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And tampa and ft. myers, they want to know what percentage is the southern half of the eye compared to that northern eyewall. because they want to know what theyre going to go through after the center passes. >> reporter: okay. so if i follow, again, it is noisy, i think you said folks north of here, up in ft. myers are probably already beginning to experience some of the eyewall, i would think, at this point. then sarasota, and then further up into tampa. the strength of the wind is, at least f...

>> reporter: yeah, absolutely. the ground is sopping wet. a lot of this ground on this street here weve actually seen covered in water and then it is no longer covered in water, then it is covered in water again. so that sogginess is definitely a real factor here. as this wind continues to pick up, were getting hit with these outer bands. we may not be in the eye of the storm, but it certainly feels very serious. thats why folks are continuing to stay home. >> i want to just show people, jo ling...

Break a few minutes. lets go over here, sam champion whos been standing in the wind all day. sam, this is important to discuss, you know we are trying to carry a few thoughts at the same time. winds gusting around you guys. and i think they put up some big wind gusts for you. naples of 142 and marco island is 130 and we have the 90 miles per hour gust that took the first crane down in downtown miami. bill, we have some models for what we expect from the winds here over the next few hours. i dont...

Main sign. lets just walk right over here. that was brought down just a couple of hours ago. so youve got 600,000 people in broward county without power. theyve all been under a curfew until tomorrow morning. broward county sheriff saying stay safe, get into the safest place in your home. because even though we are no the in the eye of the storm here, you can see that the damage is really starting to materialize in a different way here. we have seen some pretty significant downed trees as well, ...

Almost sweeps him off his feet. here is comes on the sidewalk behind him. there it is. this is the concern now as darkness falls. >> because you cant see that coming. >> you cant see it. you go out, you look for damage, a tornado, you cant see it, and it turns everything into those flying projectiles. >> things that are nothing. our cities, our developed cities, are full of "things" that you wouldnt pay attention to. kerry sanders always points out, coconuts on these palm trees are now weapons. ...

Naples. the last reading. this blue line is where you are typically at high tide, low tide, high tide, low tide. this goes over a couple days here and over time. this is where the water is supposed to be at a normal high tide. right now the water is up here. this is the storm surge. the water right now is up about three feet higher than normal at even high tide. >> this is in a very, very short period of time. >> this shows you at the last low tide right here, the water blew out as the storm was...

Very hard to come by over the next few days. ali, the wind is starting to pick up again. it is starting to blow and debris is being thrown around so were going to have to fall back to our suvs and probably head little bit south but well check back in with you in just a little bit. >> i understand. you get to safety as that wind picks up. is he getting the back end of this? i want to listen in to the weather channel for a moment while i catch up with bill on whats going on. jim cantore on the wea...

The same effect by wind and p n pushing in land so the flooding is similar there as it will be right along the island. ju >> the idea that when you are in the eye is much calmer and hes on the backside of the storm. the backside is much easier than the northern eye wall. it is not as bad as it gets for him or is it getting worst? it is slowing weaker and weaker, the winds are not much of an issue anymore. you know we still got this really significant band thats up here thats heading towards port...

Broward which is just north of miami-dade, 666,000. in palm beach county north of that, 458,000. right now all of the outages that are being reported are on the east coast. we know for a fact that there are outages because our reporters are telling us on the gulf coast of florida. so you know that 2 1/2 million number is going to go up. back to ft. lauderdale. jo ling kent, i hope that thing didnt fall on you. >> reporter: no. the reason you are seeing so many outages here in broward county and ...

>> with the flights in asia in thailand there is a lot of rain. >> that is something we have to look at very carefully because the air is changing. >> he spoke about the weather in the region when flight 8501 went down t. planes wreckage has been found by the airport to prepare all facilities and hospital chief pilots have been making all the arrangements. they have been very active with the families. they have arranged counsellors and spiritual leaders to be on hand for the families and the pas...