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Chris, i think you have the numbers in the state without electricity. i do know going into the storm the state was planning for upwards of 6 million without power. at the end of the day to understand florida, if you dont, we cook in florida with electricity. we run our air conditioning with electricity. this is not a state that has other forms of power. some parts of the older areas, maybe in tampa, have gas. but by and large, this is a state that runs on electricity. without it, its not a bad d...

So the electrical crews that were staged prior to coming to the region -- sorry, we got a phone ringing here -- prior to -- >> kerry, youve been on tv for like 72 hours straight. im going to give you credit for losing your train of thought for every once in a while. go ahead. >> thank you. okay. so prior to the storm coming the florida power and light, which is the largest electrical company in the state of florida prestaged more than 17,000 linemen. they have actually just got some arriving her...

With a lot of tall condos and elderly people who live there and a lot of vacationers and great family place to go vacation but really tall buildings all along the shore in mark o island so all of that to take a big brush from this storm many hours of rain to come. the storm moving to the west northwest right now at eight miles an hour, so think how long with hurricane force winds extending 70 miles out from the center you could have hurricane force winds in that region once they finally get ther...

Those condos over there. one, two, three, four. they sit right on the gulf of mexico. so we would see the storm surge push here, but the direction of the wind right now does not nothing that the storm surge has started because the wind needs to push that water towards us here. it needs to go from there to here and you see the direction that the trees are blowing right now. theyre blowing south. so when we see those palm fronts turn towards us, thats where we will begin seeing the water moving th...

If you look at the damage on brickell, this is a downed tree here, and weve got actual flooding down here. ill try fwroing you guys as quickly as i can. im still looking at the building, but this is brickell avenue and this is what it looks like. downed trees and down the road, you will see bigtime flooding there. i would say probably four or five inches of flooding. right down the road over there. the j.w. marriott. its nothing but water there. so weve got glass panels from here, people coming ...

Full of high-rise condos and that sort of thing. ive been speaking with the police chief down on marco island. he messaged me saying they lost power, on backup radios. there are about 80 first responders hunkering down there on the island, bracing for the worst of the storm. the police chief says theyre on the edge of the eyewall there. the worst of the storm theyve seen so far. and they are without power and on backup radios but holding on as best they can. they say they wont be able to go out ...

And not advised for people to be coming out because of downed power lines and what we showed you from the panorama building. there are construction sites all over miami where things could potentially come down on you. so its a dangerous situation post storm and were not fully out of it yet. eric: bryan, that was the danger and the worry over hurricane andrew that it would have a direct hit on downtown any. indication of injuries, some people in the apartments may have sheltered in place, there w...

Friends and the people in the keys. i can only imagine what they are facing. take a look to my left where a tree snapped and its blowing closer and closer to the bay. we are seeing what wind gusts can do to trees. it will end up in the water. just another reminder its important to stay hunkered down. debris can scatter and hit you. we are glad to see a lot of these condos shuttered up as well. reporter: north bay village is an evacuation zone at channel 7. we are right on the water here. we are ...

Getting ripped to shreds. thats about three feet below the sea wall. this is going to be toast. its going to be gone in the next couple hours. but were seeing these boards. see it out here. right there. so this is the debris thats floating in the water. the condos, the power -- looks like the powers still on. i see lights on. look at this. this just blew up. everythings going down the riffer into downtown miami. as far as peak wind gusts over virginia key at the rose ensteel school where they ha...

Around. pete: we will go to great here in just a second. be safe out there indeed. we are looking at it. you are in it. is it cold, warm rain? what does it feel like there? >> is absolutely cold because we are wed out here. miami this time of year is humid. it is so humid you walk outside and you would sweat in a 10 minute walk. its something youve got to get used to. you never get used to it. it is cold. it is freezing. the visibility has dropped by a lot. if you look down there, you will see t...