in gulfport, have a dozen trained volunteer rescue teams and heavy-duty trucks are answering the first calls for help. >> we need an ambulance at the nicholas grove shelter. >> by 8:00, power are falling, starting fires and winds are whipping them out of control. even new orleans on the outer edge of the storm, camille is beginning to cause problems. canal,he industrial another levee breaks and begins flooding. quite the eye of the storm is still over two hours away. the wind is strong, one can understand up in it. the rain is torrential, streets are flooded, we are cut off from the outside world in our motel here. there is no power, everything is black. >> rescue wretched city control. >> already one of gulfport heavy-duty rescue teams are in trouble. >> rescue red has gone out on one mission. the truck is in the rising tides. >> to hell with the radio and equipment, abandon your machines, power poles are falling, live wires are sizzling in the streets. staying out now is suicide down. >> come home, all rescue units come home. >> at 11:00, a huge tidal surge right in front of the stor

gulfport, long beach and biloxi. >> bring your garbage cans inside, secure everything.t to fit -- all residents of the low-lying areas are advised to evacuate by noon today. to hattiesburg or jackson. >> transportation will be provided in the shelter. bring everything you need. >> most people take the advice and get out. cars start streaming north. ♪ >> early sunday afternoon, camille brushes past the muscles of the -- the mississippi. at first she blows is some shingles off of roofs, then she ravages the dome. upriver, the levees are crumbling under pressure of wind and water. finally the levee breaks. time to get out. and the few lingered are running for their lives north to new orleans. ♪ >> by late afternoon, advanced winds are touching the mississippi coast. the slow folks are still gassing up. people have listened and left, left behind the young who think nothing and her them. the young believers -- can hurt them. the young believers who want to write it out, the thrill seekers, the stubborn -- ride it out, the thrill seekers. hurricanem., and the is really beginn

. >> reporter: she lives alone in a small house near gulfport.his man brought his 9-year-old daughter briance. are you worried? >> yes. >> scared? >> yes. >> reporter: they were moved from this room to another because they were concerned about the roof. >> it's actually been really good because most of these people are really nice and they've been helping one another, so, yes, it's actually very happy being here. >> reporter: happier than she would have been at her home. there are more than a thousand people at that shelter we visited. it's one of many in the area. keep in mind many of the people staffing it are volunteers. >> jeff glor, thank you. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," the latest on hurricane irma. >>> plus, we'll explain how the storm's powerful winds are pulling water away from the shoreline in florida. >>> and we'll go to naples for the latest on the storm surge caused by irma. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i'm ke

irma live as loan in a small wooden house in nearby gulfport. >> i'm scared.m scared of the storm. >> did you come last night or today. >> no, last night. >> donnell rogers brought his nine year old daughter breyonce. are you worried? >> yes, actually i am. >> but you are going to say some prs >> yes. >> you glad are you here. >> yes. >> they were moved from this room to another because there was concern about the roof in the school gym. >> it has actually been really great because most of these people are really nice and they are helping one another. so yes, it's actually very happy being here. happier than she would have been at her home. there are more than a thousand people at that shelter we visionitied. it's one of many in the area, keep in mind many of the people staffing it are volunteers. fort myers is getting some of the worst of irma tonight. we want to head back there right now, kris van cleave is there, chris? >> the the wind gusts are getting strong are and stronger in fort myers as irm' gets closer to the eye. we under-- city, we understand the

irma live alone in a small wooden house in nearby gulfport. >> i'm scared.m scared of the storm. >> glor: did you come last night or today? >> no, last night. >> glor: donnell rogers brought his nine-year-old daughter, breyonce. are you worried? >> yes, actually i am. >> glor: but you are in a safer place now. >> yes. >> glor: are you glad you are here? >> yes. >> glor: breyonce and donnell were moved from this room to another because there was concern about the roof in the school gym. >> it has actually been really good because most of these people are really nice and they are helping one another. so yes, it's actually very happy being here. >> glor: happier than she would have been at her home. >> there are a number of shows shelters around. that particular one had more than a thousand people in it, and many of them staffed by volunteers. we're going to check in in fort myers now and kris van cleave filed this report. >> irma has come to fort myers. it is not the category three or stronger people had feared but a very strong category two. winds will be ove

i can understand why due to the hurricane down in the central texas and gulfport. >> and aaa says we could see prices go up more in the short term. things should stabilize by mid to late september or so. now might be a good time to fill up. back to you. >> megan, we know a lot of people will be headed east towards the beach and the bay this weekend. any idea what gas prices are looking like out that way? >> reporter: yeah. we're actually a little bit lower than what we're seeing in d.c. a little higher, though, than in maryland. ocean city, for example, a check this morning, hovering around $2.50 in rehoboth beach, delaware. $2.53. a little different. if you're on a tight budget, you might want to fill up before you go. >> megan mcgrath, northwest d.c. thanks. >>> we're also watching another powerful hurricane. this is hurricane irma in the atlantic. still a ways out. our sheena parveen will be back in a minute with the look at the storm's track in her full forecast. don time in our nbc washington app. >>> breaking news that could impact your morning bus ride to work. we're just lear

so, no, i did document katrina actually in the engs treem storm surge in gulfport but i think the windto be much more extreme. >> how do you go about chasing and recording a storm this dangerous, mike? >> it's going to be difficult. i'm going to have to use a lot of the knowledge that i've gained and put all those together to document the storm safely and be able to capture the video, show people what it was like as well as the data. i do feel confident in my decision and if i didn't, i'd be leaving. but let me tell you, i would be lying to you if i said i wasn't nervous. >> that's what i was going to ask you if you were scared for your own safety? >> sure. this is a scary situation, but for me, it's not any different than a war photographer. it has an inherent danger, but i feel like we are skilled in this. we understand it. i never take mother nature for granted, though. i know she always has tricks up her sleeves. so i'm not out here thinking i know everything that's going to happen. i'm just going to prepare for the worst, is get into a good structure and ride it out. >> thank you

in katrina, gulfport and mississippi. don't forget port aran is and rockport. that really took the brunt of the storm head-on. >> and, doug, don't mean to ket you off. new footage of the president talking about the dreamers. let's listen in. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, everyone. >> [ inaudible ]. >> we'll release on daca sometime over the weekend. probably -- sunday. saturday. latest will be monday. >> thanks, everyone. >> great feeling for daca. excuse me? >> daca is -- [ inaudible ]. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks very much. >> thank you. >> we'll be making a request. absolutely. for the state of texas, yes. tomorrow i'm going to louisiana with the first lady, and texas. it will be texas, louisiana. okay? thank you. thank you, everybody. >>> okay. we just want to get viewers caught up what we just saw. talking to douglas brinkley about this. earlier in the hour you saw the president talking about this decision on daca. he said it might happen today or over the weekend. in the last few moments, pointing out a slight distinction. the president