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Potentially go through. over here, the taller buildings here. there is a light or two, you see a couple of lights from the condos. once you start getting up 15, 20 floors, the winds gusts become even more. it is not advice but hopefully they will leave by tomorrow afternoon. the governor wants people out before the tropical storm winds begin. when you take a look over here, miami is constantly under construction, and a 20-25 cranes in the downtown area. the city says that the designed arms are d...

Hurricane-force winds in southwest miami. remember the winds, there are so many highrises across florida, condos, theyre stronger as you head up. winds at the surface will be more intense as you head further up into the highrise. that makes it even more dangerous. >> thank you very much. meteorologist bonnie schneider. i want to get to phillip mena live in hollywood with the latest. what are you seeing? >> reporter: richard, it is -- it is dead here. and that is a good thing. there are mandato...

But when you talk about all the high-rises, the condos, the hotels that are there, if you talk about a 30-story building, now those winds actually increase as you go up. so now were looking at wind damage that would be around the 175-mile-per-hour range. you go up even higher to an 80 story building. now youre looking at the winds to be nearing 190 miles per hour. thats going to be a concern, anderson, because we have so many high-rises across florida, especially south florida. >> yeah. allison ...

Quiet. its friday night. miami should be hopping, but people have cleared out, havent they? >> yeah, they really have. on u.s. one, its notorious for just having terrible traffic. its up-and-down and thats it. right? but people are heeding the warning. we were down in downtown miami. we saw a couple lights on condos. but look, when you went into the publics today, the big publix super market down here, they closed at 8:00 p.m., thats it. there is nothing else open come tomorrow morning other tha...

We were speaking to you at a gas station. youve moved locations now with daylight to get a better sense of the storm. i know officials on the east .west coast have been concerned about this storm surge, potentially bringing up to 10 feet of water in some areas. >> absolutely. that is the major concern here. and it is why for the most part most of these condos and hotels that line this beach have been evacuated. those hotels and businesses are largely empty. there are still a few stragglers that ...

Depending which way youre going. >> reporter: yeah. there are certain streets blocked off and neighborhoods that are for the most part evacuated. all theyre trying to do is to prevent anybody who doesnt belong there from getting inside well and potentially while they know that nobody is in. that is the bulk of the attention is for that situation. right now im on ocean drive in hollywood which has essentially turned into a ghost town. the winds have picked up slightly since we last spoke. you see...

Apartments that i can actually see. it does look like people are leaving from this mandatory evacuation area. ive got it elyou, i was surprised at how many people are still out here. those folks live more in the city. they were telling us that they do feel comfortable staying not just because its a nonevacuation zone but because they are confident that the structures, the building that they live in will hold up. they have hurricane shutters. theyve boarded up their home, have the supplies to out...

Are talking about 165 miles an hour plus. as you come up those, the winds are felt more and more. when you have a storm surge on the first floor, this is what the officials are worried about. if something happens to you, they cant get to you. thats the problem. theyve been warning people that have decided to stay in your to make their condos, go to a stairwell in that sense. >> melissa: wow. bryan llenas, thank you. what we need to know about hurricane irma now, stay with us. (flourish spray noi...

The colorful water tower that people will know, the hallandale beach water tower and to your north, youre right on the border between hallandale and hollywood. >> lets look at that. thats it right there. >> hollywood is north of you. >> reporter: yes, exactly. you got that exactly right. so theyre trying to evacuate this entire area because i was just talking to one of the officers now and he was saying this surge basically is a wind tunnel. you start to pick up high winds and combine that with ...

An industry perspective, effectively no. they dont want to face liability issues and there is bonding and shufrinsurance that involved. but silicon valley makes technology. miami, we make condos probably better than anyone else. so this is cutting edge. the bad news is after the building code went into effect, weve never been tested. so we dont know what will happen. the onanecdotal evidence is aft katrina. there was a crane. and katrina knocked the crane off and out of the building and laid acr...