this morning on "world news now," irma breaks apart while drenching the entire south. >> more deaths have been reported overnight as irma's storm surge causes city streets to fill with choppy waters. and power is knocked out for millions across the region. we'll have the latest on what the storm is doing right now. the long road home. many floridians who had to shift evacuation routes now find themselves unable to get back home. and meanwhile, for the ones who have returned, a scene of devastation. we're going to get an update on the keys from the county commissioner, ahead. then paying tribute. the country marks

ceremonies coast-to-coast, and the president gave a nod to victims of irma. and in the west, the dry, hot weather fueling wildfires and causing problems with the food supply, food and drink, with grapes turning quickly into raisins, what will it mean for wine this winter? how will we get through? will we have enough for the holidays? the pressing questions of our times on this tuesday, september 12th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> did you get a sense that things are trying to return to normalcy is one of our concerns is do we have wine for the holidays. we'll get to that a little later on. but of more pressing concern right now is irma, finally falling apart this morning, hammering florida and beyond . >> the storm weakens into a tropical depression, heading northwest into alabama and tennessee, with

winds. at least ten people in the u.s. are dead now, linked to this storm. at least 7 million remain without power. several killed in georgia where high winds sent trees crashing down on homes. in jacksonville, florida, floodwaters flood streets. >> the only road to the keys will reopen this morning allowing residents to come home to some neighborhoods completely decimated as well as overturned trailers. marci gonzalez joins us from tampa. good morning, marci. >> reporter: hi, guys, good morning. >> the mayor says this city dodged a bullet. it didn't bring the kind of catastrophic damage that was expected in places like this. but still, irma continues to be

destructive. a final assault on the sunshine state, what was irma sinking parts of jacksonville with record-breaking floods. from north florida to the southern-most point, damage left from coast-to-coast. >> devastating. it's devastating. >> reporter: people coming home to find neighborhoods like this one in naples under water. trees uprooted. mobile homes, airplanes, even the front of this senior living center torn apart. >> it's unbelievable. >> reporter: more unbelievable images from above the noflorida keys where irma made its first u.s. landfall as a powerful category four, washing away roads. some of the residents hours away from finally being allowed back home. >> it fills you with anxiety. and you imagine the worst after seeing some of the other reports. >> reporter: they expected the worst, too, on marco island. irma's second direct hit, leaving damage and gratitude. >> we had

15 feet of storm surge, and we're grateful we were speared. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by so many floridians. >> the damage isn't as bad as we had feared. >> reporter: though millions are still living without power. >> we're living like savages. >> reporter: more help is moving in. they are making some progress. we've seen the lights come on here within the last few hours. but people here in florida are told to brace for a few weeks without electricity. >> what's the latest on the effort to try to get the lights back on? >> reporter: well, they've got about 30,000 power employees working on it. they've had crews come from as far away as california, working in non-stop to try to get the lights on for people. they're making some progress. the number of outages is going down by the minute, but still about 6.5 million people in florida are in the dark this

guys? >> quite a bit of people in the dark. marci gonzalez in tampa, thank you. >> and irma is now being blamed for at least 35 deaths across the caribbean. >> ten people were killed in cuba. most of them died in havana where chest-deep water surged into densely-populated neighborhoods. many peoples are still under water. >> for days the u.s. government has been coming to the rescue of thousands of american temperaturists stranded touris. they may be surprised to learn they will have to pay for the cost of the flight. before boarding, they have to sign a promissory note agreeing to reimburse the government. the state department says it's been standard practice since the 1950s. and nobody will be denied service because they can't produce a checkbook or credit

card. >> already 50% of the outbound flights have been canceled. many airports in the caribbean remain closed to flights after suffering the extent of damage there. as always, you're encouraged to check with the airline before heading to the airport. and the hurricane made the first of two landfalls in the keys. >> and residents will start to return. the damage varies from island to island, but there are practically no utilities. >> i spoke earlier by phone with heather s heather carruthers. >> it will take a week to ten days to get all the electricity to key west. but it could take as much as a month. there are 200 electrical poles down there. >> what's your main point of concern right now? >>

water reclamation plant is working in key west to help provide some water. but we're still working on getting water. because most of our water comes down from the mainland. and the ak whqueduct that suppl that water will be testing its quality and it takes a while to test that. and they will be doing it key by key all the way to key west. >> when do you expect to allow residents back into the keys. >> we will allow them into the upp upper keys on tuesday, september 12th, 7:00 a.m. but people need to be aware they will not have electricity, running water, a and cell tower are spotty. our first priorit

sure that people are safe and that we can restore infrastructure and services so that people can start rebuilding. >> and how are the roads? are emergency responders able to access most of the areas they need to get to? >> yes, i can tell you most of the major roads in the city of key west are cleared. we're doing that for every municipality is doing that. so access is moving along pretty quickly. we're very thankful for the response we've gotten from the state and from around the country, federal government, everybody has really stepped up. we have an aircraft carrier offshore. it's more navy ships coming in to help provide supplies as well. >> well, even in its weakened state, irma is creating quite a mess as it heads north. >> charleston, south carolina got hit with a 10-foot storm surge, the highest it has seen. >> it sent

the downtown yare with such force it actually produced waves in the streets. accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins us with the latest on where irma is hiding. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kendis, diane. irma, still settling in the deep south. you can see the counterclockwise rotation associated with her. and all the yellows. i want you to think of the areas you just described with tremendous amounts of rain, creating waves literally in the streets. 35-mile-per-hour sustained winds is enough to cause problems along with heavy showers. now the eye is moving to the northwest at about 15 miles per hour. as you take a look at the latest tracking, we're expecting it to continue to move over northern alabama right too the -- to the midsouth area, memphis area into tennessee. beach erosion for some areas that have left. and significant power outages throughout the entire

>> i know it's a difficult forecast to try to track irma. now it seems as though hurricane jose's path is a little weird for meteorologists. >> yeah. jose skittish at best. and because we have conflicting steering winds, jose is right now at about 85 miles per hour. lost a little punch from 100 miles per hour earlier. we're expecting it to dance around and perhaps take another swipe at the east coast, but not quite so close. we're concerned about possible rough seas as a result of jose's influence creating waves. why, because we have stiering winds battling each other. it's down right stubborn like its older sister, irma. >> the meteorological term, isn't it called a loop de loop? >> i think you missed that class, but that's okay, kendis, you were busy worrying about the

i'll have your homework done for you. >> let's hope stubborn jose stays out there and doesn't come actually near the coast. >> paul, thank you. quite a busy day and busy weeks it's been in the meteorologist, for meteorologists like paul wem willia -- williams and then some. coming up, a day no american can forget, 9/11, a day that forever changed america. we'll look back at the memorials. and the international effort to punish north crkorea. but do new sanctions go far enough? >> and you can check the wild stream at wnnfans dau.com. you're watching "world news now."

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irma is now marching northwest into alabama and tennessee as a tropical depression. >> at least ten u.s. deaths have been linked to the storm so far, more than 7 million people have lost power. irma triggered a record storm surge in jacksonville before flooding in charleston, south

carolina. but there is also news to tell you about, including the united nations stepping up sanctions against north korea as punishment for its recent test. the security council approved sanctions that fell short of the ones originally sought by the trump administration. nikki haley called them the strongest ever imposed on north korea. among the punishments is a cap on petroleum products and textile imports. and the fear of aftershocks in mexico has many people still sleeping outside after last week's 8.1 magnitude earthquake. the death toll is at least 96 people. the quake destroyed about 5,000 homes and about 11,000 were either damaged or destroyed in a neighboring state. and back here at home, the tribute in light lit up the manhattan sky, in memory of those we lost on 9/11.

first lady melania beginning the day request a moment of silence on the south lawn of the white house before visiting the position. >> today our entire nation grieves with you and with every family of those innocent souls who were murdered by terrorists. 16 years ago. >> reporter: the president spoke of unity and strength, using the occasion to acknowledge the millions of americans affected by hurricanes harvey and irma. >> these are storms of catastrophic severity. and we're marshaling the full resources of the federal government to help our fellow americans. >> reporter: and in his native new york, relatives of the nearly 3,000 people killed on 9/11 gathered at ground zero to read the names of their loved ones. >> my uncle, jerrard terrance nevins. we love you and miss you every day. >> reporter: vice president mike pence joining hundreds of people in shanksville, pennsylvania, to remember the

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dinner, not weather. >> floridians were having fun with the storm before hammend, they're blaming everyone, including an old person always blamed for something. this win's saying thanks, obirma. >> and remember the kendall jenner commercial? this is dillon who decided he might try to solve everything by holding his own can of pepsi, he tweets irma, please accept my offering. it was a knock at the kendall jenner pepsi commercial. >> eye rironically, the eye went of that. >> here's one, this photo is of her dad, igmer, with his dog. they're ready to

case. they were in the evacuation zone and they were all right. >> wonder if he gave his daughter a life jacket too. on to another twitter user who showed a fun screen shot of the phone. at the top of the phone is two hurricane notifications. the third is from pokemon go, encouraging him to go explore local parks. the tweet read pokemon go trying to murder people. >> a lot of people are making fun of our varied weather coverage, including this family, the dad going outside, reporting, doing their fake mock report here, it includes buckets of water and then some. we had serious coverage yesterday. >> we d aid, and you took that seriously, and some offered feedback on that like this twit other viewer who sd

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this morning on "world news now." irma causing widespread flooding across the south millions are without power as the full-scale of the damage is revealed and the struggle is real for so many trying to get back home. >> plus a new look at the caribbean islands devastated by the storm. abc is on a coast guard cutter racing to evacuate stranded america americans, while desperate residents await supplies and now there are reports of looting and violence. and new this half hour, the stunning crash landing caught on camera. >> the plane gets lower and lower, aiming straight for a parking lot as people heading to work watch it crash right in front of them. hear how the pilot walked away. and a bit of star power in the storm zone. hollywood