WEBVTT 00:00:01.167 --> 00:00:02.469 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% HURRICANE MILTON ABSOLUTELY 00:00:02.469 --> 00:00:05.972 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% SHREDDING THE ROOF OFF THAT 00:00:05.972 --> 00:00:06.239 align:start line:69% position:10% size:15% PLACE. 00:00:06.239 --> 00:00:07.674 align:start line:69% position:10% size:63% THIS MORNING STORM WEARY 00:00:07.674 --> 00:00:11.611 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% FLORIDIANS WAKING UP TO ANOTHER 00:00:11.611 --> 00:00:11.878 align:start line:69% position:10% size:23% DISASTER. 00:00:11.878 --> 00:00:13.279 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% HURRICANE MILTON SLAMMING INTO 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:15.015 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% FLORIDA'S GULF COAST OVERNIGHT. 00:00:15.015 --> 00:00:17.650 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% A CATEGORY 3 HURRICANE WHEN IT 00:00:17.650 --> 00:00:20.520 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% ROARED ASHORE NEAR SIESTA KEY, 00:00:20.520 --> 00:00:21.855 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% BRINGING CATASTROPHIC STORM 00:00:21.855 --> 00:00:23.790 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% SURGE AND DRENCHING RAIN TO THE 00:00:23.790 --> 00:00:24.024 align:start line:69% position:10% size:18% REGION. 00:00:24.024 --> 00:00:25.859 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% WATER QUICKLY RISING, FLOODING 00:00:25.859 --> 00:00:27.694 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% ROADS, AND SUBMERGING ENTIRE 00:00:27.694 --> 00:00:28.094 align:start line:69% position:10% size:35% NEIGHBORHOODS. 00:00:28.094 --> 00:00:30.230 align:start line:69% position:10% size:65% EVEN SPARKING HOUSE FIRES. 00:00:30.230 --> 00:00:31.798 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% ST. PETERSBURG HIT WITH MORE 00:00:31.798 --> 00:00:34.067 align:start line:69% position:10% size:58% THAN 18 INCHES OF RAIN. 00:00:34.067 --> 00:00:36.169 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% INTENSE WIND TOPPING 100 MILES 00:00:36.169 --> 00:00:37.804 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% PER HOUR, CAUSING A DRAMATIC 00:00:37.804 --> 00:00:39.639 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% SCENE AT TOPICANA FIELD, WHICH 00:00:39.639 --> 00:00:41.608 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% WAS SUPPOSED TO HOUSE FIRST 00:00:41.608 --> 00:00:42.108 align:start line:69% position:10% size:28% RESPONDERS. 00:00:42.108 --> 00:00:43.543 align:start line:69% position:10% size:63% WIND RIPPING THROUGH THE 00:00:43.543 --> 00:00:43.777 align:start line:69% position:10% size:20% STADIUM. 00:00:43.777 --> 00:00:45.645 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% CHUNKS OF THE ROOF HANGING OFF. 00:00:45.645 --> 00:00:49.282 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% THE STADIUM HAD BEEN CONVERTED 00:00:49.282 --> 00:00:53.653 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% INTO A 10,000-PERSON STAGING 00:00:53.653 --> 00:00:55.321 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% AREA, NOW EXPOSED AND SCATTERED 00:00:55.321 --> 00:00:56.723 align:start line:69% position:10% size:30% WITH DEBRIS. 00:00:56.723 --> 00:00:58.491 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% IN SARASOTA THE MONSTER STORM 00:00:58.491 --> 00:01:00.160 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% CAUSING A TRANSFORMER TO EXPLODE 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:02.195 align:start line:69% position:10% size:58% DURING OUR LIVE REPORT. 00:01:02.195 --> 00:01:04.531 align:start line:69% position:10% size:60% IT STARTED TO TURN DIRE. 00:01:04.531 --> 00:01:04.931 align:start line:69% position:10% size:40% AT FIRST WE HAD. 00:01:04.931 --> 00:01:05.899 align:start line:69% position:10% size:33% WE GOT TO GO. 00:01:05.899 --> 00:01:07.300 align:start line:69% position:10% size:33% WE GOT TO GO. 00:01:07.300 --> 00:01:08.101 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% MILTON'S POWERFUL WINDS SNAPPING 00:01:08.101 --> 00:01:10.103 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% TREES AND FLIPPING CARS INTO 00:01:10.103 --> 00:01:12.138 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% HOMES, EVEN SENDING A MASSIVE 00:01:12.138 --> 00:01:14.307 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% CRANE INTO THE TAMPA BAY TIMES 00:01:14.307 --> 00:01:14.874 align:start line:69% position:10% size:23% BUILDING. 00:01:14.874 --> 00:01:16.576 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% AND TORNADOS POSING A MAJOR 00:01:16.576 --> 00:01:16.843 align:start line:69% position:10% size:18% THREAT. 00:01:16.843 --> 00:01:19.245 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% WELL OVER 100 WARNINGS ISSUED 00:01:19.245 --> 00:01:20.246 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% WEDNESDAY, THE MOST RECORDED IN 00:01:20.246 --> 00:01:21.815 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% A SINGLE DAY IN FLORIDA EVER. 00:01:21.815 --> 00:01:23.817 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% >> IT SOUNDED LIKE A CAR CRASH. 00:01:23.817 --> 00:01:26.119 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% >> Reporter: DESTROYING MORE 00:01:26.119 --> 00:01:27.153 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% THAN 100 HOMES, RIPPING OFF 00:01:27.153 --> 00:01:28.822 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% ROOFS, AND COMPLETELY KNOCKING 00:01:28.822 --> 00:01:32.192 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% DOWN-HOMES ACROSS THE CENTRAL 00:01:32.192 --> 00:01:33.593 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE. 00:01:33.593 --> 00:01:35.094 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% THE TWISTERS BEING BLAMED FOR 00:01:35.094 --> 00:01:36.362 align:start line:69% position:10% size:50% MULTIPLE FATALITIES. 00:01:36.362 --> 00:01:38.932 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% ONE TOUCHING DOWN AT SENIOR 00:01:38.932 --> 00:01:41.100 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% CENTER IN ST. LUCY COUNTY, AND 00:01:41.100 --> 00:01:43.403 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% LEAVING THIS SHERIFF STATION A 00:01:43.403 --> 00:01:44.204 align:start line:69% position:10% size:38% MANGLED ESMESS. 00:01:44.204 --> 00:01:47.974 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% >> A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT RED IRON 00:01:47.974 --> 00:01:49.242 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% STRUCTURE HOUSING ALL OUR RESCUE 00:01:49.242 --> 00:01:51.144 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% VEHICLES WAS HIT BY A TORNADO 00:01:51.144 --> 00:01:53.213 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% AND IT COMPLETELY WIPED IT OUT. 00:01:53.213 --> 00:01:55.114 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% >> Reporter: NEARLY 100,000 00:01:55.114 --> 00:01:57.484 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% RESIDENTS TAKING COVER ACROSS 00:01:57.484 --> 00:01:59.385 align:start line:69% position:10% size:25% THE STATE. 00:01:59.385 --> 00:02:00.019 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERING THIS 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:00.253 align:start line:69% position:10% size:20% MESSAGE. 00:02:00.253 --> 00:02:01.521 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% >> TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA AND 00:02:01.521 --> 00:02:03.289 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% ALL THE IMPACTED STATES, WE'VE 00:02:03.289 --> 00:02:05.358 align:start line:69% position:10% size:35% GOT YOUR BACK. 00:02:05.358 --> 00:02:05.992 align:start line:69% position:10% size:50% WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK. 00:02:05.992 --> 00:02:07.126 align:start line:69% position:10% size:68% >> Reporter: LONG LINES OF 00:02:07.126 --> 00:02:08.495 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% AMBULANCES SENT TO EVACUATE 00:02:08.495 --> 00:02:10.363 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% HOSPITALS AND SENIOR CENTERS. 00:02:10.363 --> 00:02:11.598 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% SOME HEALTH CARE WORKERS STAYING 00:02:11.598 --> 00:02:12.832 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% BEHIND TO CARE FOR THOSE WHO 00:02:12.832 --> 00:02:14.434 align:start line:69% position:10% size:45% COULDN'T BE MOVED. 00:02:14.434 --> 00:02:16.736 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% >> WE CAN REBUILD, BUT SAVING 00:02:16.736 --> 00:02:18.838 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% PEOPLE'S LIVES IS, OF COURSE, 00:02:18.838 --> 00:02:20.039 align:start line:69% position:10% size:63% THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:21.307 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% >> Reporter: UTILITY CREWS NOW 00:02:21.307 --> 00:02:24.043 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% BEGINNING THE RACE TO RESTORE 00:02:24.043 --> 00:02:25.345 align:start line:69% position:10% size:65% POWER AND CELL SERVICE AS 00:02:25.345 --> 00:02:26.513 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM AT 00:02:26.513 --> 00:02:27.914 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% LEAST NINE STATES ARE BEING 00:02:27.914 --> 00:02:29.616 align:start line:69% position:10% size:43% DEPLOYED TO HELP. 00:02:29.616 --> 00:02:31.551 align:start line:69% position:10% size:58% NOW AFTER ENDURING TWO 00:02:31.551 --> 00:02:33.052 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% HURRICANES IN JUST TWO WEEKS, 00:02:33.052 --> 00:02:34.921 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% MANY RESIDENTS WORRY WHAT THIS 00:02:34.921 --> 00:02:37.457 align:start line:69% position:10% size:65% NEW RECOVERY WILL INVOLVE. 00:02:37.457 --> 00:02:39.893 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% TERRY BURKE'S HOME IN ST. PETE 00:02:39.893 --> 00:02:42.929 align:start line:69% position:10% size:68% WAS RIPPED APART BY HELENE. 00:02:42.929 --> 00:02:43.396 align:start line:69% position:10% size:55% >> WE LOST EVERYTHING. 00:02:43.396 --> 00:02:44.330 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% >> Reporter: SHE HAD TO EVACUATE 00:02:44.330 --> 00:02:46.566 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% TWO HOURS AWAY TO STAY WITH 00:02:46.566 --> 00:02:46.799 align:start line:69% position:10% size:18% FAMILY. 00:02:46.799 --> 00:02:48.801 align:start line:69% position:10% size:55% >> AND YOU GET PRETTY 00:02:48.801 --> 00:02:49.102 align:start line:69% position:10% size:30% OVERWHELMED. 00:02:49.102 --> 00:02:51.471 align:start line:69% position:10% size:68% >> Reporter: EVACUEES ALSO 00:02:51.471 --> 00:02:52.539 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% FEARING FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS WHO 00:02:52.539 --> 00:02:53.540 align:start line:69% position:10% size:53% CHOSE TO STAY BEHIND. 00:02:53.540 --> 00:02:55.208 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% >> WE'LL BE THERE TO HELP THEM 00:02:55.208 --> 00:02:56.209 align:start line:69% position:10% size:45% WHEN WE COME HOME. 00:02:56.209 --> 00:02:57.877 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% WE JUST NEED TO CARE ABOUT ONE 00:02:57.877 --> 00:02:58.144 align:start line:69% position:10% size:20% ANOTHER. 00:02:58.144 --> 00:02:59.279 align:start line:69% position:10% size:73% >> Reporter: AND IT'S PRETTY 00:02:59.279 --> 00:02:59.579 align:start line:69% position:10% size:28% INCREDIBLE. 00:02:59.579 --> 00:03:00.980 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% LAST NIGHT WHEN THAT HURRICANE 00:03:00.980 --> 00:03:03.016 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% HIT, THE STORM SURGE WAS GOING 00:03:03.016 --> 00:03:05.285 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% TO BE 4 TO 5 FEET WHERE WE ARE. 00:03:05.285 --> 00:03:06.819 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% THIS ENTIRE STREET WAS FLOODED. 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:08.321 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% YOU COULD NOT SEE THE ROADWAYS. 00:03:08.321 --> 00:03:09.589 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% IT WAS A RIVER ALL THE WAY INTO 00:03:09.589 --> 00:03:10.323 align:start line:69% position:10% size:20% THE BAY. 00:03:10.323 --> 00:03:12.492 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% THOSE FLOOD WATERS NOW HAVE 00:03:12.492 --> 00:03:12.725 align:start line:69% position:10% size:20% RECEDED. 00:03:12.725 --> 00:03:14.260 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% MAYORS ACROSS FLORIDA ARE ASKING 00:03:14.260 --> 00:03:15.995 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% THEIR REZ ACCIDENTS TO PLEASE 00:03:15.995 --> 00:03:17.030 align:start line:69% position:10% size:33% STAY INDOORS. 00:03:17.030 --> 00:03:19.132 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% THE POWER OUTAGES ARE STILL 00:03:19.132 --> 00:03:19.432 align:start line:69% position:10% size:28% WIDESPREAD. 00:03:19.432 --> 00:03:21.367 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% IT'S STILL TOO DANGEROUS IN MANY 00:03:21.367 --> 00:03:24.404 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% AREAS LIKE HERE IN SARASOTA TO 00:03:24.404 --> 00:03:24.737 align:start line:69% position:10% size:33% STEP OUTSIDE. 00:03:24.737 --> 00:03:25.538 align:start line:69% position:10% size:78% AND WE DO WANT TO MENTION THAT 00:03:25.538 --> 00:03:27.206 align:start line:69% position:10% size:70% MOMENT LAST NIGHT WHEN THAT 00:03:27.206 --> 00:03:28.608 align:start line:69% position:10% size:75% TRANSFORMER EXPLODED OVER US, 00:03:28.608 --> 00:03:29.976 align:start line:69% position:10% size:63% OUR ENTIRE TEAM WAS OKAY. 00:03:29.976 --> 00:03:40.520 align:start line:69% position:10% size:80% WE ENDED UP RIDING OUT THE STORM