them come from the island of st. martin which has been decimated by irma. authorities now saying 91% of the buildings on that island have been damaged. many of them have simply been wiped out. and what we've seen from the people, many of whom are almost staggering in here some on crutches, wheelchairs, many