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>> reporter: chris, hi. an interesting time here. the last 10, the wind has picked up, tearing some of the roof. i'll get out of the way so our cameraman can show you some of the clearer images here. what feels like it might be the most intense part of the storm as you hear from our meteorologist comes into land. it has been pretty intense since 3:00 this morning. it may have come a little earlier than anticipated. but this particular hotel we're in, an intense concrete structure that provides us some support, has really taken aback, tearing off part of the roof here. a tree down there. but we...

1932, nearly a century ago. more than 10,000 people made it to emergency shelters. the governor hopes that number was actually higher. how many registered, about 11,000 or so. but the question remains, how many of those people in wooden structures that are vulnerable and also in flood-prone areas, how many of them made it out? flooding remains a major concern here. forecasters expecting six to nine feet of storm surge and up to two feet of rain, and we have seen it continuously. this relentless storm has been battering this island since early this morning. we lost power around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m...

Have stayed behind? >> yeah, that's right, stephanie. first of all, we moved down from islamorada, we're now where the storm made landfall, this is basically ground zero for irma. i want to show you the power for some of this wind. over here is the actual ocean. it came in right here. you can see it ripped through these homes. they are still standing but they have been gutted. in fact, this, this is a washing machine that somehow came out of this house and basically blew across the street. there's another washing machine. there's a dryer over here. there's debris in these waterways. some neigh...

Jacob soboroff is on his balcony. i've been watching you pick off various features of what you see behind you. >> if i could kind of step out of the way, dana, if you could push in, first of all, there's some palm trees about 50 yards from us, every single frond has been ripped off the top. the reason you're not seeing me get blown around as much as gabe and kerry are, there's a giant concrete structure directly in front of me here. like i said, 50 yards out that way, the wind is blowing absolutely ferociously. i don't know if you got a good shot of the palm trees, but they are basically compl...

In 10 to 15 minutes from now. just to prepare you. 10 to 15 minutes until you will see by far the strongest winds you've seen so far. >> jacob, question for you. we usually set up live locations especially in a hurricane where there's a corner you can turn and where there's a wind break you can come to that's safe. do you have both of those? >> reporter: yes. let me ask dana roker. can you stick that camera out of the vehicle a bit, brian. we are essentially under a parking garage here, concrete structure. let me get the microphone. come on out. >> let's not get dana wet if we don't have to. >...