any exposed skin, even if it s a mull meter of exposed skin feels like a bee stinging you or a low-grade sunburn. not very pleasant here this morning. it s kind of what we re up here for, the extreme conditions. is that the wind howling that i m hearing? sdwl that is. that s the wind howling through one of our westerly facing doors this morning. behind me is the current wind on the summit. 98 miles per hour sustained winds. so a breezy morning. those are strong winds. hurricane force winds. when you were outside, it s obviously slippery. how are you getting around? absolutely. we have a little bit of a hack f you will. we have a nice tower above us. so that shelter we can take our temperature reading behind that tower and not be exposed to the
back to some other news happening today. from the border heart breaking video showing a 7-year-old migrant girl dropped over a wall. fox news got that border patrol documents showing the magnitude of the illegal immigrants coming to the u.s. bill is live in texas. according to the federal documents we obtained from a source, more than 70,000 illegal immigrants were released into the united states in just the last 2 months alone. let s show you these documents. a border patrol report giving a snapshot of what is going on across the sectors. know. [wind howling].
flying debris happening. reporter: 1:30 in the morning, power just went out here in lake charles. the wind is buffeting our hotel. you can feel the building swaying. oh, my god! reporter: this skyscraper shredded by winds gusting above 100 miles per hour for nearly an hour straight. and outside our hotel a lot of glass, a lot of tile. right now, a lot of wind. by 4:30, the backside of laura was upon us. there s some sheet metal. obviously, we re not going to go stand out in that. but this is an amazing view of just how ferocious these winds are here on the backside of this storm. 120. reporter: kyle ricks riding it out inside a tow boat. you can hear the wind howling. those whipping winds flipping this rv. west of lake charles, rescuers cutting a hole in the side of another overturned trailer, saving a man and his dog trapped inside. daylight revealing catastrophic destruction.
storm. just now from noa they re telling us there s 10 foot storm surges, and they re seeing some flooding there. 9.6 is the exact count they told us. and that s nearly 10 feet there. and they re also saying 70 mile an hour sustained winds right now in that area. so the winds are starting to pick up. let s check in with my colleague now ed lavandera, jacksonville, north carolina. take us to the scene there, ed. what are you seeing? don, it s the eeriness of these storms when they start making land fall in the darkness of night. the eeriness of the wind howling, and it s hard to make out exactly what s happening around you. that s what lends itself to these rather tumultuous and nerve-racking storms as they come ashore here in the darkness
elevated. so now you re just it s ratcheting up. mike, take a second. you need a second? reporter: yeah. i m good. it s always great when we guys in the studio tell them, hey, take it easy. relax. we do that all the time because we re trying to make sure our reporters are staying safe out there, but that is exhausting, exhausting work to be out there in danger. there s a mental anxiety to it, and the actual physical anxiety of being blown away by those winds. we ll continue to cover this storm all the way through the night and through tomorrow. shelly freeland joins me by phone right now. she is the mayor of sarasota, florida. down here as you can see, the worst of the storm is beyond sarasota. mayor, in fact are you feeling any substantial wind and rain right now? oh, yes, absolutely. we can hear the wind howling. i can hear it at my home here in sarasota. the rain is pounding, and the wind is howling.