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Way are we out of the woods at all. with those squalls do not go outside or go by the beach or anything like that. expects to be without power a few days or a few weeks at least. >> we can see the wind is picking up during esp update from miami but that power is still on the best advice is to not walk into the water because the power lines can fall down with a possibility to be electrocuted. >> the eye of hurricane irma is a few hours away from the florida keys civic the national weather service

Reporting. thank you and good luck. >> thank you. i want to bring in now, officer hector lavade of the miami-dade police department. the west and southwest parts of florida are going to face the hardest brunt of this. officer, thanks for joining on this busy night. what can you tell us? >> well, were in the thick of it right now, as you can see on your screens, the bands are coming in. were experiencing heavy squalls with embedded tornados across miami-dade county. a lot of trees knocked over....

We can hear from him. they continue to wipe the lens. you see a lot of that the next couple hours. without it, it is impossible to see our correspondents. bill, thats how the shifting tides of the storm. >> getting close to the point to tell all the families that still remain in that area to -- if they still have power, theyre lucky. it is just about time to get to safe rooms, when you see it get like this. and two hours from now, a lot worse. look at kerry. thats how it is. thats how the squall...

Community. we are hearing the power outages are beginning to pick up. we know you guys are on the east side and the storm moved up the west. but that does not mean your area is out of danger. >> it doesnt. we have 31,000 utility customers without electricity right now. i expect that number to continue to rise. we have had squalls coming insteadly about 8:00 tonight and the winds arent rain are getting harder as i speak to you on the phone. i was going to say i think its important, your meteorolo...

Have been largely spared the brunt of irma after the storm pivoted to the states west coast. the threat of wind, rain and even tornados are possible overnight in daytona beach and elsewhere as irmas eye is tracking northward. rick leventhal is live in daytona beach with the latest on the conditions there. hi, rick? reporter: hey, eric, outside the volusia county operations center where a press briefing is set to begin under ten minutes from now. there was a tornado warning in effect, it just exp...

Survive. jake? >> from key west to key largo, youve talked to people that refused to evacuate. why did they stay? why are they remaining there? >> a lot of different calculations they make. somebodys nice welcome sign just blowing past. in some cases they evacuated for a storm that missed them and it was too much hassle and they vowed to stay behind because it was too stressful being away. the other was fear of getting on the road and running out of gas. you dont want to run out of gas in the ev...

Remember, over the top is better than being on the dirty right side of the storm, for tampa, close call storm surge, it is iffy, maybe not as bad to friends to the north. holding on to category one, to ocala national forest, gainesville area, we could see hurricane force winds as far north as tallahassee, and mentioning tropical storm force winds further to the north. as we go throughout the next couple hours, we have three or four more hours of tropical storm winds, brian, where we see reporter...

Is under a tornado watch. we have had tornadoes in fort lauderdale 30 miles from here. thats the danger with these squalls. thats what causes that rotation. and that rotation can cause tornadoes. and we have seen some of that. so its a situation that by all means you do not let your guard down despited the fact the eye is going stover key west. this storm is so massive. you will be seeing these conditions until tomorrow night from what we understand. reporter: well be checking in with you in the...

It could ultimately tick packbap to a massive category 4. florida has already ordered the v evacuation of 7 million of its residence. that makes this the largest evacuation in american history. residents still braces for whatever may come. we begin in fort myerseachn the west coast. what are you seeing? >> reporter: hey there, ari. right now its pretty calm where we are, but were seeing those outer bands come through. as the storm approaches, you kind of get the squalls through, the wind picks u...

People who had evacuated, driving back towards miami because thats going to be spared the worst effects. now those rain bands are east a west, youre seeing a lot of the weather in miami, in fort lauderdale, were seeing it. about a hour ago we got a flash flood for this area, huge squalls dumping big amounts of water. then well see the tropical force winds in the morning it looks like. >> chris hayes well stay close to you through the course of the storm. in naples florida. >> joining us florida ...