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Steve harrigan. steve, how you doing? >> reporter: shepard, were doing fine here. theres really been little let-up in the wind force right now. were starting to see more and more debris fill the roads and also come off from buildings. theres one building down the road which is beginning to lose part of its roof. weve seen the tile just batter around down the street. were seeing larger pieces, larger branches fall off. and as you can see, the roadway behind me is really beginning to be filled wit...

Nuclear hurricane saying this could be the big one. you still as concerned even though the storm track has shifted west. >> absolutely as concerned. were getting outer bands, were seeing trees down around the beach. its only just begun. its not only about the storm, the wind force, its about the tied al surge, were very concerned about that, were a low lying barrier island. youve seen what its done not caribbean and we hope it doesnt happen that way in florida. >> mayor, where are you right now....

Away from windows, if it gets hairy, i suggest you go into a stairwell. wind force is important but its about the tiedle surge. we dont want the water to come up to 5, 10, 15 feet. god for i hbid. >> are there any shelters. >> we dont have any on miami beach. weve provided free buses and trolleys to get anybody across the bridge to shelters. theres shelters that accept pets, for disabled, for seniors. theres obviously still space available. at this point, theres no more going to shelters. you ha...

Could not stand a the wind force of a category for? because naples is built for a category three. we face those same hazards and dangers some will be affected but that storm surge in some areas will show that critical infrastructure all of these departments affected have already moved their assets into areas that are safe like miami beach their fleet and personnel is in our station so they can respond as soon as the hurricane has gone through. we offer a and assistance to each other. >> that is ...

The maritime transportation system, that is the economic arteries of the islands that move critical commodities and people back and forth. >> admiral, in terms of damage, is the bigger concern the winds or the storm surge? what are you concerned about? >> well, theres a saying that you run from the water and you hide from the wind. so, ultimately, the water can -- the force of the water can produce much more damage than wind force can, although spectacularly strong winds can produce damage like ...

This morning where the sun has just risen. i want to to go chad myers, establishing contact with one area, one interior minister. but the scale of death and destruction here could be catastrophic. youve seen horrifically powerful storms. this one sort of made them all pale in comparison. how bad is the situation? >> the only way i can describe what happened in this hurricane is comparing to it a tornado. but considering the tornado to be 20 miles wide. thats the swath of this destruction. the sa...

There is a desperate hope people listened and people in low lying areas moved inland and those who live on the coast moved away, because weve seen footage of the storm surge and weve seen houses being carried away. so we certainly hope that people listened to those warnings and of course, some of these houses are flimsy, poor structure houses. typhoon haiyan is still on the move and still deadly. chad myers tracking the storm. put it in perspective, how devastating and big is it? >> its bigger...

Here, there was residents, a group of young men that were looking for their friends. they couldnt find their house. their house was blown away. we tried to talk to them but they were very emotional at the time. we have spoken to other residents as well, anderson, who are also missing loved ones. right now we know that first responders are fanning across the debris here and i just want you to take a look at the images behind me. this was a neighborhood. this was a working class neighborhood in mo...

Shelter, were advised to get in their cars and drive as fast as they could that seems incredibly violent and the fear around the path of the destruction. >> as you see, the fears are well warranted. particularly when it comes to tornadoes. which has been said several times this morning. bring the strongest winds to the surface of the earth known to in all of history. hurricanes, huge, but in terms of wind force, not what tornadoes are. so those fears, while justified. the following things strike...

Theyre so wide and have so much power and have thrown so much debris within them that its not just the wind force. its the force of all the objects that are being thrown and those are hitting the next house down and adding even more force to it. these strongest of tornadoes, ordinary homes are no match for them. the only really safe place to be in the core of this tornado was underground storm shelters. fortunately there were a number of those including the home were at right now. >> yeah, we we...