Were on the west coast but the effects of Hurricane Irma are being felt all over this state still. Theres a lot to report over the next two hours. Were going to be focusing on what happened in the caribbean where the storm has passed by the misery is remaining. There are now 16 deaths in the United States contributed to the storm. Twelve of them here in the states and at least others in the caribbean. Fema estimates 19 homes were damaged or completely destroyed. Over the next two hours well hear from survivors who rode out the storm and people who coming home to see whats left behind or not left. Virgin islands, the people there have told us theyre feeling neglected. The three largest islands in the virgin islands, st. Kroiks, st. Thomas. Here in the western side, they are shooting for september 22nd, thats next friday. More on that situation in a moment. First, we want to start in the keys. Lisa, is a nurse who wrote out the storm in key west. I spoke to her by phone a few moments ago
daylight today. i live on the island of kudlow key, my house is still standing. the roof s intacted and the house was dry inside and so are all the neighbor s house around me. it s not as high a number of damage as being what is publicly proclaimed. that s certainly good news. we re trying to get as accurate information on relying on people like you and other officials. we appreciate it. go ahead jim. the statement made earlier that 90% of the homes in the keys have major damage and that s certainly nowhere near the case down here in key west and the immediate area. like i say up there in kudlow which was in the heart of the eye wall landing in my small neighborhood t not any major damage that i saw.
information and relying on people like you and other officials. we appreciate it. go ahead jim. the statement made earlier that 90% of the homes in the keys have major damage and that s certainly nowhere near the case down here in key west and the immediate area. like i say up there in kudlow which was in the heart of the eye wall landing in my small neighborhood t not any major damage that i saw. well, that s really good to know again. we hear one official says one thing an estimate, and sometimes maybe they rode a chopper over and their guesstimating. we appreciate talking to you on the ground and you telling us what you ve seen in the keys. jim i appreciate it. the power outages is one of the biggest challenges at this point. nearly 5 million customers without power in florida.