flash flood emergency. irma flooded streets there, turning them into rivers. got some time lapse to show you now. you can see the water coming up to about knee level. but in other areas, the water was as high as around 10 feet or three meters or so. all right. let s no gow to george howell standing by in atlanta, georgia, where it s been wet and windy. george? and remains wet and windy. a little less rain right now. the rain comes and goes. a lot worse earlier in the day, atlanta, this part of the united states certainly feel thing storm as it pushes north. talk about flooding, though. flooding in savannah, georgia. flooding in tiby island and chatham county, georgia, where i spoke with the public information office we are chatham county. i asked her about the situation there this night and through the next day or so. things are actually improving
emergency. waters in the harbor, peaking at nearly 10 feet. we re about three meters high. one storm related death reported in that state. at least three storm related deaths reported in georgia. the flooding in savannah, forcing officials to temporarily shut down a highway leading to tiby island. irma has carved a path of destruction here in florida, where one storm related death has been reported. people in jacksonville experiencing storm surge levels and flooding. and the only road that connects the florida keys is still closed. an estimated 10,000 people who stayed there to ride out the storm may need to be evacuated. but the city managers say there are no plans to evacuate anyone at the moment. that s it for me here in tampa. back to you, george, in atlanta. michael, thank you. as i mentioned, it is still raining in atlanta.
we started to feel the strong winds pushing through the city in the morning. we also saw flooding throughout the region. you talk about cities like savannah, you talk about tiby island and charleston, south carolina. i want to point this out. charleston dealing with a flash flood emergency this hour activated a short time ago. we ll have a little more on that in just a few minutes. the situation at the airports, the world s busiest airport right here in atlanta, georgia, look at this image here, not so busy in this case, but because of so many flight cancellations and delays. delta airlines, more than 900 of its flights canceled. southwest airlines canceling all of its flights due to dangerous winds crossing through their airport complex. take a look at this. this image from flight aware that gives you a sense of what s described as the misery factor. you see atlanta there front and center with that. also the airports in florida,