customers, they are in the dark after irma zigzagged between the state s east and west coast. the storm unleashi ining winds over 100 miles an hour and impacting major cities from miami to tampa to jacksonville. officials warn some places won t have power for weeks. we re covering the breaking story with our correspondents and guests. they re standing by in the areas hardest hit by irma. first, let s go to marco island where irma made its second landfall in florida. cnn s brian todd is on the scene for us. you ve been covering this storm through the worst of it. what are the conditions like where you are right now? wonderful, irma hit this spot like a buzz saw. as you look around, you can see the effect it had. roofs like this one, partial roofs, entire roofs, ripped off homes. you ve got debris all over the place. wires down, hazardous material all over the streets. now, this is in the southwestern corner of florida. the damage lasts from this tip
this is the spot where irma made its second landfall. they re counting themselves as fortunate here tonight. we re showing our viewers pictures of trucks going in to restore power in these areas. thanks very, very much. to the flooding emergency in jacksonville, florida, that s unfolding right now. irma hitting the city very hard in the past few hours. kaylee hartung is on the scene for us. floodwaters are rising to historic levels there, right? reporter: they are, wolf. the waters of the st. john s river continue to roll through downtown jacksonville. we re about a block from the banks of the river there. can you see the waves crashing against the sea wall. at the river s height today, levels were 5 1/2 feet above what you would normally see here at high tide. at that high tide at 2:00, we first began to see these waters recede. if my cameraman can can swing over to my left here. this street has dried out.
life-threatening flash flood emergency. cities as far inland as far as atlanta at risk from this man assing tropical storm. now jacksonville with floodwaters rising to record high levels. the storm surge in effect this hour. the flooding danger intensifying in a city that didn t expect to suffer so badly from irma s rampage. on the other end of the state, officials are now warning about a potential humanitarian crisis in the florida keys. a large section of the island chain has no water, no power, no cell service. 10,000 people who refused to leave the keys before the storm may need to be evacuated. the keys battered by full force of irma when it made landfall as category 4 hurricane on sunday. the electricity is out across much of florida tonight. more than 6 million people, about two-thirds of the