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Lauderdale. the wichbd winds are picking eye on miami. swrid i dont showing strong winds there, as well. waves ahead of hurricane irmas landfall. joining me now is sam champion. sam, what are you looking at there? >> reporter: well, weve been trying to show folks a little bit around the miami area. we just came off the beefach. along the beach, we saw a lot of tree limbs down. so already in a couple of the wind bursts, weve had some tree damage. came here because i wanted to show you some of the...

By bridges, make sure authorities check those bridges are safe to use. mayor mayra pena lindsay, we will continue to stay in touch. >> thank you very much. homestead, florida, you know the name on floridas southeastern tip it was wrecked by hurricane andrew 25 years ago, it got a direct hit when andrew came ashore. joining me is mayor jeff porter. mayor, you are bracing for another big one, albeit hopefully not as big as it might have been 24 hours ago but still going to be big. set the scene....

Msnbcs special live coverage of hurricane irma, pummeling the coast of cuba. it is expected to take a sharp turn tonight hitting the florida keys directly tomorrow morning. irmas outer bands are already being if elt in the keys. lets get to emergency response teams on standby in florida. cammie clark is the public information officer with monaco county emergency management at the southernmost county, youre talking key largo, what do you know about things right now where you are? >> ive just been...

Opportunity to join a swift rescue water teams on their boat but the conditions they had to endure is simply amazing. very courageous men and women doing this work not only the volunteers but the constables as well they have to navigate around flooded, submerged vehicles, tree limbs, road signs, and all this to go door to door to check if anyones in these homes as people were getting trapped when floodwaters continued to rise. incredible. we interviewed a constable on one of these swift water re...

One day away from being homeless and i should point out, as we stand here and we look up at the open roof, certainly you cant stay here. >> no, sir. >> and you were not alone. kelleye, you represent so many people in this community who are anxious about the next 24 hours of their life. >> im basically wanting to get word out to where people like me, like several of my neighbors here, are in the same condition. >> i got to ask you. you seem like youre still holding it together. are you doing that...

Its going to cause problems. you know, they do the 100-year flood plane. this will be that one flood in 100 years that people know could happen. its going to happen if indeed harvey does, as it appears to have done, park itself right over this area. >> all right, kerry sanders, thank you for that. were going to stay in victoria. were now with our colleague catie beck who is joining us for the first time. oh, my goodness, youre seeing something which is of heart breaking concern to so many people...

Now. >> reporter: yeah, we are in victoria, first thing that happened to me as soon as i got to this location about ten minutes ago, the door flew open on my vehicle, my halt ft flew and we knew we were in a strong feeder band. we have seen minor structural damage and power lines and tree limbs that have come down. but now were seeing rain maybe 2 inches an hour, we will start to see the flooding ramp up and it will be quite significant. weve been talking about how the storm will set up shop, it...

Atlanta. at any moment texas governor greg abbott will be giving an update on hurricane harvey from that location in houston. hell be taking to the podium and when he does well take husband remarks as soon as he begins. a new video into cnn out of victoria, texas. take a look. you can see the heavy rains there, the winds bringing down tree limbs, in fact, and well take you back to victoria later on in this hour. when the wind and rain die down, another danger remains. authorities warn of catastr...

And have seen some damage, however much of what weve seen so far has been really superficial structural damage. lets say a couple of tiles or siding thats been ripped off buildings, maybe some windows that have been broken. but nothing compared to what perhaps some of our friends south of here have seen. and of course plenty of debris. theres plenty of branches, plenty of tree limbs and street signs all over the place. because earlier today if it was not grounded or bolted to the ground like thi...

And authorities say he could face additional charges once he is before a grand jury. >> dan lieberman, we appreciate the update. thank you. >> got it. severe storms rolling through the southeast right now. millions of people facing damaging winds and softball-sized hail. >> that sound bad. in missouri, hurricane force winds damaged buildings, took down tree limbs yesterday. last hour, i spoke with the branson fire chief ted martin. >> a flash flood emergency that caused some areas to flood tha...