Millibars. Strengthening is possible. Weakening is not expected and a continuing track to the north is what they believe is going to happen. The keys have been hit and it continues to pound here 100mile an hour winds at the Miami International airport and headed in the general direction of southwest florida, marco island, naples, bonita springs, fort myers up the coast into charlotte county. Where it will make the next landfall is really unknown. Its possibility could in the southwest florida area, also possibility could in the tampa st. Pete area, also possible that it could go north and come in somewhere in the panhandle. So many variables now because as the storm moves, it wobbles left and right and the strongest winds right around that eye wall , those are the ones that are most destructive and where they hit, well it could be most anywhere. This storm is expected to move straight up the peninsula of florida, eventually into alabama and northeast alabama and eventually become a storm for memphis and the mid south but thats days away. What happens over the next 24 hours will tell the tale, and this is a storm that no doubt rick richmuth will go down in the had history books. Already its pretty much in every history book, strongest storm over 180 miles an hour anywhere on the globe weve seen since we had satellite recording that kind of stuff so its an amazing storm already. What you were just showing on the latest track has shifted just a little bit towards the west, again and thats because the latest european model keeps it just offshore making landfall somewhere up around the big bend so because that model is so reliable, that we give a lot to that and nhc does. Shepherd you talked about that wobble this little track here that you see, that is exactly that. If you have a top on your plate as a kid and you spun it and it spins really tight but then it kind of does that thats what these storms do and also take a look at this that wave energy even since last hour pulled even a little bit closer towards miami so miami i think the worst of the winds are coming towards you in the next couple hours and also the worst of the wave energy. The center of it is still over the keys here, but if we zoom in right here, that goes black because the key west radar has been taken offline, so im sure the wind did a number on it. I want to show you real quick shepherd the storm surge. Go towards the tampa bay area. I just tweeted out by the way a link to the nhc storm surge forecast so if youre in that area if you got access to the internet you can go on twitter and get that link, and you can get very specific like block by block storm surge forecast but this is the problem. Initially this is tampa bay which is the city thats really prone to damaging storm surge and this could be the storm that does that. Some of these models here, at least the storm surge forecast coming from the nhc talking for maybe from a five to 10foot storm surge and initially those winds coming out of the northeast push all of that water thats back up here into the bay pushing it across these shores here and then as the storm moves on by, the wind direction changes and eventually, we start to see all of the water that piles up on one side of the bay move back across the other side of the bay so the storm surge moves into one side and then moves out across the other side. So thats what weve got going still plenty of time here with the storm across water and you see these wobbles going on its been moving closer to north and then northwest that would be good news to be honest with you. It could take the brunt into the everglades that are built to protect from some of these storm s, but probably its going to go up towards the west, shep. Shep the storm surge flooding map we have this from the National Weather service that youve sent us and this is largely the everglades until you get right up about here is Everglades City and then naples. Some of the worst of this storm surge looks like it could be for the key deer. Im sorry i missed the last thing you said there, shep . Shep mostly the worst of the storm in the everglades the worst of the surge. And again thats kind of the spot theres not a lot of population in the everglades obviously and its built for that. That said yeah, right when you go just to the north of it thats where the population begins and thats also the bad storm surge, so some spots here in that 1015 feet range and a lot of that because its so flat , shep, it goes miles inland in that storm surge forecast. Thats why i think if you have Internet Access there and youre wondering especially now ive seen Griff Jenkins reports where hes standing on the beach and there isnt storm surge thats because the water is being pulled away from shore so the sea looks pretty calm right there because its going away. Its not allowing that water to come on shore. As soon as that shifts there and that water goes in its going to go a long ways in because its such a flat area the water can travel miles inland. Shep rick weve just gotten disturbing news from south florida from downtown miami. Im going to be able to show you in just a second. We believe a large crane has just collapsed in downtown miami our local station wsvn7 were working on that but this is a picture they were talking about the local station a little while ago about how these cranes can take up to two weeks to come down and the hope was they would be able to bend and swivel in these winds and not collapse. Well this one has collapsed and when we get live coverage out of miami well have that for you again thats in downtown miami where clearly a construction crane has collapsed on top of a building, details beyond that should be here in just a moment. Right now a very strong band of wind and rain crossing over key largo, florida adam housley live , adam how are you . Reporter shepherd still getting battered on. We had a viewer on not long ago thats about five miles from where the southern end of key largo. The winds continue to batter this area and we spoke to you last night and i left the sign to my right literally tear off and blow away big piece of metal probably about four feet by three or four feet, just blew off into the distance and trees have snapped everywhere. Again were not in the eye wall from what the forecast says we are just outside of that so this is the type of weather thats coming from fort myers and all the way up the west coast and i have to tell you its been a very long process of battering. It started yesterday morning with winds in the 30s or so thats around 10 a. M. And it continued and continued now throughout today and into last night and now into today where we are getting gusts over 100 miles an hour the rain continues to come down as the viewer talked about the water surge on the ocean side which is to my right as the way the wind is coming as this thing swirls the ocean surge we saw last night had about midnight already three feet deep in some parts as it approached the interstate. To the left of us thats where the ocean surge will come and the wind will come when the storm starts to pass it it will come the exact opposite direction so all these trees and signs these houses everything thats been spinning and battered from this direction will now be battered from the opposite and thats where you start to have major problems shepherd. We already have them but it makes things that much worse. Shep any damage, i know you cant get out and look about but have you received any reports of damage, major structural damage, or beyond out there . Reporter not yet, shepherd but we have a pretty good view here on this Vantage Point but ill walk over and give a look. I mean i see trees down into a couple of buildings but ive seen tops of buildings where you see the roofs ripped out but other than that i havent seen much more than that from our Vantage Point. I will tell you that the water damage we did see a restaurant that was total totally flooded last night at midnight and with this wind not only does the surge come but rick talked about and you guys have as well, that winds blow those waves, and creates a surge so weve got to believe that the water there is significantly deeper and further in than what we saw some 10 hours ago shepherd. Shep adam housley in key largo. The National WeatherService Tells Us some weakening is possible but right now Hurricane Force winds extend 80 miles from the center of the storm and that means there are Hurricane Force winds right now at every position on the entire florida keys. So from way down the southwest in key west to the northeast of the keys in key largo Hurricane Force winds through the entire stretch all at the same time. Some weakening is possible as it moves north but they really think that this warm water in the gulf of mexico is going to give this storm life or some time to come until at some point when it makes landfall again, somewhere on the west coast of florida. The National Weather service is warning about storm surge, combination of dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters, moving inland from the shoreline, so all of this water pushing from the gulf of mexico inland and the water is expected to reach extreme heights in some areas, captiva is an island off the coast of naples or fort myers. Captiva island, the Barrier Island used to be Plantation Way back in the day. 1015foot storm surge there. That would put all of Captiva Island under water. Card sound bridge through cape s able, any time with hurricanes you hear about those locations five to 10 feet of storm surge. Clearwater beach in florida, five to eight feet of storm surge. North miami beach all the way down to card sound bridge which is like the beginning of the keys so up in miami beach all the way down to the beginning of the keys at card sound road three to five feet of storm surge so many areas around there are just three or four feet above sea level. All of that will be under water according to the reporting of the National Hurricane center. Lets go to northeast miamidade where wsvn is showing signs of trees down and some clutter about. Lets listen. Something like that breaks loose, it could really hurt somebody even kill somebody and thats why its so important that everyone stay inside right now. These winds, its just unbelievable. It will quiet down for a little bit and then it will get so loud and so furious that you certainly couldnt stand in it. Its a very dangerous time right now. I know that were in for this for much of the day so everybody is really asked to stay inside and also driving right now. Absolutely out of the question. I believe we have some video that we took on the way over here to kind of show you whats going on in the streets. This is in the miami shores area can you hear that wind . It is just something else. On the way over here in the area of northeast 96th street and 12th avenue we saw two trees down just snapped and then palms all over the road. Not safe driving not to mention you may not see the power lines that are down in the area. In this area this is the area where i live we had power until about 9 00 last night. Power went out at 9 00 last night and it came back on at midnight and when this wind started moving through a couple of hours ago, we went to black over here. The power is out and there is a generator keeping emergency lights on but the power is out so lets just take a look one more time if you can. These gusts are just i have to turn a little bit because the microphone picks up the wind. Its just hard to hear. These gusts are just unbelievable and extremely dangerous and because of that, were trying to stay inside the garage but we are giving you a look at what has happened to these trees and shrubs and palm trees being bent over by the strong wind. Shep thats northeast miami wsvn reporting live lets go to our next live remote this is from south beach. This is right along eighth street so if youve been to south beach, down there is at the very tip right along i believe they were at ocean drive though im not sure and of course now the camera has panned to the left but i know it will make its way back there. Lots of debris in the roads there and apparently were about to get a drive along but you would know once they go to the picture that it would change over. Well wait for this to get back on the pictures we were looking at moments ago. Lets go back to northeast miamidade actually that live shot has ended as well. Just a lot to keep up with now because as the storm moves north northwest, the winds are really picking up over on the east coast. I mentioned that miami itself, the Miami International airport had a hundred mile an hour winds lets go to Coconut Grove in south florida wsvn reporting live from there now. Weve been taking cover most of the morning of course trying to be safe but were also trying to bring you the very latest. I want to show you video from behind us from the Miami City Hall and youll see us singing. Youll see a catamaran taking in water, dangerously high waves just rocking that boat and im talking, i mean, once we were out there, the wind, i mean we had to run for cover literally. I couldnt open the door to our vehicles and it was just something ive never experienced also the rain shep this is eighth street on south beach and these are live pictures and a live drive along. Look at those palm trees at the top there and you can see some debris down in the road. Im not 100 sure but this looks like ocean drive to me. In fact it is. Right along ocean drive one of the most famous stretches of roadway certainly in all of florida if not in all of the country. Normally on a sunday morning, at 10 in september, this would be teaming with people, there would be hundreds on bicycles and riding up and down on skateboards and running there along the boardwalk. Right in the heart of south beach and it is just taking a pounding right now, with 100 mile an hour winds inland at Miami International airport out on the beach of course miami beach is a Barrier Island and these live pictures tell the story. You can see the winds coming in from the east so those palms moving inland at the moment because the storm has not yet passed by miami. Once it goes north up the west coast, then the winds will shift down in the city of miami but you can see that the street lights are still on. The traffic lights are on. Theres electricity around in some places, but you have to wonder how long thats going to last. See the signs whipping in the wind there and the windshield wipers on as this car drives up this famous stretch of roadway and not a soul to be seen in at directions. We know for a fact there are people who remain behind in these high rises in south florida. A number of people about whom we have direct knowledge who told us here on the news deck will be staying behind. Were going to shelter in one of the high rises. We have one man whose on the 17th floor of a high rise in this very neighborhood and they were just hoping the storm would move west. The eye of the storm certainly has. People along miami beach and bow and county are very fortunate this storm moved west and out into the gulf of mexico or at least headed in that direction and towards southwest florida generally speaking but these pictures from right there on miami beach are quite a thing to see. Just it being empty is striking and to see these strong winds and heavy rain it will be coming in for the better part of the next five or six hours. Were fortunate enough to join now governor rick scott whose. Governor ing an update on Hurricane Irma at the Emergency Operation center in tallahassee. Governor how are things across your state . Governor well shepherd, i know a lot of people are asking me what they can do for us. First thing ill say is say a prayer for every person in our state. I know a lot of people want to donate text in disaster at 20222 and make a 10 donation and as this goes on theres a lot of cleanup, so go to ive talked to a friend down in the keys. Theyre getting hammered right now and im really worried about the storm surge down there, as the storm goes through. My hometown is naples, florida. Were suppose supposed to get 10 15 feet of above ground storm surge so im worried about them. Ive watched the cameras all across the state people are not on the roads which i hope because this is going up our west coast and hit fort myers and tampa and sarasota and st. Pete. I hope people are in their shelters or in high ground. Were going to do everything we can to take care of every person , we will not bear one expense and we want everybody to survive the storm and then if you have a problem afterwards, our national guard, our First Responders, fish and wildlife we will do everything we can to take care of you. Shep governor its been quite a thing to see you jumping all over that state for the past few days when almost hourly update for the people of florida. How are you and your team holding up . Theres a long road ahead for all these First Responders. Governor we have a really good team here. Weve gone through disasters. We do a lot of preparation. We care about every person in our state so i know everybody is working hard and we know that this is i spoke to our whole tomb this morning and this is a long road. I talked to the president this morning ive talked to fema administrator brock long, ive talked to secretary of hhs, duke , everybody is committed to do everything they can. The president said whatever you need, he said i will do everything i can to get you the resources. Were going to do everything we can to keep everybody safe, but its going to be work. Were going to have a lot of rain and the storm surge is devastating. The winds are you can see the winds that youre showing. Those are going to be devastating but i know everybody is going to show up. Shep you know charlie back in 04 northern captiva and then wilma as a cat 3 in 2005 but since then, with some notable exceptions, florida has fared pretty well. Never see anything thats hit the whole peninsula like this personally. Governor theres nothing thats been this big. I mean here is the difference. Typically if we have a hurricane , it will come in from one coast to the other so you can also prepare assets on the other coast. We cant do that as much this time becaus