before irma made landfall, florida power and light put out an estimate that 3.4 million would lose power, fema said 5 million. even at 3.4, the greatest loss of power that the u.s. has ever seen and it is greatest restoration challenge. here are the numbers. these are from an hour ago. 4. 7 million in florida, 500,000 in georgia, 37,000 in north carolina. south carolina, 87,000. alabama 7100. my producer was just telling me the numbers, they have restored 400,000 in the last three hours. in miami-dade county they were able to restore 30,000 in just the last hour. again, here s what we re looking at. as far as the poumg power outages. there are other providers. there s duke energy and tampa electric. but this is the largest provider. you can understand where they are because of our landfall to the south. up the east coast because it was
the bahamas this morning with stinging wind and heavy rain. high winds and flying debris, storm surge and coastal flooding likely to hit the florida coast from ft. lauderdale and west palm beach on north overnight. the unique factor is this awful track that is going to affect so many large population centers in multiple states. reporter: several thousand national guard troops have been activated across three states. 2 million told to evacuate in florida, 500,000 in georgia and south carolina. further up the coast in georgia, at least one highway, i-75, showing a 20-mile backup. we need to have more people evacuating. those who ignore warnings and vow to stay behind are told you re on your own. we cannot respond after the winds reach 50 miles per hour. reporter: the storm expected