miles an hour. it down trees and power lines, even without power. created storm surge in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. officials are warning residents about potential for flash flooding overnight, some areas inland could see over two feet of rain. let s go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle gross. michelle, you have been following the storm all day. what is the latest? i, there we are looking at really strong storm still. it is moving inland but we are still seeing winds at 90 miles an hour. so it s still moving on to his strength. it was a very storm strong category four storm, almost category five, really wide in distance as well and moving very slow. so, it s three things that kind of came together to make the worst-case scenario. we saw a really strong winds up to 135 mile an hour wind gusts in cape coral. and i was the story with the storm surge. what storm surges is a push of wind. it s a push of water, salt water, onto dry land. so, we saw feet,
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washed into the streets. big, boats not little both. massive boats have been washed into the streets and stuff like that. i have never seen anything like it. it was very traumatic. i went into the water and save three people, and lost one friend. i couldn t save her. she got washed away. the devastation is unbelievable. i was a paramedic fireman for 25 years. it s unbelievable. tonight the cracks are starting to show. the former president, sorry, i want to talk you about this, we re talking about something else. i want to bring in state representative michelle rainier, florida state representative for district 70. that is part of hillsboro, pinellas, sarasota, and manatee. representative rayner, thank you for joining us. we appreciate you being with us. i want to ask you about something that we witnessed a little while ago, this whole idea of people on the margins, people who have great difficulty, the people who just can t jump in their car and