CTV News on the ground in Florida: 'Whitecaps' in downtown Jacksonville after record flooding

CTV's Joy Malbon captured this photo in Jacksonville, Fla., where beach communities and mobile homes were under mandatory evacuations (Twitter / @JoyCTV)

As now-Tropical Storm Irma lashes Florida with wind and rain, causing record-setting flooding in areas and knocking out power to nearly 4.5 million homes and businesses, CTV News anchor Lisa LaFlamme, as well as correspondents, producers and camerapersons, are sharing glimpses of what it’s like to report from the disaster.

Up to four- to five feet of flooding is feared Monday in Jacksonvile, Fla. With the St. Johns River already reading nearly 4.5 feet as of Monday morning and threatening to push water north into the city’s downtown.

Earlier Monday morning, CTV Washington bureau chief Joy Malbon shared this video her hotel room.

Meanwhile, CTV National News anchor Lisa LaFlamme and senior broadcast producer Rosa Hwang and crew had to dip into their gasoline reserves early on Monday afternoon. They were live on Facebook shortly before 1:30 p.m. ET, near Riverview, Fla., en route to Naples at the southwestern end of the state where Irma left a trail of destruction.

Earlier in Orlando, which was bracing for hurricane-force wind gusts, LaFlamme and Hwang shared videos of the storm’s fury, as well as some concerns by hotel staff over whether their windows are strong enough to keep Irma out.

Moving now to Fort Lauderdale, cameraman Liam Hyland showed what it was like on Sunday as he tried to piece together a story with a questionable power supply and a storm swirling menacingly outside.

Ending on a funny note despite the circumstances. Malbon captured this image in Jacksonville: