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And the streets look like a river. that surge has arrived. >> it absolutely has. here's the map that i made three days ago. what we expect with a 6 foot surge. all of downtown miami will be covered in this blue color that you see there. that's the water depth if the water goes to 6 feet. right now it's 5 1/2. that's where the water is at this exact point and still going up. >> berman, the water where you are obviously the water the deadliest force in all of this. as horrific as the winds are, it is the storm surge that ends up taking the most lives in hurricanes such as these. and where you ar...

I'm going to walk over here to see if we can take a look. this is closer to the ocean. and what we've seen is this water that keeps on ponding. again, the storm surge coming onto brickell. this is the financial district in miami. water on streets that are not supposed to be on this street of course. ponding that is happening. and as more rain comes down, as debris comes down, these drains are being plugged and the water does not drain off. now, miami, it needs to be drained on a normal day. so john, when we are seeing surge, when we are seeing rain and debris clog drains, a very serious issue,...

Largo. i confess, bill, i was having a hard time making out exactly what you're saying. but i take it as good news you're saying anything at all right now. the eye wall did pass the florida keys about 70 miles from where bill is right now, key largo, one of the northern most keys. the eye wall passed much further south from that. now to rosa flores in downtown miami seeing this storm surge fir first-hand. what are you seeing? >> both the storm surge is ponding is what we're seeing here in brickell, which is the financial district. just to give you a lay of the land, i'm right feks next to th p...

Week long. the situation in tampa is watching and waiting. some of the outer bands of the storm have brought some light rains compared to what is to come. and people here know that. the story, the pictures we have been watching out of miami on brickell boulevard, water just pouring down the street. that's where we find our john berman right now. john, i mean -- you know, again, the people in tampa who luckily still have electricity are able to watch some of those images you've been bringing coming out of miami. it's extraordinary what they have seen. and they know that is coming here, and like...

Thankfully it's not. it's just plastic. but you can see the debris is a real concern here. not to mention the storm surge. you saw the pictures from brickell boulevard. feet of water now down that main drag in downtown miami. behind me you can see the water lapping up over that dock, covering several docks here. the water has gone up several feet here right by the bay where i am standing at this point. we've also had serious issues not just with flooding downtown but also a crane, a partial collapse of a crane on biscayne boulevard. rosa flores has been watching it all in downtown miami. rosa....