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That would be under water as well as, wolf, you have to understand when youre talking 10 feet, thats an entire first story of a building. so for a lot of these homes that arent high rises per se, you could have a lot of people dealing with what they dealt with in houston where the entire first story of their home is underwater and they may have to seek refuge on the roof of their home. we may be seeing a similar scenario for the folks in southern florida. >> im very familiar with the part of mia...

Is on the scene for us. john, there are a lot of construction cranes dotting the city skyline. what happens to them because potentially if they collapse that could be a huge danger? >> its a big fear here, wolf. there are more than 20 of these cranes up around the city. it is a sign of the progress in miami and a booming economy here. there is a lot of construction going on. these cranes are designed to withstand 145 miles an hour winds. the problem is irma is going to hit as a category five sto...

Weather vane. we have aid video of what its supposed to look like in puerto rico. theyre supposed to sway. when winds get north of 145 miles an hour, very, very dangerous. one of the building officials in miami this week put out an official statement saying, i would not advise staying in a building next to a crane. in other words, if you are next to one of these cranes and one of these high rise buildings, you might need to evacuate because it may not be able to withstand the strength of the sto...

Dangerous category 4 storms enters. it is expected to be a category 5 when it first hits the florida keys. thats the latest forecast this hour. governor rick scott told me he absolutely expects more mandatory evacuations throughout the state. miami beach mayor phillip levine who has referred to irishman as a nuclear hurricane joins us on the phone right now. mayor, so how should residents in miami beach where you are be preparing at this last minute? i understand miami beach all the residents th...

Dismantle them, so that is why they are still standing. one particular note, the booms, you can see the arms up top. they cant tie them down. why not? if they tied them down, it would serve like a sail and offer too much resistance and pull everything down. so they are designed to swing like weather veins, which can be disconcerting. you can see one of these cranes swinging in the wind. that is the way it is supposed to react. again, if it gets higher than 145 miles an hour, it could be a real p...

Good luck to all your folks over there. good luck to everybody in florida right now. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. appreciate the coverage. >> just ahead, well have more on the breaking news as florida braces for a direct hit by a catastrophic storm. were tracking hurricane irma with the latest forecast, then well go live to florida where officials are making a final last-minute appeal to residents to get out or get to a shelter. [burke] billy-goat ruffians. seen it. covered...

The breaking news tonight, the killer hurricane irma expected to strike sunday with a storm surge up to 12 feet. lets go back to our meteorologist alison. she is getting more information. all i son alison, hurricane warnings, now they have been extended on both coasts of florida. >> wolf, that is likely to continue as we get closer and closer to the land fall. more and more counties will be added to the list. if you think to yourself, my county is not under a watch or warning yet, that may chang...

Early as 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. hurricane force winds could arrive as early as 6:00 a.m. on sunday morning. total rainfall, about 6 to 8 inches possible over the coming days. naples could be looking at tropical storm force winds to arrive around midnight tonight. and hurricane force winds, wolf, could be expected as early as 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. and this is going to be a long thing for a lot of these cities where youre going to be dealing with those intense winds and heavy rain for hours as ...

Washington doesnt know how to work, im going to run it like a business, get things done, im willing to reach across party lines and well see what happens. well see how this one plays out. its interesting today, wolf. well see the results a we go forward. >> here comes the president of the united states, the emir of kuwait, jaber al-ahmad al-sabah. well hear from the president first. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, and thank you for all being here. its my great honor to welcome his highne...

More about the storm surge, everything in blue here, and its its kind of hard to see its north miami, down to the south. biscayne bay, everything one to three feet here. you slide down to the south and youll see the bright colors around homestead. youre talking six to nine feet in some areas on the coastline and even greater than three to six in some areas. so thats something that will unfold in time, wolf, and well be able to discuss more as the storm approaches south of florida. >> tom, were g...