Coming off, trees coming down with the ground being so wet. what we do with a flash flood warning, that is dangerous. remember with hurricane, water kills the most people in hurricane, whether freshwater from the sky or salt water from the ocean from the storm search. this is something that takes very seriously. we will be talking about it today, also friday into saturday, a flash flood emergency. we don t see that often, that include sebring, also arcadia, heavy rain falling, need to get to the highest level of your house if you can. we are seeing roads turning into rivers. we already see that with ali out and about and we will continue to see the. stephanie? we will go see ali right now, michelle, thank you. i want to turn to my very dear friend here and be msnbc, ali velshi. ali, i want you to know that this morning before i knew that you were officially down there in florida, i was at mass with my daughter, i thought the in my bones. we prayed for you. my mother louise prayed f
Then the water went back, and you can see here, there should be a parking lot, it should be tarmac, but it s all sent. this is dissent from naples beach. we saw it go away. we saw the water drain away. and had to be, i am told, officially, six feet. it was definitely higher than six feet because we know there are car ports across the way there that were sort of all under water. it s remarkable to actually see in that instant. normally, i hear the point where it sounds like a freight train, and it s in your bones, you can sense a hurricane. this one, i could see the power of the water, and that s what continued. there is still a big wind storm. elected 150 miles per hour in central florida, as michelle was saying, still a very big storm, but it s a lot of water demine, we have 2 million people without water, stephanie, in the state. more to come because this is not done it. it was a remarkable thing to see. in about four hours, i saw the whole thing come and go in southwestern florida i
With stephanie romo. this is storm surge, the ocean coming into naples. there is no delineation anymore between the gulf of mexico and naples. there is the wind speed as they stand next to a building, which is somewhat protecting me. i will take a knee i will try to take any again. we both tried to take any at their. signs blowing over, debris flying around. about 90% of our city is without power now. the winds are extremely high and the water is rising. you can see portions of trees clinging to i don t know what they re. they have been flying around the streets. it s a cinder block wall, the entire width of this area came down. we were on the back and now, the back eyeball commenter.
A cautiously optimistic attitude right now open this holds, we re also hoping that people here don t get too complacent because there still are a lot of other factors at play here. stephanie? still a serious situation, ellison barber, think. you display evacuation orders, dozens of people in florida did not or could not leave their homes. one of those as fort myers resident terry he is spending tonight on the 22nd floor of a high rise building, along with his wife ladi and his 91-year-old mother dolores. terry, i am glad to hear that you, your wife, your mother, you are all safe. but tell us what the last 24 hours has been like for you. i know this is your first hurricane that you have experienced. the pictures you shared, dramatic. thank you, stephanie, it s been brutal. it s going to be surreal when daylight comes. we are in the epicenter here in