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Possible? >> reporter: thats a good question. since the storm moved over cuba, winds have weakened to 130 miles per the storm has weakened. pr over the water and approaches the florida keys, the water temperature is 90 degrees. thats is ideal fuel for a hurricane. though its trying t weaken right now with the terrain of cuba, the warm water seconds left or so. advice for watching now that decided to ar tampa. decided to stay. this we structure. really getting safe,t

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 ...

Potentially a possibility that irma could grow stronger. storm surge is a huge concern with this track. that is really high. thats at the top window of the second story of your home, really dangerous situation with storm surge, particularly in southwest florida, but all around florida. ? bonnie, quickly, when youre talking about double landfall here, for those people out there that dont necessarily know, what does that mean? i happen it means in two places, but does that mean it makes landfall i...

Have been wrapped up. thats part of something they can do. there is not much you can do when its going to be that intense, but really, thats all theyve got. the winds will be much of more intense the higher up you go. that is why its important for those people to have evacuated. we do not see any plywood or metal shutters there. some of the buildings we had here did have that. those youre looking at do not. we hope most of those have been evacuated. even though the breeze is pretty strong and it...

Evacuate the coast as the hurricane is now pounding cuba with winds up to 155 miles per hour. welcome back, everybody, to msnbc world headquarters. as this hour, the storm is now at category 4 and poised to make landfall in the next 24 hours. over 5 million floridans are under mandatory evacuation as weve been talking about. bonnie, for those people that have been just getting up in the morning, everybody has had their eye owes hurricane irma understanding the fact that florida is in the eye of ...