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Hurricane is coming your way? >> reporter: you absolutely wouldnt but heard the urgency in few fugates voice. the risk of storm surge and perhaps no place at greater risk when it comes to the storm surge and flooding than miami beach. i want to show you exactly why this could be so costly and deadly, wolf. look over my shoulder. stepping out of the way as you take a look. this is whats the draw about miami beach. beautiful high rises. glitzy and new. this is an area thats been booming with devel...

Updating these building codes, but for right now its really important people get the message they need to prepare now. >> given the lax zoning laws or lack thereof in houston, should we expect to see the same level of destruction in florida that we saw there? >> well, theres no question that were seeing more severe and more frequent flooding events. just in the gulf region alone weve soon 500 to 1,000-year flooding events in the past two years, the memorial day flood in texas, the tax day flood,...

Threatening storm surge in the next 48 hours. its likely well upgrade that to a warning. >> tom, ed just referenced this, the last category 5 storm to hit florida, hurricane andrew. talk to us how it compares to what were looking at with irma? >> first and foremost, there are many ways to compare them. the track is a major comparison. coming up from cuba, from southern and due north direction, youre going to really have more damage across the entire florida peninsula. if you take a look at what ...

Stay. that plan better be in being in higher ground in this area. after andrew, building codes were changed. in south florida. we are told constantly the bill buildings here are a lot stronger. one thing is people should know is not every building was built after andrew. >> lot of the buildings were pre andrew but i will tell you the south florida folks got it right. changed the building codes. so new homes are built in a new hurricane code. when you retrofitted it theres a possibility to bring ...

Of how government and regulations have their place. i remember after andrew a rigid new set of building codes that were implemented not only in south florida but across the entire state. how big of an impact do you think that will have when we have to face a cat 4, cat 5 storm? >> joe, you obviously have great insight. that was one of the biggest lessons learned from 25 years ago. ill never forget being in a helicopter over ground zero which was downtown homestead florida. i saw only two buildin...

Beach, florida. lets get there in miami beach. where you are standing, very soon will be absolutely flooded. >> reporter: yes. part of this that we have been talking, this conversation of why this is going to be so costly, why potentially this could be so deadly and dangerous to a community like miami beach. the reason why, you can see for yourself. if you look over here, this is what people love about miami beach, the skyline. it is glitzy. it is packed with high-rises. it is booming with devel...

>> the usgs report some 20 aftershocks over 5.0 magnitude. mexico city is larger than new york and twice the size of l.a., but built on an old lakebed of silt and clay. the high water content in the soil amplifies a shaking. in 1985 8.0 collapsed many buildings. if the retrofit and the building codes are stringent in tokyo and l.a., but buildings closer to the epicenter, they do report severe damage. officials there have requested federal help. president activated the army and their new marines....

It was because there were no building codes. since then youll remember in the pan handle in the 90s, you could go along the beach in a helicopter after those hurricanes. there would be one structure that was virtually untouched because it had been built to the new building codes and right next door would be a completely demolished structure. >> yeah. >> senator bill nelson, thank you so much -- >> a radical difference. >> -- for being on the show this morning. this is really a terrible time for ...

One in johnny mcdonalds novel, condomini condominium. thats a literary thing. >> which one killed the railroad? >> 1935. >> that was a powerful message. they had this beautiful train ride. you could take to key west. knocked out by a storm and never rebuilt. just mankind stepped back and said we cant handle mother nature down in the keys. cant build a railroad, which would have been fabulous to take. >> but then built a road and you can drive down there. what i was going to say is hurricane andr...

Wishes possible. please be safe down there. >> thank you very much, stephanie. >> all right. i want to bring in two more voices who can talk about floridas preparedness, rafael lemaytray is the former director of public afears for fema and paul walsh with me me in the newsroom, the director for weather strategy at ibm, a meteorologist and expert on how weather and climate affects consumer behavior and business. rafael, we heard about a lot of changes in florida, im talking zoning and structural ...