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Per hour. miami international, 94. the higher you go up in elevation across those buildings, the higher the wind goes. heres where the wind is right now. right through key biscayne and into miami beach, our kyung law is there. i know it looks bad for you right there, but the winds are going up 20 miles per hour here. i need you in a safe place. >> you heard that the. >> cres, were standing next to the betsey hotel where were staying. there are some safe barriers. theres a steel barrier im holdin...

Storm surge that was predicted. what we are seeing and experiencing here right now is generally more wind. there was just a tweet by the police department asking people to remain inside because of the severity of the winds. and i also want to tell people who are watching this is that this is not the worst area to stand in. if you walk through some of the city streets, through the commercial districts of miami beach, the wind there is unbelievable. it has created wind tunnels because of the build...

And fire. they themselves are hunkered down because they simply cannot respond to any sort of emergencies. as far as what they did over night, though, they did try to put out some fire, did try to make some immediate rescues. but we have not heard of any major injuries or iftalities here in miami beach. >> just hold on one second whereby because i want to bring in john berman, who is right next door in miami. and i want to keep both of you with us right now. but berman, tell us about where you a...

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...

Very difficult for the system to do what its designed to do. >> rosa flores, stay safe. shes in the brickell neighborhood, the financial district. chad, was flooding this bad expected? >> yes, it was. no question about it, jake. earlier the numbers were somewhere between 6 and 10 for miami. but thats when miami was getting a direct hit from the eye or at least a closer hit. and i would say that was about 40 to 50 miles from the east as we start to flood the other side. but whats going on right n...

Or some cases one way and then the wind will come in behind you and push in some more. thats not even the real concern. the real concern is projectiles. i dont know how far i can go back here and the camera can still see me, but this right here is an awning that snapped off the building that used to be up there. and down there you can see two-pieces of this metal flashing. that also has flown off this building. thats a giant spear flying through the sky. you have to be very, very careful of that...

Ground. if this water gets much closer, we will simply pick up your stuff. and our hotel is a block away, and we have another safe location going to as soon as we need to. we have a plan. there is a way to do this. were doing it safely. and were out here so people can see the danger, so they can understand why the officials in this city and state have told them to stay inside or in some cases told to evacuate to get to higher ground, jake. >> and john, just to explain to the people at home if th...

Publix grocery store. this is combination of high winds, the winds pulling the water, ponding and storm surge. thats the big issue. all these three things converge, and it creates a huge problem. the other thing, too, is that the drainage system has to work in order for the this water to come down. theres a lot of debris. there are trees down. a lot of the time, that blocks drains. so even if those drains were working right now, theyre being stopped because of it. now, the south florida manageme...