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And it could be 130 miles an hour at its peak. derek van dam, thank you so much. get inside, take some shelter. isa, back to you in miami. >> yeah, it is a beast of a hurricane. what we're feeling, what derek is feeling there, michael, is just the outer bands of hurricane irma. of course, we'll have an update at the top of the hour on the latest path of the hurricane to find out whether it's shifted and how fast or how slow it is moving. do stay with us. i'm isa soares in miami. >> and i'm michael holmes in orlando, florida. our coverage of hurricane irma continues on "new day" in just a momen...

Collapses and essentially the other one engulfs it. i was briefly distracted by this tornado warning, which is in the vicinity of ft. pierce and what looks to be interstate 95 in that purple box. i don't have any other information. that just popped up as we got on the air. here's a different view. hurricane irma has been kind of warbling just a little bit. it doesn't make a beeline anywhere. it sort of does these little jogs, and we'll continue to see that. probably key west is going to see the eye here or in that vicinity. it doesn't really matter because we've got a category 4 hurricane with...

Become millions in coming hours. >> and now, not only that, michael, we've seen the hurricane intensify from hurricane 3 category to hurricane 4. feeling right now what derek van dam was feeling in miami beach, those strong winds really packing a punch and that rain that starts hitting the sides of your face. that's just the outer bands of hurricane irma. this is just the outer bands. karen mcginnis has been keeping a close eye on irma for us. she joins us now. give us a sense of how slowly it's moving, the direction it's moving, and what we should be really concerned about in the hours ahead....

So that's kind of what we're doing now. everyone has a different role. right now we're going to be focusing on the extreme wind surrounding the core of this hurricane as it moves north through lower and middle keys. really, the extreme winds will last through much of the day. hurricane force sustained winds we think will linger until mid to late afternoon. >> what about the storm surge? that's a big thing we have been talking about. i know a lot of people have second guessed themselves on whether it was the right move to make from the east coast of florida to the west coast of florida now that...

There, key west, to tell the story. now that the hurricane has shifted somewhat, he's hunkering down with the rest of his crew, waiting for it to pass. although, he's not yet seeing the impact. the rain hasn't stopped. if anything, it has intensified. and the winds are starting to pick up too. as karen mcginnis has been saying, it's still far away from us. so this is nothing at this point. michael? >> yeah, slow moving but packing a punch still, an increasing punch, as you said, up to category 4. isa, thanks so much. here in orlando, well north of where isa is, there's been a steady rain but n...