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Is lapping over right now. we actually have seen a dock detach and into the bay here. so thats what weve seen in terms of water. as far as the winds, jake, this is as strong as ive seeb. i mean the wind has not blown like this yet here in miami. and chad says were going to see another 10 to 15 miles an hour over the next couple of hours. thats going to be pretty strong. >> and we know kyung law is covering the storm from the hotel, right outside the hotel. but shes staying in that hotel, and tha...

Predicting as much as 6 feet of storm surge. but there are some mandatory evacuations for some 600,000 people in miami county, jake. and those people were told to evacuate because of storm surge, not the wind. theres nothing you can do. once the water starts coming, if you live on one of the bottom floors, the water is going to come into your participant. if you live on one of the higher floors, you wont be able to get out and first responders wont be able to get to you. hopefully, again, most p...

Had to get him out of there. so now hes in a safe place. into atlantic beach, too. and then tampa, youre right in the middle of this thing. so many millions of people, somewhere in the ball mark of 110 to 120 mile per hour winds. with winds pushing the water out of tampa bay, tampa bay almost empty. and then the storm goes by and fills back up rather quickly. a surge coming in the other direction after the water has already left. please dont go into any water. if the water has left, dont go onto...

Know he has a question for you. chad. >> mr. mayor, you are watching zone a, zone b, hillsborough. now that the storm should travel right over tampa bay, are there any changes in the evacuation zones from what we knew 24 hours ago? >> no, theres not, chad. it is still a zone a ezackuation. the issue in zone a will be the amount of the surge and the height of the surge. unfortunately, this will take place at a time when the high tide is at its highest, which will be tomorrow morning. so all those...

Worse for tampa. what is the latest information as far as you understand it about what tampa is facing, and what is your message to any citizens in tampa or the surrounding area right now? >> well, jake, what we are concerned about is herwhether t storm continues to move to the west or not. if we remain on the good side of the storm, the backside of the storm, the surge will be less. if the storm continue tuesday move more to the west and were on the bad side of the storm, thats going to be the ...

Tampa, not the worst of the storm. but this huge, wide sform has caused and is still causing damage, jake. >> let me go back to kyung law in miami. we see streets have turned to rivers, that the surge is coming. and its flooding parts of downtown miami. >> and i cant see that from where we are. what i can tell you is the last time i chengedded in with the miami beach fire department, they said as far as massive flooding, that is not something they have experienced as of yet. as chad pointed out,...

Significantly. and when it comes back, the energy and momentum of the storm surge, thats where this situation is going to get very serious here. the other problem is duration. this storm moving as slowly as it is, that means it stays in each area that it hits longer. ask thats my concern here. that all of these trees that are starting to sway and all these parts of buildings that are getting hit hour after hour, what will happen when this wind almost doubles in terms of the gusts? thats the conc...

You have been raising flags about this. i think it was last year you were standing on the steps of city hall and you said if a category 3 starm directly hit tampa, that area would be under more than 3 feet of water. how concerned are you about the flooding in tampa? >> im hugely concerned. that is our worst nightmare. what we really fear more than anything is that storm surge. that area where you are standing, anderson, will be under water. my office, if that storm hits will lee likely flooded. ...

Danger, tampa, florida. and thats where we find cnns anderson cooper. weve seen the outer bands of this hurricane hit miami. chris cuomo is in naples and starting to feel some of that as well. what about where you are in tampa? >> people have been watching the coverage here in tampa, seeing it in brickell whers, incredibl pictures of that water rushing down the street. this is a city has grown so fast over the years. and they have not experienced a storm of this magnitude, a cat 3 storm, which i...

In the morning when its dark. any attempts at rescue will be just terrible. >> and its a really intense storm, and were starting to see the start of it as its barrelling towards the west side of florida. it is also affecting the east. our breaking news coverage of hurricane irma continues as the storm roors through florida. stay with us. get the most out of every one of them. only proprietary tempur material precisely conforms to your body. you get up to twice as much pressure relieving power, s...