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Glad you made it, sometimes you forget to say things like that that are important. there has been a instructiconst boom. they say the cranes are safe. what they have done is they have unpinned the crane so it can swing in the wind. the structure of the construction cranes is good for 143 miles per hour. it was important to know when we thought the eye wall of that system was going to hit here in miami, but we won't get 143 miles per hour winds so we know that crane is safe, but the construction zone, 40 and 50 story buildings that have debris on every floor, when you have the winds blowing thr...

Then we grabbed this video after the air national guard's facebook page. this is a separate operation showing airlift and helicopter rescues as the guard worked to evacuate as many people as they could out of st. maarten. in miami this video found on an instagram account showing a construction krain next to high-rise buildings spinning around like a pinwheel. there are 20-25 construction cranes operating in the city. an app shows weather alerts, how to repair for irma and where the shelters are. so it continues to be an important part of the stories. bill: it's gaining strengths.

Every city in that state affected by this, bill, and curfews are going on, into effect across the state right now including in miami. violent winds there from irma knocking could be a pair of construction cranes there. this one smashed into a building downtown. no reports of any injuries. bryan llenas is reporting live from miami. bryan, there is a curfew in miami tonight for people that stayed there. are they following that? >> reporter: yes, from what we can see, they are. a curfew starting at 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., and the reason is, well, take a look at this. this is the panorama building, the ...

People, urged them to evacuate if they live near one of the construction cranes. however, i saw a lot of lights on in a lot of the towers near these cranes, so it is going to be interesting to monitor the cranes and keep an eye out to see what happens. >> we have seen them, dan, and it is an absolutely frightening picture that you so aptly paint there. we weren't able to see them but you've done a great job. i wish you could see my face when you start talking about it. my eyes got as big as saucers, that's frightening. here in new york city we had that happen before, not from a storm, but just...

And the wind intensity has really picked up in the last 145 minutes. these palm trees are really starting to get compromised. palm fronds and coconuts are starting to become projectiles. they're flying all over the place here. and just below it you see street signs wobbling. and even these sturdy expansions behind me with the streetlights on them, are starting to wobble. so that's a real concern. we're basically in the window now where people call 911 and they're not going to be able to come out and get them. he said there's a big concern about the construction cranes like the one in miami tha...