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Along the eastern side of town but it is that storm surge that's going to continue to push its way north and cause a lot of flooding that ten to 15 foot storm surge that was expected in this but it is the back half of that storm as it brings the water in from the gulf side and pushes it back here toward the east that is going to be of major concern. but you can just see how little visibility we have here at this point and the dramatic nature here as the eye of this storm, hurricane irma, had just made landfall in marco island about 20 miles south of where we are in the eye of that storm coming...

Now the visibility is back which is stunning because now we can see several more hundred yards through the trees here that we've been providing you the live picture from and you can see the flood -- the floodwaters and the amount of water that is collected and pocketed up in various parts of the street, that's going to be even worse on the backside of this storm as the storm surge starts coming in from the gulf side and what you've seen there, along that main street that you're on is extensive as well and that's going to be even worse in some of the more lower lying areas. the area we're in we...

Pounding us for hours and hours and hours. >> all right. i'm chris cuomo in naples. we have been waiting to see what irma would do to the west coast. there are vulnerable areas here and we're starting to see it light now. reported gusts in excess of 80 miles an hour. the situation has changed here. there's now a significant debris field, and it has been hours of punishing rain. we've seen this phenomenon with hurricane irma where the energy is given and taken away. the water sha should be here on the gulf side of naples is gone, and we're waiting for it to come back in the form of storm surge ...

Unfortunately, that's what seems to be happening. dave, if you can pan over to the left. this is the direction that ed is. you can see the water coming in sheets, sideways. you know, obviously the wind is going the way that the trees are going. but there are sheets of water going that way, and each one is like another punch. you know, another tenderizing blow, and this is a fight of many different rounds, and they've been taking it for round after round here. and, remember, with the knockout, from chad myers' perspecti perspective, this storm surge. we still haven't steen yet, but there is flo...

Places like miami. the urban flooding we have seen really just the forecast of storm surge coming through. calipery, you're been looking at the still and moving video. we're following these, vents on the gulf side, but tell us how bad it's gotten in downtown miami. >> downtown miami has seen significant storm surge and significant flooding. this is a store in downtown miami. i'll let this go. amazing that they sealed it up the way they did and that the water hasn't rushed in, but it givious an idea of what's coming. >> just to the control room. there. look at that. >> so these are french doors...