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Spilled its banks. this is a parted of irma s impact zone that has been a particular impact for the florida governor rick scott who tried to assist with rescues in the flood zone more than a day after the storm left town. we were shocked yesterday and when the flooding started happening here. so what i immediately did was i know the mayor was focused on this and the sheriff was focused on, this but i sent fish and wildlife officers. i sent over 06 officers right here as gas as we could to help with rescue. jacksonville s airport is open back up now. the thing that people are buzzing about more here in jacksonville is that on sunday the jacksonville jaguars will play their first home game of the season as scheduled at everbanks stadium which is right along the banks of the st. john s river at a stadium where the parking lot just a few days ago was under a couple feet of water. back to you. todd: wow. sports unite us. that s what have you got to love. thanks. gathering to raise more ....
Experience. and i should have listened to the authorities. the storm surge, much like along naples coast was not as expected as threatening and devastating although they got some 8 to 10 feet. remarkably, the police captain, dave baier of marco island reported no deaths and no serious injuries here. and today, this morning, i was stunned to see a tweet from marco island s police department that said 40% of the island s power has been restored. more tomorrow, meaning today. great job. and that is for sure. unfortunately, the situation a little south from us in the keys where irma made first landfall obviously not nearly as fortunate as the folks here. more than 90% of the homes there devastated. they are in much need of power, fuel, food, and all the necessities, guys. let they i think they have done remarkable job though. it could have been so much worse for those people. ....
Thanks. heather: grim reality setting in for another picture-perfect community. todd: griff jenkins picks up our coverage on marco island with incredible new images of the damage. good morning todd and heather. shortly after 3:30 a.m. marco slammed into marco making landfall as a category 3 hurricane with 130 mile-per-hour winds. and it certainly left this island covered in about 2 feet of water. we spoke to one of the residents as we came here yesterday to get a first look. the residents all being let back in yesterday. we talked to daniel, who rode out andrew, rode out wilma and rode out irma and says he will never do it again. take a listen. we stayed. and i ll never do it again. i regret doing it my family, we were in danger. the roof failed. the sliding glass windows burst in. it was the most frightening ....
Like this for weeks as nearly 100,000 remain in shelters. a quarter of all homes in the florida keys are destroyed. now, the president and first lady will survey the damage tomorrow and then later today the state department will put americans on evacuation flights out of saint martin and the british virgin islands also, of course, slammed by irma. now we turn to peter doocy, is he live for news jacksonville, florida, with the very latest on the recovery there good morning, peter. good morning, heather, the jacksonville mayor lenny curry says he wants update from the power company every 12 hours. he knows here in duval county alone there are still 106,000 customers without power in neighborhoods like this one where you can see the power lines are still lying on the street underneath enormous trees that irma knocked down. jacksonville is a place not most affected by the high wind, instead by the storm surge there are still many major roads blocked off by the st. john s river which ....
Demonstrate why he is a true leader who can bring the country together and get things done for the american people. todd: but, first, the state department sending evacuation flights today for u.s. citizens still stranded in saint martin and the british virgin islands. we have live team coverage in florida. griff jenkins live on marco island. we gipp with peter doocy in jacksonville where they are expecting even more historic flooding. peter, good morning. todd, good morning. here in jacksonville, more than 106,000 people still without power in dark neighborhoods like this one where power lines still lie beneath giant trees that snapped when irma came to town. in jacksonville there are about 1400 at last check still in shelters. that s roughly half how many there were in shelters during the storm. but many schools are going to be closed for a long time here because schools are being used as shelters for the displaced. hundreds had to be rescued from high water here in jacksonville and ....