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Floridians wont have power. the storm impact them and threatening six floridians as the beat. this is not just a two-day event. this will be a multiple day event. the rain and wind first started hitting miami beach yesterday at around 4:00 in the afternoon and was a very howling and rain dripping night. it will be like this all day. storm surge could come later today as well. flash flooding is a major concern and tornado watches and warnings up all over the state. there was actually confirmed to...

Is sometimes feel like from over there it must be because of the building like the wind is bouncing off the building. you can just see. weve got the stop sign behind me, which hasnt moved her i wouldnt be standing here right now. the wind is right there in flooding has actually gotten worse. what we are starting to see is initially the metro area right there. now we see the wind pulling the water from this skein bag is bringing more water and. that means the flood on this side. it seems like the...

You probably know that and i dont. that is the seafloor. there was ocean water they are. and now you see this guy walking around. the mornings holding votes that wouldve been there. all of that wind if you have 180 miles per hour wind pushing in one direction, also pushing it in the other direction. they were walking out and not on the ocean floor, completely void of any water they are because of the energy of this wind pushing back away. pete: do we see that anywhere in the united states are th...

In the last hour. pete: brian, please take care of yourself out there. the winds are picking up so quickly. ime beach not too far away from where affiliates. im sorry, phil keating is an miami beach right now. what does it look like? reporter: well, another kick of wind and rain pounding. the images of rain have fallen. more than four inches in the city of miami. i was like two or three hours ago and it hasnt stopped raining since. all day long for miami dade, broward, palm beach county cant eve...

45 miles an hour. you are really feeling it out there all morning. a sense of where were standing right now waiting out there in this windy. underneath the awning that is just built. we are actually above ground, too. we have a bailout plan out here being reckless. we have been seeing this. the roof on the metro a little bit. weve seen the water coming in. this has been flooding and we keep seeing the wind coming in. we can see this game day and we havent seen the water over it all. we have just...

You may only have one or two minutes compared to where these guys are and theyve already had about 20 minutes worth of eye. so you might only get one or two minutes. dont venture out too far because the wind can come right at you or not even stop at all if you stay with eye wall. the surge is still with us for this afternoon and this evening all the way down through jacksonville because of the east wind here and on the west side because of the surge here. the wind is still blowing offshore in ta...

That will be the level of the surge. that is what i hope happens. if we are on the bad side, i hope everyone will go to visit florida. transfer your thoughts and prayers are with you in the coming days and weeks to come. >> florida governor rick scott has done an amazing job preparing his state for what is to come and it is starting to hit florida right now. governor scott, give us your assessment of how the yanks have gone to this point. >> sure, and just had a couple minutes. as you know, our ...

Bullet that we have 20 to 24 hours and we can stay out of it at all. this is the stuff we see throughout miami, miami-dade. a couple tornadoes and broward county. its only going to continue to get worse through today. the wind is kind of picking up again. there it is now. trade to just briefly. you said 250,000 people at this point without power. where is that going? reporter: thats a good point. right now we are seeing transformers blowout. about a dozen times since weve been out here. 170,000 ...

Walked us through storm surge and why that could still be relevant on your side, on the east coast side of florida appeared where you are standing, while that area specifically be acceptable, how far it is going in. >> we are watching. i can give you the latest forecast, but initially they were talking upwards of five, six feet and frankly when you look at the forecast, weve been watching biscayne bay to see how much flooding is actually from the storm surge. this is a mandatory evacuated area i...

The thing about tornados, these outer bands come moving in, they can spin up a tornado very quickly. theyre often not the most powerful but they can cause destruction as well. flash flood watches are underway. the storm surge warnings are underway for this area as well. weve had transformers blowing in the distance. weve had the chi line just lit up with blue as the heavier bands came through and the wind knocked over some of the trees and palm trees. tris electricity has been flickering. 156,00...