the cost of the damage caused by hurricane katrina back in 2005. we also received some high-resolution satellite image of the damage hurricane irma caused as it slammed into the islands of the caribbean as a category 5 storm. some of these areas remain very difficult for rescue crews to get into right now. these pictures, by the way, have been provided to us by digital globe. look at this. this is road town on the island of tortola before the storm. and after. next, on the turks and caicos islands, this is before irma, this is after. another picture shows philipsburg on the island of st. martin before the hurricane and after. finally, on st. martin island, this is before the storm and after. pretty devastating. let s go back to florida right now.
water earlier today about two blocks up that street, but if we rotate to the other side of the street, floodwaters continue. the mayor said don t be fooled when you see pockets like that dry out perform this water is not going anywhere any time soon. the people in downtown jacksonville are facing, they came here for shelter. they came here to be safe from these waters and the effects of the storm because their homes were in places they thought were in more danger. now these floodwaters in jacksonville, a serious concern for so many here as this situation continues to evolve. we ll stay in close touch with you. thank you very much. we re getting new video of damage in miami right now where construction cranes were whipped by the hurricane s winds. cnn s john berman is in miami for us. john, we spoke about the danger with all of these cranes on friday before irma hit. and now we know what at least two in miami and one in ft. lauderdale were, in fact, whipped and damaged.
two out of the three, perhaps tomorrow morning. at that point, it s certainly more safe for people to come back into the keys but we really have no water to speak of. electricity is very sporadic to nonexistent. it s not a place you want to be at this moment. give us a perspective, how much damage has been caused to your county, monroe county, in the keys right now? have you ever seen anything like this before? well, yes, i have seen hurricane audrey in louisiana as a child. i ve seen hurricane camille that cleared out miles of homes and businesses. we do not appear to be that impacted that the time. is your county getting the state and federal help it needs? they are absolutely, our
building. officials made clear no one was hurt from these cranes. there was not much other damage to the surrounding buildings. nevertheless, can you see the clear concern with having these types of cranes in an atmosphere like this. there just wasn t enough time to take them down. it takes six weeks six days to two weeks to move one of these cranes start to finish. they didn t get that kind of warning. wolf? very dangerous situation. could have been a whole lot worse. john berman, thank you. tonight officials are also warning that new oe vak waevacu may be needed in the florida keys, one of the hardest hit. we re joined from key largo. a large section of the keys has no power, no running water, not much of anything. reporter: not much of anything, wolf. we re about 60 miles north of where the eye wall came ashore. but it all depends on the structure of your home in terms of what is left of your life. we re in this trailer park here
goodland, florida. this is a small fishing village, couple hundred residents call this home. this is by far the area where we ve seen the most intense damage. this is an area where essentially the second landfall of hurricane irma was in here along marco island. we re on the eastern edge of marco island. the winds were 130 miles an hour. at some point the gusts reached up to 140 miles an hour. residents described the storm surge taking over most of this town. 7 feet of water in some places. most of the people we ve talked to that were in their homes really thought at some point their houses were going to start splintering apart in those winds. wolf? what a sat story, indeed. ed lavandeira on the scene, thank you. also tonight, irma is creating new danger and damage as it moves north into georgia, the carolinas and beyond. this as another hurricane actually looms potentially, potentially threatening the united states. let s check in with our meteorologist tom sater. tom, what s the