life-threatening flash flooding. nearly half a million north carolinaians are without power as a result of a storm, which has knocked out power to more than a million people in six states so far. our brooke baldwin joins us now. walk us through, brooke, what you have been seeing. reporter: sure. so we were one of the very first crews to get on the ground and see what s rested to as ground zero, mexico beach with our own eyes. you know, roads as you were pointing out because of the powerful 150-mile-an-hour winds, roads are impassable. power lines are down. trees were down so we were able to secure a helicopter really early this morning. i started here in destin. as we flew along what is known as florida s gorgeous emerald coast, we started watching the coastline deteriorate from destin to panama beach and as we landed, in looking at it all first hand, you can tell quickly that it s virtually gone. from the air, it s clear, much of mexico beach after this stretch of beach
picture of the damage it inflicted because of the areas have been cut off. but what we have been able to see, it s awful. entire neighborhoods have been obliterated. street after street filled with rubble, thousands of trees and power lines down, cell service out, rescues under way even as we speak. four people have lost their lives in florida. one in georgia and one in north carolina where rivers have been overflowing from all the rain. authorities there and in virginia warning of life-threatening flash flooding. near half a million north carolinians are now without power as a result of the storm, which has knocked out power to more than a million people in six states so far. our brooke baldwin joins us now. walk us through, brooke, what you have been seeing. reporter: sure. so we were one of the very first crews to get on the ground and see what s rested to as ground zero, mexico beach with our own eyes. you know, roads as you were pointing out because of the powerful 150