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

florida. residents get serenaded and are visited by a favorite son in the meantime, plus harrison ford helping to direct traffic in new york city. it's all ahead on this tuesday, september 12th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> fun way to get around new york city traffic jam. >> harrison ford in the middle of it, yeah. we'll get to that in a minute, but we start with an update on irma. the storm is losing steam and moving inland. after carving out a massive path of destruction. >> irma was reduced to a tropical depression overnight, but it's still dumping lots of rain as it turns northwest with 35-mile-per-hour winds. a driver captured this frightening scene on his dash cam. you can see a tree falling across the road. that suv slamming right into it. >> driver survived. but the storm has claimed at least ten lives in the u.s.,

dozens more in the caribbean. nearly 8 million people have no electricity. including about 60% of florida. and the damage from irma in the u.s. could cost as much as $92 billion. >> and starting this morning, residents will be allowed to return to miami beach and parts of theque -- keys. abc's david muir has more on the damage. >> reporter: the new images now emerging from naples, florida, under water. entire neighborhoods swallowed by the storm. this home's roof, gone. the right side collapsed. it was here that hurricane irma hit with the highest wind gust reported in florida, 142 miles per hour. trees snapping, pieces of the roof above us turning into projectiles. debris flying through the air. after sustained wind speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, suddenly, we were in the middle of the eye, when forecasters tell you, do not be fooled by the lull in the storm. and this is literally what it looks like the moment after irma passed. the wind has stopped. the rain has stopped and now we

can see the devastation. but within 30 minutes afterward, the wind whipping up again. this was the backside of the hurricane, as it then headed north to ft. myers and jacksonville. all over florida, so many people trying to get home. in miami, the massive traffic jam on the macarthur causeway. but here in key west, they are not allowed to return home. andrew garcia telling me he's waiting to go home, but they won't let anyone in. frustration and fear for so many families waiting to see if their home, their property survived. what are you hearing about further down? >> further down is further down. the roads are washed away. you guys aren't going to go pave the roads before letting us in. it's going to be weeks before the roads get paved. my house, my parents are there. why won't they let us go? >> i'm glad they're okay. >> we're very grateful. dozens have been rescued

from flooding. >> in jacksonville, some were evacuated by military surplus trucks and small boats all because of the flooding that began after the hurricane moved on. it is the result of runoff and three to five-foot storm surge. >> let's check where it's going now with paul williams who has the forecast, paul? >> good morning to you, diane, kendis. what we have right now, the outer waves or bands of the storm still causing problems as it nudges its way to the midsouth. the counter clockwise rotation you can see clearly. but now that it's a tropical depression, folks will say it's not as bad. it's true, but it's not. we still have 35-mile-per-hour winds and the movement is northwest at 15 miles per hour. but those bands bring with it flooding rains and we're expecting it to track across northern portions of alabama, memphis and the midsouth and curve to the most southern tip of illinois. although irma's weakening, look at the amount of area she's

going to cover. and touch with scattered showers, ranging from two to eight inches in some areas. >> paul williams, there's a reason they call it the low country in south carolina. part of the reason is it's very susceptible to a lot of flooding. paul, thank you. >> and many people from south florida evacuated to orlando. but that city was also hard hit by irma, with nearly a million people without power. two deaths were reported during the hurricane, one from a car crash and another an apparent electrocution from a downed power line. all central florida schools will be closed today. but disney world and universal reopen. a delta 757 trying to land in atlanta was knocked around by cross winds, finally diverted to charlotte, north carolina. 1200 flights were canceled to and from atlanta yesterday. delta and other airlines are increasing their atlanta flights today. airline service in florida will start to return later on this

has yet to be seen, but we're already getting an idea of how damaging irma has been in terms of financial figures. abc's marci gonzalez has the latest on that. what do you know? >> reporter: hi, guys. there are a few different estimates out there of how costly irma was. accuweather estimates when you total it all up, it will end up being about $100 billion. they're factoring in everything from damage to homes and businesses to money lost by businesses that had to shut down because of the storm, because of power outages. they're factoring that. another comes from moody's analytics. they say between $64 billion and $92 billion. and they're estimating if you take the total cost of hurricane irma, with the total cost of hurricane harvey, that it adds up to be about the same as hurricane katrina. back to you. >> and marci, what's the latest on people getting back to their

homes? we know the highways are crowded. some people are stuck in shelters. what's going on with that? >> reporter: a lot of people still staying in shelters this morning. about 100,000 across the state of florida. 400 shelters, more than 400 shelters are still open this morning because some people are having trouble getting home. a lot of gas stations are still out of fuel. people are stuck where they are. there are the people who lost their homes in the storm. and then there are those widespread power outages. there are people who have medical issues, so they can't go home and be in a place that doesn't have electricity. so they're having to stay in shelters longer than they expected. >> wow, more than 100,000 people in shelters in florida alone. thank you. residents and business owners can begin returning to parts of the florida keys at:00 this morning. >> that's where irma first made landfall in the u.s. now those people who evacuated are eager to see what's left.

amy robach is there. >> reporter: the first look at the destruction in the florida keys. in cudjoe key, cars tossed from the roads, buried under sand. homes knocked right off the foundation. we saw damage from above. we are flying over u.s. 1 right now, that is the road that is shut down for residents who are trying to get back. the only way you can access the keys now is by air or by sea. bridges now damaged. we see streets completely flooded. we see boats thrown upside down. roofs ripped off and entire trailers or mobile homes demolished. on the ground in key west, a glimpse of the power storm surge that followed hurricane irma's landfall. the water washing sections of road away. some buildings completely destroyed. much of the keys without power and water. and when we reach marathon key, we see irma's wrath. entire neighborhoods completely flattened.

park in marathon, it looks like a debris field. some of them, they are just completely destroyed. this piece of paradise now on a long road to recovery. downed power lines, the beach spilling onto the streets. debris everywhere. it is going to be months and months before the town of marathon gets up and running again. amy robach, the florida keys. >> and we will have an opportunity to help the victims of both irma and harvey. >> an impressive list of celebrities will appear tonight during the hurricane telethon. you can see it on abc as well as 16 other networks, justin bieber, justin timberlake, demi lovato and beyonce are some of the names. it's been underwritten by michael dell. all the money raised la go to the victims. >> the dell family has done so much because of their texas roots.

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survive. >> reporter: this is all that's left of the hotel where maureen was staying in st. martin. the simpson bay resort was to be her dream birthday vacation. now what is left will live on in her nightmares. >> it went from the most beautiful resort ever to chaos. to total destruction. >> reporter: the category five storm killed at least 37 people. from barbuda. >> this has been one of the worse days of my life. the entire country has been decimated. >> reporter: to st. martin, to the virgin islands. now there are severe shortages of food, water and medicine. we left with the coast guard on a cutter as they raced to st. thomas to bring in needed supplies and evacuate stranded americans to puerto rico. we're just coming into st. thomas, and you can see already the evidence of irma, because all of this used to be green. the leave the are no longer on the trees. many of the trees are down.

destroyed. >> we'll have water. we'll have dry food, some clothes for kids in need and dropping off federal agents to help with law enforcement and try to reopen the airport and the ports in st. thomas. >> reporter: the department of defense says 4600 service members are helping with relief efforts in the islands. while the lucky ones from another devastated island, st. martin, are evacuated by c-130s. what did it sound like? >> a sound i never want to hear in my life. >> like an airplane engine. >> like a high whistle. >> reporter: an estimated 5,000 americans were believed to be trapped on st. martin in the aftermath of irma. since friday, the u.s. state department has airlifted 1900 americans, with even more flights today. what was it like living through irma? >> frightening.

we thought we were going to perish together. >> reporter: they took these videos of the devastation from outside. soon people began arriving from other hotels, and quickly, things went from bad to worse. >> a generator caught on fire, then after they put the fire out, the people stole the generator. then they started stealing food from our fridge. and then they beat up one tourist. hit a lady in the eye. >> reporter: the other guests tell us they eventually got word of evacuations. waiting in line for hours to finally make it on a military plane. 200 others had been evacuated by cruise ship. further along irma's track, 10 people died in hard-hit cuba, where some neighborhoods today were still under water and without power. france's president, emmanuel macron is expected to travel to st. martin to survey the damage

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>> i told him you were johnny carson, because he didn't know who you were. >> that's john, aka the side piece. >> bell's also spending quality time there. and you can see some tears of joy, as i would say. here she is with claire, who's -- >> she's stealing her nose. adorable. good for her. and billionaire richard branson was caught in irma's path on his private caribbean island. >> he shared some images of the devastation and announced his foundation, virgin united would be working to rebuild the virgin islands. >> he shared images of boats piled up, buildings torn apart. debris everywhere. >> necker island sustained damage but he wants everybody to focus on the virgin islands and rebuilding there.

the overall virgin islands. tim tebow took a break from his baseball career to do his part helping those impacted by irma. here he is spending time with a world war ii vet. >> tebow posted on twitter, saying totally uplifted by this world war ii veteran whose spirit and talents encouraged fellow visitors. >> yeah, they were encouraged by the way he gives back. >> and harrison ford decided to help out the public, but he was doing it in new york city. >> indiana jones and the traffic jam. his mercedes got stuck in a tunnel. after an accident brought traffic to a stand still, and instead of waiting for it to clear up, he sprang into action and started directing traffic himself. >> you can hear hem saying, let's go! get out! by the way, you don't need any kind of an accident by the midtown tunnel to delay traffic.

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making news in america this morning, irma cuts off more coastal communities. parts of charleston, south carolina, are underwater and we're seeing some of the damage in georgia as powerful winds move in. we have new video of the driver nearly hit by a falling tree. plus, recovery efforts under way in florida. our first look at the florida keys, where some areas are devastated. residents allowed to return in just a matter of hours and when flights are expected to resume at the state's major airports. a plane crashes into a park lot so hear what witnesses and the pilot are now saying this morning. and monday night football is back. with all our rowdy friends. a historic night for the nfl but