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Winds pick up here. im telling everybody, although theyve seen us lean into the wind this is nothing compared to what were going to see. >> absolutely not. the winds are from the east. blowing the water into bez conta biscayne bay and enter coastal. victor blackwell, right there. i want you to look at the painted in blue right here. this is what happens with a six-foot storm surge through miami. you say it could be more than that. sure it could. lets go six to say that. its easy to put two meter...

Coastal view as possible. again, thanks to drew. now, were just a few hours away for a curfew that goes into effect for all of palm beach county. were back on the east coast of florida. anyone still in the area must be off the streets by 3:00 this afternoon. thats about an hours drive from where i am now to brian todd in west palm beach. brian, let us know how else the county is preparing. we saw those police officers out telling everybody that its time to evacuate yesterday about this time. i...

Of premature evacuators. well, a lot of those people have evacuated themselves now. the captain of that boat, the salt shaker who said he was going to ride it out aboard his 50-foot sailboat. he jumped ship. he headed north as well. whats really interesting, down in monroe county, the county seat there of the lower keys, they had an emergency managers meeting last night. they were telling us all day yesterday that the category 5 rated jail in monroe county would be safe and the 500 prisoners hou...

The street is almost gone. it became a ghost town. i never thought id be happy to see miami beach as a ghost town but it is, it was. we have to keep everybody inside. weve been driving around looking at whats going on. the weathers getting ferocious out here. once again, my message is, please stay inside, please stay safe. >> typically, wed ask you what keeps you up at night. on this night, everyone will be awake as the storm comes ashore. whats the greatest concern for people on miami beach as ...

Welcome back. im victor blackwell in miami. and florida governor rick scott has one message for the people ordered to evacuate the state of florida -- leave now. that warning is comes as hurricane irma bears down on the florida keys very soon. but its expected to arrive early tomorrow morning. florida officials going door to door in some communities to spread the word, more than 1 million -- excuse me, 5 million people have been urged to get out of the way of the storm. the category 4 storm just...

Seriously. and they did evacuate. and so, you dont -- from my just spoke to on the road on - i-75 said theres very little traffic this morning. so, i think that was a good thing. and getting that warning out early worked very well. >> absolutely. mayor barnett of naples, florida. thank you very much for being with us. well check back throughout the day. and you, sir, stay safe. the mayer maor makes a good poi that much of south florida is seasonal. hundreds of people who come down here for vacat...

I am a little concerned, doctor that we flood the everglades with 12 feat of water, and miami, lets say, west kendall, can flood from the back side. are you looking at that at all? >> yeah, there is the potential for that. thats generally for a slower moving storm that would be the biggest threat for that type of flooding. but theres going to be a lot of water with the storm, a lot of rainfall. theres going to be a lot of flooding problems just in general in the florida peninsula either from sto...

Less appetite, chills, or rash. get this one done. ask your doctor or pharmacist about prevnar 13® today. you know, this is it pays to listen to rick reithmuth. along before any meteorologists noticed this thing fester in the pacific would be a problem, he was warning about is and he is now. obviously has the state departments interest for good reason. this one is a monster. >> crazy storm and went from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane in a day. that certainly breaks records. this s...

The storm. we have to add the movement of the storm with the wind field. and so as the winds pour on shore here, youre not out of the woods by any means, ocala, leesburg, all the way up to the east coast from port jupiter, all the way to daytona beach all the way down south into miami. because youre on the wrong side. youre on the bad side of the storm also causing significant storm surge. let me just use a different term. blooding. do you get that? storm surge is water that will kill you. it is...

The northern coast of cuba getting pounded by this storm. also the cuban keys right through here. and our patrick oppmann which is right there in the eye wall, picking up those winds of 130. the radar now picking up the storm. it is raining in key west all the way up into key largo and into miami. were going to see that rain continue across the everglades. its going to be a little hard to get out of miami today. but the roads are clear. i just checked traffic. theres a lot less traffic today tha...