everybody is out, we re cleaning roads, helping people out. it s a wild trip. yes. i m a survivor. feel good. i got a heartbeat today. it s pretty devastating seeing the road coming in and everything. i m just worried about my boat. you know, i m a chartert captain, i want to make sure she s floating. that s the snorkel for an underwater laboratory that s like 15 miles that way. so what are you doing right now? we re checking on after the hurricane. we re all tied to the mangrove. most of the whole islamorada is tied up here. i m just checking on everybody s boat. you see it right here, this is
the seattle times was first to report the latest allegations made by one of ed murray s cousins. this marks the fifth time since april that murray has been accused of sexually abusing teenage boys. murray has denied all accusations. this morning, the cleanup continues in the united states in the wake of hurricane irma. 54 deaths have been blamed on the storm. 12 of them in florida alone. in the battered florida keys it s estimated 90% of homes were damaged or destroyed outright. in jacksonville it could take a week for floodwaters to recede in some places. in fact, a local sheriff s department said they have now res viewed 320 people. president trump and first lady are expected to travel to florida to see some of the damage first hand. joining us from islamorada, florida, correspondent maya rodriguez. maya, good to have you back. what s it looking like there this morning where you are?
reporter: you mentioned that so many of the homes in the keys were either damaged or destroyed. one of the places hit really hard mobile home parks. we re in one right now in islamorada. this is the sea breeze mobile home park. as you can see, the homes here destroyed. pushed in by irma s storm surge. unbelievable damage here. i am talking ripped apart at this point. this san area where there s very little power at this point. the keys hit hard. 7 million people in florida don t have power but most of the keys don t as well. florida power & light says they re probably able to restore power to most of those people who do not have it in the rest of florida buy the weekend. and there are places that have flooded and have severe damage like here in the keys. and just to give you an idea of how strong that storm surge was, just about three blocks from here, there was a pier that had boats. take a look at this. here s one of those boats pushed in by the storm surge.
across florida and south carolina are still without four as crews begin to restore electricity i should add. but the worst damage is being seen in the caribbean where the storm has wiped out homes, leaving thousands desperate for food, water and other flies. maya rodriguez is joining us from that area. maya, good to talk to you. that area hard hit by the hurricane. what s it look like right now? reporter: well, yasmin, we can tell you in most of the state of florida there are 7 million people without power. that includes most of the florida keys at this point. as you mentioned, 25% of the homes were destroyed. 60%, though, sustained damage. right now, we re is he sea breeze mobile home park, in islamorada in the middle keys. there is destruction all over the place. at the end of this road and it used to be a road, at this point. there is what remains of the home. basically, the bathroom is the