are returning. u.s. highway 1 is cleared and open for emergency crees, gas finally coming back to a few stations in key largo. i don t know where to start is my problem. i know i need to start somewhere and i don t know where to start. for those still waiting for those glimmers of normalcy. we re about four and a half feet of what would normally be our patio level. these are just regular full sized sliding glass doors that you would walk to that now look like bay windows. the disaster still remains at their front door. it s the most catastrophic thing i ve ever seen. it s the price you pay living in paradise. not for the faint of heart. this family did not have insurance, so they are going to clean all of this up themselves. they say the structure is solid. that they will rebuild. erin, they say perhaps this time as they rebuild, they ll think about living on the second floor. wow, that s incredible. just standing there seeing the
killed in the united states. at least 86 dayed during the hurricane. scat strophic rampage through the caribbean. we re covering this. and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. first, let s go to cnn s john berman. he just arrived by helicopter in kujo key. tell us what s going on. we have this first report. reporter: tonight floridians getting a closer look at the scope and scale. scenes of destruction and a possibility of an impending crisis. there s no running water, no gas, no power. crews have cleared parts of u.s. highway 1 and the upper keys are now open to residents. but first responders are anxious to get to the lower keys, and there is concern the bridges here are damaged.