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. >> that was earlier this evening with the weather channel's mike seidel.haiti earlier and today we got the first look at widespread damage. the a.p. reports the death toll in eighth as a result of this hurricane is up to 280 people and counting. the numbers will rise as rescue workers do their work. one of the most devastated parts of haiti was toured today. we're joined by phone from port-au-prince haiti. tell us what you saw. >> we've seen a lot of devastation in the area of southern haiti, it was cut off and it was only earlier today that people were able to land there. we saw barely a free was standing and if it was still standing, they didn't have any leaves. they were basically snapped in two like pencils. even the residents that we spoke to, they were like this is too much. it was pure devastation and they don't know how the government will even begin to try to help them or even rebuild. >> what is it that accounts for the death toll there. is it just how hard the hurricane hit a direct path or does it also have to do with the infrastructure in the

. >> the weather channel's mike seidel there from ft. pierce, florida.oining me to talk about the storm surge, the storm surge could be catastrophic in some areas, correct? >> absolutely. this could be the story. as people wake up, we should remind them there's nothing in existence as just a category 3 storm. let me show you what i'm looking at, especially the jacksonville area, this is going to be the story later today as this storm moves up towards the coast, you're looking at now possible effects of a category 1 storm, you're starting to see the red areas, water greater than nine feet above ground. this is a category 3 and we could see category 4 type surging, and as bill karins was saying, this is not flooding, this is just the storm surge, and what i can't simulate for you is how quickly storm surge happens. it happens in an instant and this is what kills more people in hurricanes than anything else, more than wind, more than the rain, is the storm surge. it was one of the major lessons, betty, that we learned after hurricane katrina. >> absolutely.

>> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph.

. >> that's weather channel's mike seidel reporting overnight from ft. pierce, florida.ne thing we're keeping a close eye on with hurricane matthew is storm surge for these coastal cities. cal perry joins us for that angle. >> storm surge kills more people in hurricanes than wind and rain. this was the lesson learned from past hurricanes. it may be the story at this one as we look at our model and how it's tracking. as it tracks north all of this water is going to be pushed up against the coast and specifically let's take a look at jacksonville and this is a way to simulate out what we could see. this is taking a look at a category 1 hurricane and the blue areas are going to give you water up to three feet. yellow up to six and then orange will give you six feet and over. as we go to a category 2 you see how it spreads inland. this is why we saw such massive evacuations. this is what a category 3 hurricane would look like. that's what we're looking at right now. this is why in south carolina there was such mass evacuations getting people at least 100 miles off this coast

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter miketa. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said earl

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mikeorta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said ea

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said earlier pr

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said

. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic michelle seidel >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> paramedic rebecca law >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter mike horta. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> firefighter matt adams. matt is not here. okay. and capt. clyde christoph. >> >>[cermonial honoring] >> from the event are dormant thank you to mayor lee and thank you to the members behind me and all the members the work so diligently that they would all the partners. >>[applause] >> just real fast, this is a first responder worst nightmare to look and see this many potential victims but all the folks stating the honey stepped up to the plate went immediately into action. that's what we trained for things just like this. our marine units have the obligation of obviously handing handling things in the water is why you see them out all the time to deal with issues just like this and i promised them i would also give a huge shout out to the kos guard who actually got 20 people out to safety. they wanted to make sure that they ignored the us coast guard for their efforts and for what they've done. this is a huge collaboration between as the mayor said