, all the rest, see grove beach and continue to move to the east, panama cityeach, all that area will get heavy winds and heavy rains, there will be some destruction, the worst of it all is over tyndall air force base and if anybody knows the military, you know they're ready for this. that's where the storm crossed, but what's next is callaway and parker, they will get the western eye wall just beating those towns, parker and callaway, eastern suburbs of panama city, grown into one city, panama city, parker, callaway, cedar grove, east bay. on the way north to bayou george and we believe it will take a turn to the right. if you are in the city of tallahassee, where i happen to have some friends who have hunkered down with their wives and children in their homes in a very low lying area, you are about to get copious amounts of rain in tallahassee. you can expect power outages, extreme wind gust. not hurricane force winds in tallahassee. more serious problems, and as we move on in, donaldsonville, get up into the state of georgia, blakely and camilla george, all

all morning i was out on the beach itself about one mile from here. we could see the sea rising. it was already two or three feet higher than normal. we had to get off that beach. we had to move about a mile inland to where we are right now to ride out the storm on a little bit higher ground. they are expecting a storm surge of about nine feet. it will be enough to flood the coastal areas, the beach zone. the waterfront areas will see water maybe going into the first floors of some of the structures. the wind here could be devastating. 145 miles per hour sustained gusts in the gulf and it still has yet to make landfall. it still has a chance to strengthen even more. no storm has ever hit the florida panhandle with as much ferosity. governor rick scott said the time to evacuate has come and gone. now it is time whatever plan you made you have to see it through and be as safe as you possibly can. panama city beach has about 12,000 year round residents. maybe about 6,000 chose to stay. it is a dangerous choice. let's hope it doesn't prove to be a potentially even more dangerous. i wa

here's the city, here is the beach. is looking like this going to -- here is tyndall air force base. it is looking like the eye of the storm may clip panama city. that means the suburban towns of parker and calloway. not large populations, but parker and calloway, at least, may get a touch of this eye wall. same with cedar grove and springfield, and maybe panama city itself. not the western side of panama city like over by the bridge, but on the eastern side of panama city. i am going to back out now so you can see where this is going. this is the eye wall itself. this is real-time movement. here is tyndall, here's mexico beach pray the national hurricane center has been singing the last hour, it looks like mexico beach may take a direct hit. this is moving this way, and tears mexico beach. instead, to the left of mexico beach. could panama city be hit by this? the town itself, not the beach? it could. look at this rain wrapping around. this is extremely heavy rain. all of this area is still hurricane-force winds. for i

on the right side, panama city beach. drive along is coming to us from fox 10 wala which is a mobile, pensacola station. destin is the extreme eastern end of their market. they're driving through the streets of destin. you can see signs blowing in the wind. there's a lot of rain. last place anybody should be is out on the water. but you can see the high rises that are sort of a staple of the destin area. those high rises should have sustained this pretty welsh because the storm itself went so far east of destin, everyone in destin and fort walton beach should be thanking their lucky stars and saying a prayer for folks in the east side of bay county, east of panama city, tyndall air force base area. the lights are flashing. this is clearly a construction zone, which is a common thing in destin. still has the largest tarpon fishing tournament in that part of the world. brings thousands out in the summertime. high season is over there. there is still some tourism, but all the tourists were asked to get out. you can see there

preparation wise, the best news is that we're not seeing people out walking on the beach for the most part. we're seeing people pack up, leave hotels, right here along this strip. panama city beach, those who are out here were watching sandbagging happening in condos. you can see the pier out here, farther out that you look, you can see a couple still walking around the shoreline. most people, though, are getting last minute evacuation things in order, including a wedding. we actually had just within the past hour a couple, benny and cindy quinn, who were supposed to get married tomorrow afternoon, right when hurricane michael is supposed to roll in

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it is interesting i think, we tend to associate the beaches of the second world war because the beachesport then, 1914 through to 1918, or very little. at folkestone, virtually, a huge proportion of the people who served left from this harbour including, probably one of the most famous casualties, wilfred owen, our great poet. he swam on this very beat the night before he travelled to france, never to return. on the 11th of november, if somebody was to come along and join in this act of remembrance, what would they be experiencing on the beach? that is a couple of things. we hope on 30 of the beaches spread around the country, we have 12 of them indicated here, as you can see they go all the way around the country. on 30 of the beaches we hope to draw in the sand huge portraits of individuals. at folkestone here is probably will be wilfred owen because he swam on this beach. it can... another beaches could be people connected to the communities. it isa people connected to the communities. it is a community driven celebration. at low time we will draw their picture, great piece of sand p

that is right along the beach. can throw a rock if you're good at it from front beach road to the gulf of mexico. along front beach from what i've seen, things look good. what have you seen? >> it does. everything looks good. i've been pretty much up and down it this afternoon. i don't see a lot of damage. couple things, signs fell on a building and, you know, a lot of power lines down. some areas -- we caught a very, very good stroke of luck this afternoon. >> shepard: you really did. i wonder about the older homes from back in the 60s and 70s that are down not only stilts but on the ground. did they fare okay too? >> i'm looking at a building of mine, an old doughnut shop that we built in 71, my daddy and i, out of scrap. a little bit of damage on a master. other than that, nothing. this is the third real bad hurricane that it's been there. i'm not sure that those old ones didn't do good. i'm in an old neighborhood here. a lot of old beach houses here that look better than the new ones i've seen. >> shepard: my da

let's go to the beach. thank you, mike. >> whoa, whoa, what are you doing? ler. >> can you describe the algae? >> on the east coast we have blue green algae that just sort of covers the entire estuary. you can imagine a giant blob of stinky guacamole. >> it look like guacamole? damn, he wasn't kidding, that's nasty, gloppy guac and it's spreading. >> eth only getting worse. >> we have to see it up close. it's 120 in florida with the top down. it's too hot for this wig. the best way to find the algae is to take a fishing trip deep into up with of the canals on florida's gulf coast. >> this is what's killing our fish. >> not just killing the fish. this stuff could kill a human. >> what? >> that stuff could kill a human. >> absolutely. >> being around it, you can smell it. you notice the tightening in your chest, gets hard to breathe. >> is that why you're wearing that silly thing around your neck? >> yes, if we're in here a while, i pull this over my face to filter at least a little bit of the particulate out of the air. >> can we just talk somewhere else? >> w

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the damage in mexico beach has been done. anama city in the bright red color there and the radar, a beam that shoots out and whenever there's particles in the air, it shoots back and reflects back to it and bright red like that reflected back almost fully because it's hitting all these raindrops in the air and see the pictures coming in to it. all live pictures of the areament winds gusting anywhere -- latest gust around 66. the winds seeing in panama city beach area 60 to 100 miles per hour. torrential rainfall and a half hour to go in that position where the storm is paralleling them just to their east so the wind's blowing out to sea. not worried about storm surge there. that's epic right there. see? what happened is a lot of crews going out they try to position themselves and figure which direction the winds get you fro backside and they got a hotel room facing to the north and the storm may be over the top of them and just to the east the winds are coming straight into that glass on that back -- >> trying to hold it in pl

we didn't lose a lot of the beach, i can tell that by the pictures here. the beach is still there, the dune even still looks like it's still there, but one home after another, all the way along the highway, this highway going down this way, will take you down to port st. joe and the newer residences around winmark, but it's devastating to see this, devastating to look over all this and realize what we have left here of mexico beach. brooke is going to fly around. there's another couple areas here. we're going to go to wewuhitch caw, bounce down, drive around there, but we can't go any farther because there's no farther signal towers down there. so that's why we're taking video now. brooke's going to fly about ten mimes back. she's going to send that video to us and we'll go back to her in the next hour or two. this is a process when you don't have cell towers. >> and chad was showing us there the satellite pictures of mexico beach before the storm, and you see just how many homes are no longer there. that's a lot of families who lost all or most of what th

it's buy the beach, a great place to live. mansions, mobile homes, a combination, but the people all have something in common, they suffered from the hurricane also. wolf? >> awful, awful, awful. all right, gary, thank you very much. moments ago i spoke to linda olbrecht, a member of the mexico beach city council. >>> do you know when you'll be able to return to mexico beach? >> well, my desire was to go back today because as an essential employee, you know, they're giving the okay and as a council woman i could have gone back today. but the roads weren't open. and so now i'm thinking i can go back tomorrow, and then friends of mine say, that's crazy. first of all, what if you need gas in the car, what if you need this, what if you need this, all the things you don't think about. and so i don't know if i'll return tomorrow. i have to. >> i'm sure there is no power and no electricity in mexico beach and a whole bunch of other communities along the panhandle. >> and no cell phone. so once you're in there, the communication betwee

the law. they were concentrated on two points. two beaches. ter dark on june 5, 1944, first army paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st airborne division's board of their aircraft. not a single man had ever parachuted into action. ♪ [explosions] the main assault got underway immediately after a devastating shore bombardment. [explosions] the 1st and 29th divisions assaulted omaha beach while other divisions drove in on utah beach. offshore, general bradley personally oversaw operations during the early, critical hours. ♪ as the assault cut through nazi defenses and moved inland, more men and equipment poured onto the beaches. behind the beaches, bordering the fields, were the hedgerows, each one a potential death trap. the enemy made use of these barriers and yielded them fanatically. beachheadw the joined. on june 26, the great shore fell of the first army. the german's seventh army included many battle seasoned soldiers. orders from hitler were to defend the area at all costs. as first army pressed closer to the city, the enemy defenses tighten

authorities on the beach are making assessments. it looks like it's worse inland than along here on the coast. now when will they be back up for business? i have to tell you, the hotel that, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. ten stories tall. there is about one window that's shattered. not one window had a problem. the only thing, the rain water driving through the roof, actually and dripping down and, of course, there's no power. so you know when you talk about people getting their lives back together. you got to have power. the authorities need to give you the all clear. there are power lines down. it takes a while for them to get the power lines up. depending on where they put their teams and do assessments. i think you will see this community back up in about seven-to-ten days. >> excellent. that's good to hear. is your camera person able pan to the dunes at all? that's what it's there for in. >> reporter: let me do this. we will take the camera way down this way. why don't you come off and see if you can

is the beach itself. that is where the storm surge is, that's where people, if they decided to stay, they might need to be rescued and diane, you hit on one point, i hope you can hear me. >> what are the things that i said to people this morning and i'm speaking to them is regret. and i haven't heard that before covering a storm. people who made the decision to stay, sounded to me like they were sorry they did. >> yes, when we were covering hurricane florence, i was in new bern where there was a significant amount of flooding, it was catastrophic, and i heard people say my home's never flooded before, that's why i need to evacuate. if you were on this island here, you knew you were going to get slammed here. category 2, and category 3, you know you're going to get slammed. but there are reasons why people don't evacuate, but everybody needs to get to safety in a couple of minutes. we knew we were going to get slammed. there we go. >> we're flying past, a little inland. it's tough for people to see. those a

not exactly the best beach weather. >> yes. we will say that where they are getting that light rain along the coast. so first of all, the wider view, you can see the bulk of the action along the coast as well as for the north bay. but let's zoom in, and right along highway one down throughout granada making that light rain this morning and then across the south bay for portola valley you can see that cell right there. so we are tracking a light rain as we go through the afternoon a few showers with mostly cloudy skies and they return tonight into the morning there. there is that low pressure system passing to ourselves but we are tracking that frontal boundary and that is triggering the off and on light rain and getting those wet roadways out there. so let's time it out as we are looking at a few showers and then they return by tonight into tomorrow morning we can see this is wednesday morning here we will get the showers as well. so we aren't done just yet. and those futurecast amounts looking at 207 inch of rain to maybe about

mexico beach, based on the radar and what i see, mexico beach, port st. joe, apalach, got the brunt of the storm. >> please stay safe. appreciate your time. >>> i want to go back to lester holt. lester, i'm assuming the mattress is firmly in place in front of the window now. what's the situation? it's still howling. >> well, we're stable now. our tech manager made the call that it was time to block off this window, and my producer helping to hold it in place. we have the same situation playing out in another room down the hall that we expect to broadcast "nbc nightly news" from. but it's important to know this is not about us in general, but it's important to note people see us sometimes in these situations. you should know, we take a lot of precautions, and we make decisions -- tend to make decisions as a group in terms of our own safety. so we feel better having this room sealed off. it's dead in some of the south, but we can still hear that storm howling outside this window. and i mean howling. racing parallel to where we are now. several times, i have

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a walkabout of sorts on the beach? e with work environment and getting involved in the kitchen, a bit like jamie's 15 project in the uk, this focused on helping young aboriginal indigenous youth getting careers in catering. the date ended with a trip to the beach, not bad, time for volleyball here as sunset arrives. 17 years old, with autism and learning disabilities. kept in a room measuring 10 feet by 12 feet, being fed through a hatch in the door, and being kept mostly in isolation for nearly two years. this is what is happening to a girl named bethany in a private hospital in northampton. we can only tell you about this because her father has fought a gagging order by his council to join us on the sofa today. last night it was announced that her treatment is the subject of an investigation launched by the health secretary matt hancock. we'll hear from her father in just a moment, but first, jayne mccubbin has been looking at bethany‘s story. this is the sound of beth singing to herfather on the phone from her room i

from the air, mexico beach is a wasteland. homes and businesses around this florida gulf coast city took the brunt of the storm, obliterated by winds as high as 155 miles per hour. this was a middle school gymnasium. this a mobile home park. now an apartment complex. in some areas nothing is left by a concrete slab. as the storm came ashore, brian waddell hid in his bathroom. >> this is probably the scaredest i've ever been in my life. for a while i didn't know what was going to happen. i was trying to call people and we didn't have no cell phoner is vicious but the wind was really, really, really, really bad. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott says officials are assessing how long recovery will take with damage reports still coming in. >> the hurricane was an absolute monster and the damage left in its wake is still yet to be fully understood. today the top focus is search and rescue. >> reporter: but those efforts are being hampered by impassable roads, something we discovered as we tried to make our way into mexico bea

temperatures at the beach is not warming up too much. low to mid 60s. temperatures inland on track to reach the lower 80s later on. santa rosa 81 in san francisco downtown 68. 80s toward concord and antioch and brentwood and san jose checking in at 79 and gilroy at 84 and the goat -- ghost in the mid 60s. your five-day forecast in temperatures with a quiet weather pattern as we head toward the weekend inland as we go toward the bay and a bump in the numbers on friday and the beaches primarily in the 60s. looking pretty good over the next five days -- the beach is looking good. >>> coming up in our next half- hour. safety concerns and how they are raised after a visitor climbed over a protected barrier and got too close to that tiger. >>> welcome back to "mornings on 2." 4:25 a.m. recreational marijuana in canada is now legal. canada's -- canada passed legislation making it legal for adults to purchase, possess and groped recreational marijuana. that law took effect at midnight in each time zone pick the first province of newfoundland. the legal age will

coming on shore from the south on the east-west beach. e worst of the storm surge would have been to the right of those walls. that's over there in mexico beach. that's what you saw wiped out by the storm surge. the eye wall with the 155 miles an hour sustained winds almost a category five came barrelling through here about two minutes to 2:00 p.m. eastern time yesterday. tyndall took the brunt of it all. no estimate on when tyndall air force base will reopen. at the top of the hour, we showed you unbelievable images from a drone in panama cities a it flew through a ruined school building. take a look at the drone -- as the drone leaves jinx middle school. jinx is on the eastern side of town. you can see torn-off roofs and shredded buildings all over there. similar scenes at ground level. blocked. management teams in their message to survivors, stay put and stand by. panama city is to the east. the 27 city beach are well west of there. it was the city proper that got the worse. rick leventhal is there. rick, they started evacuating hospita

lots of sunshine for everyone except at the beaches. this afternoon, look for hazy sunshine with an air quality advisory in place inland areas in the mid-80s this afternoon. around the bay topping off in the mid-70s to upper 70s. at the coast brozy in the mid-60s. sun sets at 6:25. the fog returns overnight. we have much cooler weather in store and i have the details coming up chris. >> thanks. >>> happening today in san francisco, more than 1,000 people are expected to show their support for marriott hotel works. houses of bay area works went on strike more than two weeks ago demanding higher wages and job security. it's part of a nationwide protest. today's sol date rally and march starts at 9:00 this morning there are similar demonstration in oakland and san jose. >>> a world record jackpot is up for grabs tuesday night. up to $1.6 billion. it rolled over again after no one matched all six numbers in last night's drawing. here are the numbers for the $1.0 billion jackpot. 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and the megaball 7. the megamillions lead di

we have managed to recover the beach you know the main beach should be seen it in for those and clips that the twenty five meter plus five meter lease meant has been recovered and that's basically what we wanted from the very start there's no temporary structures there and the beach should be the ready for a lot of tourists alike to enjoy the island and the second important thing they've done is to really improve the barley water we've installed that damages them in our sewer lines and managed to really encourage all of our stakeholders to invest in sewage treatment plants plants that would make make sure that the quality of water we throw out there is also a great quality straight before for the bunched of human skin house do you limit the number of visitors to the island in the future say i want to come and visit go on holiday there is a some sort of a lottery system a play here that decides who gets to go and who doesn't we have no one to be dry run we started last week and see looking at the chain in terms of the number of guests and. residents and we're coming in and within a cou

the beaches are in the 60s. >>> a threat to the sea lion population in the bay area.ection being blamed for making hundreds of them sick. >>> a child from florida has died from the flu virus. this marks the first child death related to the flu this season. the health department is refusing to identify the victim. we know the child was in good health until catching the flu. the death happened two weeks ago. doctors are concerned for several reasons including that the child died from flu b, a less common strength positions in the bay area and across the country are urging people to get their flu shot, especially at higher risk, like children, the elderly and people with chronic health issues. babies six months are you -- or younger are too young. flu shots reduce your chances of getting the flu as well as the severity of the flu if you get it. the cdc reports that more than 80,000 americans died of the flu in the winter of 2017 to 2018. you can go to the web links section of ktvu.com to find a clinic near you. >>> deadly bacteria is threatening the california sea lion p

surfers and beach-lovers happy right now. the supreme court handing a major victory to those fighting for access to a popular beach along the peninsula. >>> good morning, and thank you for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. the road previously shut down after a silicon valley billionaire bought the land and didn't want it open to the public. we are joined live with reaction from beach-goers now that they can go right on through. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, laura and marcus. plenty of good news for the beach-goers here at half moon bay. as you can see behind me, the gate is open here, especially good news taking into account that decision by the supreme court that happened today. i want to give you guys a time line of exactly how we got to this point. you had a billionaire purchasing the land this road sits on back in 2008 for $32.5 million. he then proceeded to block off the road to the beach for public access, and then following that decision, there was years of back a

off the beach in anticipation of hurricane michael coming through. behind the scenes, as quickly as this hurricane formed and came up, the emergency officials have been planning. we have told for the past two days they have been hunkered down in the emergency operations center working out how to respond to such a fast-moving hurricane. governor scott activated 1200 members of the national guard. there are 4,000 on stand by just in case they need to respond in the aftermath. there are highway patrol men and women who are coming out to the panhandle area at least 100 of them, to help with traffic flow. because we are on an island here, they are trying to get people off. the city manager told me, look, we are used to, this but we need people to listen alisyn, john. >> dianne gallagher for us on the beach. dian dianne, i will be joining you in panama city tomorrow. i am going to head down after the show today. joining us now, congressman neil dunn whose districts are under evacuation orders. can i talk to you as a resident before i talk to you as a politi

we spent part of the day today in shell point beach. y the water started rising because of great concern here and is still a great concern because these are all low elevations right now at ten feet and the storm surge is expected to go as high as 13, 14 feet. that's why there was a mandatory evacuation which began at 8:00 last night in this area. i have seen, i've heard other things from other reporters and police officers in the area who have said they've seen a lot of people sticking around. in our travels around, we've seen empty towns. people have evacuated. they've taken it very seriously. what's so unique is most of the times we cover hurricanes, often it starts in africa and moves west and takes a week, ten days to get here and there's lots of time to prepare. but there wasn't lots of time to prepare for this. we never knew this was going to happen. 155 mile-per-hour winds. never before has there been a category four hurricane in the florida panhandle, almost a category five, one of the strongest storms in history. we have seen fo

at the beach that korea did finally go into the water. and once when he didn't want to get out again. his mother also took advantage of what might very well be a once in a lifetime opportunity. before zachary a fell ill i considered the israelis my enemy but that changed since i came here to israel with him and saw the kind of care they gave him israel palestine they aren't important to me now the only thing that matters is my son zachary are you. his road to recovery has overcome barriers physical ones at the checkpoints as well as those between people. plastic bottles are everywhere four hundred eighty billion was sold well why didn't he thousand and sixteen and that figure continues to rise by two thousand and twenty one it's likely to hit five hundred eighty billion in many regions of the world especially in asia there's a lack of clean groundwater which is why many people opt to buy bottled water in plastic bottles. plastic bottles are made from petroleum they're light practical and can be found pretty much everywhere. globally a mil

the distance. this is all mexico beach. the brute force of the winds, you can see it here with all of these massive trees just flattened. mobile homes, apartments, warehouses. >> all right. >> tough signal there from brooke baldwin. she's in a helicopter over mexico beach, florida. one of the hardest hit areas. arguably, the hardest hit area from hurricane michael. and her words just moments ago, saying as we arrived here, mexico beach it's gone. her signal is back up again. brooke baldwin, tell us what you're seeing. >> sure. so you can see, you know, home after home, what was a home, just flattened. so many of the homes i'm looking at made of wood. and you know, when you think of the sheer force of those hurricane winds clocked at 155 miles per hour, you know, chatd talked a lot about how the hurricane took that right turn and this is precisely where it took the turn, and mexico beach is a town about two miles wide by three miles long. it's not huge. but it's this quaint seaside town, about 1,000 people live here year rou

the beaches on the cooler side low to mid 60s and we are thinking 70s and inland spots. maybe some 80s. out here in the pacific we are seeing a lot happening. >>> san francisco 53 degrees and 50 south toward mountain view and san jose and fremont in the upper 40s. the camera has been changing around. a few patches of fog making an entrance and and that will be between six and 9:00 a.m. this morning. the south swell is coming in from the south. this is the northwest swell as we would've expected in the wintertime months. picking into the thursday timeframe we are in eight to 12 feet and still we will have sneaker waves and dangerous rip currents if you're heading to the coast and keep that in mind and temperatures san francisco 60 degrees. santa rosa 81 degrees. warmest location approaching the mid-80s. san jose 79 degrees and half moon bay into the mid 60s. a look ahead and a five-day forecast cruising as we head into the weekend translating into low to mid 80s and lynn and around the base 70s and the beaches mostly in the 60s. >>> time is 5:45 a.m. -- 5:49 a.m. a bus cr

the gap. on this beach close to the town of says urrea volunteers are getting ready for some special get. asked. railings are full of anticipation. their visitors are coming from the west bank. and they're just as excited about the trip. that palestinians who've been granted a special entry visa. the invitation came from an israeli organization called but they are. meaning the road to recovery. though we want them to have fun and feel happy as an israeli i feel bad because where they're occupiers i get involved to ease my guilty conscience a little. it's the first time most of the palestinians have ever seen the sea. because israel has sealed off the west bank for fear of terrorist attacks. can breed there could be albeit one with a serious motive each of these families has at least one member with a dangerous medical condition. six year olds a career has leukemia his family comes from hebron. but he can't get proper treatment at home suckering needs a bone marrow transplant but we haven't got the equipment all the specialists his only chance of recovery is in israel in tel aviv the numbe

a lot of the places above panama city beach are a little behalf sea levels. ures, yesterday when it was a category-two storm, in the words of many, they thought they could ride it out by being a few stories above ground and they'd be safe. it become a category-four storm good morni this morning while people were sleeping, you may have people reconsidering evacuation plans when they were going to stay once it turns daylight. again, they need to get out of town as soon as possible if they are planning a last-minute evacuation. i can't tell you how many people we spoke to yesterday who said that they figured they could just ride it out because they'd done that with opal or with eloise in the past. it looks like michael is going to be a once-in-a-generation storm. it's not going to be the case this time. >> it blew up from a category two to a three, a four, and is strengthening. this is a very dangerous, dangerous moment. all right. dana gallagher. thanks. stay safe. >> some people staying on the barrier islands just off the coast, not a good decision. joining us

from the air it's clear much of mexico beach is gone. from the ground we see up close the devastation to the seaside city. home after home on the stretch of beach destroyed, while most of the 1,200 residents evacuated, a small number stayed behind. we don't know yet how many survived the near-direct hit from hurricane michael. scott botwell did not make it out in time, the bridges closed and he was stuck. >> reporter: how does it make you feel to look around at everything just levels? >> well, the thing is, you know, this is a small little town, you know, this is our little town, and every restaurant is gone and every store is gone and my neighbors, their homes are gone. when you think about it, all of their lives are gone here so how do you -- what do you do? >> reporter: scott says he lost most of his possessions, but he will stay and rebuild. >> the stuff that i thought i had -- anything of value is gone here, and anyway it's hard to talk about it. >> reporter: all over the area we heard this constant high-pitched beeping. they are fir

doesn't look like they're going to get the extreme damage but again, panama city beach, the tyndall air force base area, down apalachicola, mexico beach. those are the communities that are going to be devastated. we thought maybe we'd get this to a cat 4. it's shown rapid deepening over the last couple hours. it's almost up to a cat 4 already. 125-mile-per-hour winds. it only has to get one tick higher at 1:30. then we're at a cat 4. initial rain bands are not far away from the coast. these are literally the final minutes of preparation time for anyone here in this area and if anyone still remains in that area they still should get out now while they can. even if i was as far inland as the areas of tallahassee at i-10 i would consider getting out of there because you're not going to have power for weeks after the storm goes through. and if you can avoid living in that and you don't have to worry

you are a mile away from the beach. me the conditions around where you are. >> actually, it's not that bad where we are right now. a little wind, a little rain. no flooding, no water. >> still have power. >> still have power. >> that's not going to last. you know that's not going to last. >> not going to last. fortunately, i've been here. i've road out ivan. we came home. we had no shingles. we had a few debris, but not much. >> those are the names we keep on hearing. but the fact is michael will be worse than one of them in terms of wind speed, 145 miles an hour. as we look, i look along the coast here, people can't see, there is some buildings that are new and look very strong. others not so much. are you convinced the houses that are around you with built to withstand the wind. >> the one we're in has gone through some major, major storms. that will be our salvation would be that home. the newer homes that have been built, i couldn't say. we'll just hope for the best. but like i said, the one that we're in it is pret

the center of the storm, as you said, passed over mexico beach. winds there probably 155 miles per hour. simply devastating. our brooke baldwin got a chance to see it from the ski. the first helicopter to pass over, and city blocks, complete blocks, just gone. nearly every home, every dwelling damaged or completely destroyed. we're getting word there is the national guard on the ground now. they're going around, checking for people. there were people who decided to ride it out. there are not many, we think, but maybe a few dozen there on the ground. we're trying to get a sense of the situation there, and brooke is there seeing what she can find out. as of this morning, there were some 500,000 customers without power still in three states, florida, georgia, also alabama, north carolina. that power, they're working to get it back on. it's going to be slow going. we have seen crews out trying to clear the roads, but there's so much damage here, kate. as you said, it's going to take some time to rebuild, in a place like this, the surroundings i'm in, t

inland, submerging homes, buildings, and streets. 23 years ago, hurricane opal's storm surge was de the beach disappeared, alem.ha so, the city piped in sand from deep offshore, extending the lach the100feet, the elevation raise7 feet. even the size of the grains of sand carefully selected to reduce the severe impacts of the storm surge. building codes have also been strengthened. >> because it's coming. there's nothing you can do to stop it. you can just prepare the best you can. >> reporter: also in the cro crosshairs, this city pier built eight years ago. the boards i'm walking on are supposed to break away during a storm surge, but this structure is designed to hold during a hurricane. and it will likely all be tested tomorrow during hurricane michael. lester? >> all right, kerry sanders in panama city beach, thank you. and al roker is monitoring every moment of the storm. al, what's the latest? >> michael295 miles south of panama city, florida. it's 120-mile-per-hour winds. it's moving north at 12. it's a fast mover. it will make landfall tomorrow afternoon around 1:00 right at panama ci

the area. not just mexico beach, but panama beach and the communities. beautiful beaches where people were looking at a hurricane which was not a category four, but category three which is powerful. people are still missing. the death toll of six is going to go up. they are searching for the missing. perhaps the fatalities associated with that once it made its way onshore. now it is racing to the atlantic. moving at just about 25 miles per hour away. in its wake, numerous power outages and flooding in north carolina and virginia. back to you. >> karen, thanks. for ways you can help those impacted by the storm, go to cnn.com an/impact. christine. >>> millions of americans fighting to recover from michael, president trump was holding a bizarre working lunch with kanye west. this was billed as a meeting about prison reform and job opportunities in chicago. it went off the rails in a hurry. >> trump is on his hero's journey right now. he might not expect to have a crazy mother [ bleep ] like kanye west to run up and support, but best believe we are going to m

track of everyone. >> if it is true that the bishop of oakland is that clueless he should not be the beaches -- he should not be the bishop of oakland. how many predators does he not know about? it is very alarming. it is either he is totally clueless or he is lying. >> early this week the bishop announced a plan to release names of all priests and clergy who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse. he promised a list in 45 days. we reached out to the oakland diocese for a comment on this protest and so far they have not provided a response. >>> pg&e leaving for a clean energy company, it will cost you. regulators just approved an exit fee for customers who opt for alternative energy providers. allen martin is live in the newsroom to explain what that means for you. >> reporter: customers who stay with pg&e could see minor decreases in their bill but people who do opt for those alternative providers may see their costs rise. the question is by how much? the vote means utilities like pg&e will be able to charge customers who opt out in order to join a local community choice provider. the g

it means that justice cannot buy access. >> critics say that the beach belongs to the public. not just martins beach, but all beaches in california. >> reporter: the attorney disputes that, saying quote, other courts already wrote that no public access rights exist on the property. and while they say they are disappointed, they will still apply for the requirederts. >> like any coastal landowner, he can make a permit for anything he wants. what's clear is that he can't close the beach without a permit. >> reporter: and he might not get the chance. state senator jerry hill says he is looking at eminent domain as a way for the government to take over that access path permanently. he said san mateo county and the state have each set aside $1 million for the purpose. >> i think we have enough money there and if we need more, we can get it. we can get access right away. >> reporter: surface say that's all they want. and,whatever happens next, today feels like a victory. >> i am pretty happy. because i can come enjoy it. >> reporter: the state lands commission is set to meet in octob

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