you see the tree blocking the road here up to st. marks. the small city in national weather service in florida. this is keeping the authorities from reaching the area. i spoke to an official a few moments ago. he had to call for help to remove the tree. he said they are not able to make it to the city to see how wide spread and significant the damage is. most importantly, to check in on some of the people who decided to stay behind and ride out the storm. i spoke to a woman who owns one of the few grocery stores in town who rode out the storm 11 years ago and decided to ride out this one as well. that is the main concern for people who decided to stay behind. also to keep people off the roadways. i can tell you schools and government offices are closed in and around the area. this is a way to keep people at home according to officials. when it comes to rescues, we have not heard of any significant rescues taking place. there was one woman and her children had to be removed from her home after the tree fell on top of it. it is my understandi

st. barts. th marks. we know people decided to hunker down and ride out the storm in their homes despite the orders to evacuate. i spoke to a woman who owns a grocery store a mile down the road from where i'm standing who said she rode out the storm 11 years ago and she planned to do it again. that is the concern right now for authorities. as soon as conditions can improve, which there is some sign that could be happening here, they will be able to make their way to the roads and clear the roads and get help in and out if that is necessary. i should point out at this particular point, we have not heard there has been a need for high water rescues. >> that is good, polo. it is interesting, the position you are in right now is literally the morning after the landfall. trying to figure out the damage and being careful. there could be high water. there could be obstructions below the high water. remember for the folks who are in georgia and carolinas. they haven't seen this hit yet. i think that is what is so

we had polo sandoval in st. marks. he had to leave st. marks because they were getting nine feet of water. he had to back out of that city. now trying to get back into city to people that stayed, hopefully they protected themselves. it did hit in a lightly populated area of florida. probably the lightest coastal area of of florida. but tallahassee got pretty much a direct hit, john. >> all right. chad, stick around with us, if you can, for a minute and join me in questioning our next guest, director of national hurricane center, dr. rick knabb. i wonder if you can give us a sense of what this storm looks like right now and exactly where it is. >> well, it is inland over southern georgia. that's where the center of circulation is, but that's not the complete story on where the center of action is. there's still plenty of onshore flow here in the florida big bend area. water levels have not come completely down. we still have wind gusts at a minimum to tropical storm force. that's starting to happen over on the atlantic side of florida. look

hermine made landfall in st. marks, florida, overnight. it brought heavy rain, sent trees toppling down. >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. the first step in assessing the damage that was left behind hurricane hermine is to get to some of the communities that were perhaps hardest hit. that includes the city of st. marks. it was just a short drive down the road. this is as close as we can take you right now as authorities say they still have not cleared the rest of the roadway. there was a large tree that was blocking people from getting in and out a few moments ago. crews were actually able to cut that tree down and move it out of the way. it's the first step now as authorities troo i to get toward st. marks to assess the damage, but most importantly to check on some of the individuals who decided to stay behind. i had an opportunitin y to speao people who live in that city yesterday. one woman said she planned to ride out the storm, just as she did about 11 years ago. the main point authorities want people to get right now is to simply

. >>> st. marks at newark, big night for st. marks palmeri. look at him go.if you're scoring at home it is 92 yards. breaking tackles left and right. he is gone. that's a touchdown. st. marks wins it 27-7. >>> conrad and christiana. conrad's mary park brown one-handed grab touchdown. they win 43-8. >>> time to reveal next week's voices for the high school blitz game of the week. parkland at easton. st. joe's prep at archbishop wood and cb west at north penn. call or text your vote or vote on line at nbc 10.com. i'm amy fadool. have a great saturday everyone. >>> 5:57. a hero police officer shot seven times is back on the job in delaware county. good morning, monique. >> reporter: hi, ted. he is about to complete a 12-hour shift. he came back with a lot of fanfare. he didn't really want it. we'll tell you what's going on after the break. >>> and we continue to talk record, near record heat out there, but as we look at your weekend it's part teamy, part comfortable, the details on your weekend. steamy, part comfortable, the details on your weekend. i'm hillary

st. mark's florida. in tallahassee and beyond tens of thousands are without power as rains and winds bear down on the state. in gulf county emergency officials are concerned about the storm sturjs that will cause serious damage to homes along the coast. north and south carolina are bracing for the storms as it moves north up the east coast. people in charleston, south carolina are already leaving course the rain is expected to be in the northeast by saturday. meteorologist jason brewer is tracking the thunderstorm's path as it moves all morning. in the newsroom, i am daniel miller, fox 25 news. >> i am michael henrich reporting live where the town is mourning the beloved town constable hit and killed while crossing the street. police are still unclear whether the truck driver knew that he initially hit somebody while driving here on main street, been made about whether to charge that man with any crime. the truck, it should be said did not initially stop. after hitting 65-year-old barbara clement beloved

it is an area of the st. marks river that is still under last night at 1:30 when we were out here riding out the storm in tallahassee. the video of us in the middle of the storm with the huge rain bands, the gusts of wind. it was an incredibly powerful wind and we knew how bad it would be for the guys who were able to weather the storm. one man says he's lived here 52 yearsp in is his home and he is not going to leave. he has 2 feet of water inside of this woman has two feet of water that came up to the third step. she had guests last night as well. this morning she woke up with three rattle snakes in the living room and kitchen area. that wasn't fun for the guests when they found out about that. everyone here is breathing a si of relief. thoughll surge would be 9 feet. the city manager told me it was better than expected. the water behind it came up all you are standing and flooded that bed and breakfast behind me. river was all the way down the road. so you can tell how much that storm surge was. it wasn't as bad

we have new video coming in from overnight, this is st. marks as well. the crews are working to remove the downed trees from the roads. a lot of work ahead for the crew members. 8 miles per hour winds taking down the trees and power lines. a couple suffered minor injuries. about 70,000 people are in the dark right now. abc meteorologist ginger ze 40 miles away from the land fall. she tweeted out photos overnight. ginger is live all morning long with a look at the damage along the florida coast. watch for the reports on "good morning america" at 7:00. that is right after "12 news this morning." ben? >> tim, in the pacific, madeline is passing by the big island of hawaii. lot of rain. now the neighbors are preparing for hurricane lester. that is 600 miles away. it is a cat 3 storm. it is expected to weaken but remain a hurricane. >> the pre-season for football ends with a loss for the green bay packers. aaron rodgers was one of the starters that didn't play. instead, joe calahan came in. he former badger caught one of those, 40 yard long pass. look. there

there it was at st. marks. that drought is over, and we take a look at the rainful that continues here with pockets of embedded lightning as well. frequent lightning, in fact, doing a little better in hillsborough and pasco as well. hernando and citrus, you are not out of the woods as we get the streams of moisture basically what we call in the hurricanes, a theater band, right? we had one with major impacts across the other and now we're patch. what do we have to our west? a gulf of mexico. so it's unlimited moisture here. so long as this band sets up here, and it has done so for now, it will continue to rain pockets. tropical downpours, and these have the lightning as well, but very gusty winds embedded in them. so we're talking 40, 50 mile- per-hour winds. that could put down trees and power outages that we've been talking about here. this is an ongoing event. we're still under storm warning and with good reason. the gusts have been 35 to 40. in the st. pete airport as well, gusting over 50 miles per hour at

we're not sure prolific the damage was in st. mark. in 2005, it damaged a significant portion of that amazing historical town. the eye of the storm as has been mentioning made landfall about 30 miles off st. mark. when the sun comes up, of course it will keep you posted as we get more information on damage and debris. michael paluska, abc action news. >>> deputies are telling anybody who needs help to call the number that's on the screen right now, 727-847-2411. also, authorities are we want to head out live to marisela burgos. she has been following along with first responders. good morning, marisela. >> reporter: i am standing along carneely and aurora in pasco county. we're under an awning at somebody's house because we did see lightning so we're trying to be safe as we report what's happening to you guys. there was a rescue a couple of houses down about 30 minutes ago. we do have som humvee taking at least five people. there were some children in that humvee. they had to be rescued out of their home. aurora, at least, i can tell yo

it came a short time ago as a category one storm east of stk of st. marks. it packed winds of 80 miles per hour. it's the first hurricane to hit florida in more than a it can aid. states along the east coast are bracing for the potential of severe flooding as well. >>> the the faa and state police are investigating after lasers were pointed at three planes in massachusetts. two of the incidents happened as planes were arriving at logan airport and the pilot of an american airlines flight and delta airlines plane both reported green lasers pointed at them around 9 wednesday night. the third north adams around the same time. all the planes landed safely. >>> if you were left holding worth list tickets to the grand prix race you may get your money back. massachusetts attorney general's office sent letters to 1700 ticket holders asking them to make contact by the end of the month. back in july indy car racing agreed to give boston 925,000 dollars towards refunds. >>> an abington boy shot in the face by another boy is in the two 11-year-old boys were playing with

hurricane hermine made landfall on the pan handle near the city of st. marks 20 miles from the capital of tallahassee. jason brewer is in live for shiri spear. jason. >> jason: you saw the picture from tampa. the heavy bands through tampa, st. pete area. still a hurricane making its way northeastward inland. it will be weakening. the track friday into saturday through the carolinas as a then what happens after that is still uncertain. we have a large area uncertainty out here for sunday, monday and tuesday. bottom line, it is off to our south as a weaker storm, but nevertheless, could bring us some direct impacts by late saturday into sunday. so we are talking about that straight ahead. today, a nice day, enjoy, mid- to upper 70s. morning sun. giving way to pop-up afternoon clouds. a dry day and saturday looks dry as well. current and the waves will start to increase as well. by under night, when you start to see a chance of some of those direct bands. if the system gets close enough mainly toward the islands and this builds north and westward into labor day.

st. mark's, florida. good morning to you, ginger. >> good morning to you, amy. here in st. mark's where it was a nightmare for so many of us. along the coast of florida, we were in the eye of the storm. this thing past and made landfall east of us by a few miles. flooding a big concern. i can easily walk into thigh or waist-deep water and this is a tropical storm in south georgia moving northeast threatening the east coast. >> we got to move. oh. >> reporter: overnight, hurricane hermine lashing the southeast. winds over 80 miles per hour. storm surge reaching up to six feet. it's been a night of tornado warnings, torrential rains, the eye just a couple of miles away. hermine is the first hurricane in more than a decade to rock the sunshine state. seven hours before landfall, the streets of st. mark's literally becoming the river. in's a fish in the street. >> please protect property and evacuate immediately. >> reporter: clouds hijacking the sky. seawater creeping onto the land. >> here it comes. >> reporter: rain coming in torrents. >> we have sandbags at the door and we h

. >> st. marks at newark, big night for st. marks austin palmeri. him g takes the ball to the 8, scoring at home this is 92 yards. breaking tackles left and right, he is gone. that's a touchdown, st. marks wins it 27-7. conrad and christiana. one handed grab, touchdown from mets letter. conrad wins 43-8. time to reveal next week's choices for the high school blitz game of the week, choices are parkland at easton, st. joe's prep at archbishop wood and cb west at north penn. call or text your vote or vote online at nbc 10.com. that will do it for the high school blitz. have a great saturday, everyone. creamy swirls of pure indulgence. silky sifts of total transcendence. tempting accents of sheer pleasure. introducing "unicorn whispers." this should be the name. or something more like "golden gold." or maybe, "mmmmmm mmhmm." but, with 20% of your daily fiber, its actually fiber one. so delicious, it should have another name. >>> nbc 10 continues our commitment to clear the shelters and find homes for adoptable pets. time to meet hershey and she is look

st. mark's, florida overnight pounding the gulf coast with heavy rains this is the worst we've seen in the city and long time. on the hard-hit island storm surge devastated parts of the community. they don't have a front anymore though water just come to the back door and ran out the front. they just tore everything to pieces. here she is not done with her path of destruction. it's expected to affect much of our goal is to be prepared an underwhelming comes to the storm we want everyone to please be safe forecasters warned that the storm will be dangerous throughout the labor day weekend we could spend more than two days sitting in this general area off that mid atlantic is a system that's not moving that can be big trouble, because whatever rainfall is occurring could happen for hours the days in some spots two. he will will and will and will you and and will and will you will you and in will will and in and in will will will do we but 87 we will pull cool with 81 with how about some 70 everyone complains about millennials. nonsense. millennials, i salute you. you save money like no other

st. mark's, florida. good morning to you, ginger. >> it was a nightmare of an overnight for so many folks here in florida. we're at st. mark's, flooding was one of the big concerns. receding now, overnight, we were in the eye, near that eye wall, it hit as a category 1. now this thing is a t storm moving through georgia eventually south carolina and north carolina along the east coast. >> we got to move. oh. >> reporter: overnight, hurricane hermine lashing the southeast. winds over 80 miles per hour. storm surge reaching up to six feet. it's been a night of tornado warnings, torrential rains, the eye just a couple of miles away. hermine is the first hurricane in more than a decade to rock the sunshine state. seven hours before landfall, the streets of st. mark's literally it's a fish in the street. >> please protect property and evacuate immediately. >> reporter: clouds hijacking the sky. seawater creeping onto the land. >> here it comes. >> reporter: rain coming in torrents. >> we have sandbags at the d

this is going toward the st. marks area and the big bend of florida. there's still little wiggle room, but not much as it comes to the southeast. remember, these boundaries give the area where this could go left or right from that center point. don't focus on the center, the impacts will be far to the east an west of this big storm. on the east side, you get the strongest winds coming in off of into the carolinas here, on the back side, a lot of inland flooding is likely with this storm. even has it goes from being a tropical storm to what we call subtropical, or post tropical, meaning it becomes more of a storm we're used to like a nor'easter in the northeast. that's by saturday afternoon. we are dry up through start, clouds will start to work on in, way ahead of the storm system and the ocean will start to get churned up. it already has been by gaston and tropical depression 8, which has dissipated but water. through the weekend, on the track, it would stay dry right up until tuesday, when rain would make it in to southern eastern mass. winds, 60, 50

in st. marks today, we met stan west -- nats-stan herminie was here... (marks on post) marking the storm's highest water line inside his cafe. now cleaning up. sot stan west / resident we'll be back up and running in about 3 or 4 days. the town of crystal river under water. he the southeast. sot ashlyn pickard / tybee island, georgia it's the worst i've ever seen it. on tybee island, georgia --empty beaches & double-red-flag warnings.... winds gusting above 60 miles per hour. heavy rain and flash flooding extending to the carolinas... our linsey janis is there sot linsey janis: here in central south carolina it's been pouring rain for several hours, you can see crews already out cleaning up the damage from hermine. this small creek has overflowed and taken out this neighborhood street. another dangerous night ahead. - v hermine has created a big problem for a family of raccoons in florida. two baby raccoons lost their mom after the storm hit seffner.. friday morning. the little fellas fell out of a tree that the storm knocked down. a crew with our sister

i've been saying st. marks all but it sticks out there in the water and could be the landfall place, it's so close by moving off to the northeast. right near the center of the storm, 20-foot waves happening right now. 17 feet, up here in the big bend 13-foot waves. then up in the big bend, about 11-foot waves directly in line with this storm. clearly it will be beach erosion and flooding that's happening. we've seen flo it from the surge. hurricane hermine, 80 mile-per-hour winds, that's where it was located as of 9:00. the next observation coming in within the next half-hour, i'll be able to update this track. it's not going to change from here. focus on this area. it's a tight area not going to change very much, anywhere left or right of this track is where it could end up going. through tomorrow afternoon into south carolina now making its after midnight tomorrow night down to a tropical storm. winds 50 miles per hour. and then it cuts off of cape hatteras. questionable whether it's remaining tropical or wha

made landfall near st. marks, gulf coast cities further to the south felt the storm's wrath. by mid-day, treasure eyelid streets were under several inches of water. in nearby largo, heavy rain and powered rain over drainage systems and sending sewage spilling into the streets. and south of sarasota, high surf and pounding waves destroyed skirted the coast. >>> in the fog of war against zika mosquitoes, some innocent victims. insecticide spraying killed 2 million bees. county officials issued a notice. the spraying was ordered after four zika cases were report north of charleston but those patients got the virus while traveling, not from mosquitoes in the area. >>> melania trump got an apology and retraction from a tabloid and a deadly month for chicago. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. >>> the "chicago tribune" reports that this could be the city's worst year ever for homicide. 90 people were killed in august alone. chicago's deadliest month in more than 20 years. there have been 472 homicide this year. one less than all of 2015! police blame the spre

and toward st. marks. that's the center of circulation. but pounding winds and also pounding rains coming toward tallahassee as we speak. many power out aged there. the impacts felt far and wide. all the way up the east coast. we're be following this storm for many days to come. >> give us a sense of what kind of a mess this thing is going to make when it comes to travel up and down the east coast. this is not just florida, right? this is the i-95 corridor. we're talking about beach erosion and torrential rain. a lot of people wanting to head out of the shoreline for the holiday, but we're looking at dangerous conditions at the coast. on the other side of mountains in better coach. toward the 95, big time impacts. >> hoping everyone in the path drives safely or stays put. just thank you. >> and we'll have more on hermine later, but it's time to move onto politics. there are lingering questions about hillary clinton's private meetings as secretary of state. they could soon be answered. >> the state department says it will release the remain

it is st. marks. now, we'll look now from the abc stion in tampa. rain and high winds are the biggest concerns right n a shaking in the wind. it struck with 80-mile-per-hour wi thstamage has been from the downed and risg ood waters. the storm surges are up to 12 feet there as well. ginger zee is 4mile??hxa the srm making land fall and tweeted out the photos. ginger is live all with a look at the damage on the florida coast and watch for her reports on "goodorning america" at 7:00 after "12 news this morning." n? >> tim, in the pacific the remnanof tropical storm madeline is passing the big island o haii it dumped several inches of rain and now they are getting ready for hurricane leste remain as >> pre-se ends wit a(?w?e for the green bay packers. aaron rodge didn't play.?? instead joe calahan came back at the quarterbac he complet 143 yards. a former badger caughtf ose with a 40 yard pass and a long punt return but the 17-7. the pack opens regular season next the road nst the sonville jacquars. >> did you see themustach? >> the mayorelped to hand o

located right now about 10 miles to the north and east of st. marks. that's where the lowest pressure was, and just getting pounded right now in tallahassee. lots of downed trees and power lines and lots of flash flat flooding. this will go north and east over time. look at the rainfall amounts. anywhere from 2 to 9 inches of rain, and we are not finished with the storm system yet. for possibilities of some rotation. >> and justin, how will things look further north as the system heads up the east coast? >> as we venture toward saturday, saturday night and sunday, as nice as it is right now, conditions can deteriorate toward the coastline. it's the combination of high pressure and hermine that will funnel winds toward the coastline. we're concerned about major flooding and damaging wind gusts way north toward coastal portions of new england. impacts far and wide this weekend. >> justin keeping a close on this all night and all morning for us. thank you. >>> the hawaiian islands are assessing the damage from one hurricane and getting ready for another.

with winds of 80 miles per hour right near st. marks. and now that makes it land falling hurricane in florida in 11 years. since wilma back in 2005. since then, we've continued to see worsening conditions here in the tampa bay area. high tide that happened just after midnight between 2:00 and 3:00. and that combined with heavy rain from the feeder band, the rain band, has really kept us with flooding conditions across the communities. we are remaining under a tropical storm warning for our coastline. well, embedded in any rain band around a tropical system, you have the threat of tornadoes. that goes until 8:00 this morning. and a flood watch. again, we have pockets of heavy rain like eastern pasco near dade city and zephyrhills. heavy rain through the westchase area over the bay bridges. and heavy rain that extends down into manatee and sarasota county. here's a look from tampa from veterans ford, lightning rain so far. windy. winds from the south and southwest sustained at 2025 miles per hour, and gusting close to 30 miles per hour. bu

st. mark's, you will feel hurricane-force winds. if you're anywhere away from that, you're only going to feel a tropical storm. what you're going to feel anyway is a storm surge of up to eight feet. what we have here is a day and a half full of wind that blows the water this way. that has been blowing the water to the north. kind of like if you try to cool off your coffee by blowing on the one side, you blow your coffee to the other side. the level of the coffee is higher on one side than the other. the level of the water is higher here than down to the south. it will be sucking some of that water away from the south gulf and pushing it into the northern gulf. with the wind pushing it into the estuaries, we'll get surges of five to eight feet. that's the real threat that the governor was talking about. it's life and death, when you talk about that much water in your town or in your home. i lived this, experienced this with hurricane dennis. st. mark's had about 15 feet of water in downtown and people were floating around in boats. b

at st. mark baptist church, pastor pointer highlights the importance of our youth with the church adopting the motto, you grow here, to advance a safe, loving environment for families and children. within two years of pastor p's time as our senior pastor of the church, a new youth center has been built to give st. mark kids a safe environment to learn and play. pastor pointer is the proud husband of his wife, kia, and he's the loving father of their three children, gabby, p.j. and elijah. i want to thank pastor pointer for gracing us with a wonderful opening prayer, and i wish him, his family, st. mark baptist church continued success in the little rock community. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair will entertain up to 15 further one-minute requests on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman from california is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i heard from veterans

st. marks of newark. look at cole mary go. that's 92 yards for the td. conrad and crihristianchristian. conrad wins big, 43-8. time to reveal next week's choices for the guam of the week. parkland and easton, st. joe's prep. you can call or text your votes to 610-624-4111 or vote online at nbc 10.com. >>> up knicnext, two top teams battle it out. this week's game of the week is locked and loaded. >>> time now for our high school blitz game of the week. lasalle takes it on the road tonight, playing under the lights at historic franklin field. >> game of the week is brought to you by your local ford store, home of america's favorite brand. >> leave it all out on the field. one, two, three. >> they're fired up. lasalle ranked number six. lasalle gets on the board first. red mally takes the catch. long enough to make it into the end zone, but malvern would come back. kevin doyle finds zach fernandez all alone. doyle builds on the lead himself. finds open space, malvern prep, game of the week winner, 21-12. that will do it for the high school blitz, have a gr

. >> reporter: where the eyewall with 80-mile-per-hour winds crossed through st. marks at 1:30 a.m. the weather channel's reynolds wolf there in the worst of it. >> unbelievable, look at this stuff. whoa. >> reporter: the storm surge of more than 9 feet coupled with more than 22 inches of rain, left homes and streets flooded. >> a little bit of a loss, but we're good. >> reporter: the first hurricane in more than a decade to make landfall in florida hammered the state's west coast, from tampa bay to tallahassee. >> whoa, we're going to lose something. >> reporter: more than a quarter million homes in florida lost power, at least one man killed when a tree limb fell on him. >> there's trees down, power lines are down, the most important thing is don't drive in standing water, don't touch a power >> reporter: tropical storm hermine moving northeast at 20 miles an hour. hitting georgia where dangerous winds damaged the roof of this middle school, and slamming the carolinas where tornado warnings have already been issued. >> we haven't had any flooding in the house, but the wind's kind

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that was a category 1 storm that hit just east of st. mark. winds whipping 80 miles an hour. people have been bracing for days. even though it is a tropical punch. >> winds are still 70 miles an hour. clearly still a lot of wind, a lot of rain with that system. winds were 80 miles an hour when it came ashore south of the tallahassee area. so anywhere right is the biggest storm surge. it is over land now. the weakening process has begun. you can see just those spiraling bands of heavy rain. tampa to daytona beach up through jacksone watch. typically when you have these in the right front quad rant of the storm where you can see quick spinup and tornadoes. and that is going to be something we're watching for the next two hours. >> rainfall forecast coming in 5-10 inches. through north florida. and then as we work up the eastern seaboard through the carolinas, 4-6 inches of rain through the mid-atlantic states how much are we going to get? it depends on how close the storm gets. here's the track as it moves towards the carolinas tonight into tomorrow morning. we get into sunday

st. mark's the waterside arising. the governor says life-threatening and urging everyone to take precautions. >> remember that we cannot rescue you during a storm. >> reporter: watches and warnings are along the coast. hermine can spawn tornadoes in the middle of the night. >> the storm is expected to impact much of our state. the governor met with emergency storm lightly and be prepared. >> the biggest threat is the risk of flooding. our team coverage continues with amy cutler.>> reporter: the guys here want to make sure that the truck is in proper working order. that starts with the hoses and then there is have their gear. all to make sure that they are ready for whatever the storm brings. it resulted in 50 success in more than $50 billion of damage. that is why federal, state, and local officials take the threat of a hurricane serious. the hurricane is not forecast to be as severe but across our area they are preparing internal preparations. >> reporter: at the fire department that means taking to make sure the cha

st. mark's. there's bed breakfast was flooded down there. and there was lot of flooding down there yesterday. him a couple times last night. since reports people staying on st. george island. madison stewart. a lot of roads close but interstate is now finally open. they are trying to clear highway but no major issues to suwannee sheriff a lot of down trees and no water damage that at this point. but everybody still doing assessments. hamilton sheriff reed, clearing roads and lot of special needs individuals in shelters. right now based on there assessment they don't have significant damage. and sheriff young and an emergency mkt director no major issues to report. lane county sheriff wood, same thing as i said before a lot of downed trees and power outages but they are working really hard. marion county sheriff, no major issues. he did tell me that one homeless a tree and passed away. earlier this morning florida national guard deployed recognizance teams. there are special forces doing search and rescue. we have six,000 national guards man w