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Standing that suffered heavy damage in the catastrophic winds from hurricane michael when it came ashore. police escorts have been arranged to speed up the delivery of food and water into these hard hit areas. miami-dade fire rescue s florida task force one is conducting door-to-door searches. local officials say many residents are still unaccounted for. they believe much of this is due to lack of communications. a lot of these people have been out of contact and isolated from society because there is no electric. there is no phone. there is no cell phone. there is nothing. this is especially true in mexico beach which sustained a direct hit when hurricane michael hit landfall. although wind damage is at its worse on the florida coast as matthew moved inland that caused flooding and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers throughout the southeast. president trump tweeted people have no idea how hard hurricane michael has hit the great state of georgia. i will be visit ....
Our structures are unsound, and many roads are blocked by trees and power lines. we re going to need some time to make it safe. reporter: hurricane michael has disrupted transportation by air and ground. extreme winds knocked this freight train off its tracks in panama city, and each as the storm moved far inland, winds were strong enough to knock out power to hundreds of thousands of residents in the carolinas, virginia and georgia. president trump tweeted: people have no idea how hard hurricane michael has hit the great state of georgia. i will be visiting both florida and georgia early next week of we are working very hard on every area and every state that was hit. we are with you. as we speak state and federal authorities are trying to clear roadways to allow utility crews to get in and restore electricity. right now approximately 260,000 customers are without power, but that figure is way down from what it was yesterday. ....
Gained strength. dana: tell me about the hospital evacuations. ten major hospitals across florida, primarily in the bay city area, evacuated because they can t provide proper care for patients some dozen hospitals and assistive care facilities have been evacuated or will be in the next day or two because the patients need to get basic services. they will be moved to other places in destin, pensacola until they can get stuff back on here. dana: a beautiful part of the country. dustin and all the rest. thank you, rick. president trump saying he will be headed to the area. he just tweeted this. people have no idea how hard hurricane michael has hit the great state of georgia. i ll be visiting florida and georgia next week. we re working very hard on every area and every state that was hit. we are with you! all right. new financial fallout from the ....