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Possible? >> reporter: that's a good question. since the storm moved over cuba, winds have weakened to 130 miles per the storm has weakened. pr over the water and approaches the florida keys, the water temperature is 90 degrees. that's is ideal fuel for a hurricane. though it's trying t weaken right now with the terrain of cuba, the warm water seconds left or so. advice for watching now that decided to ar tampa. decided to stay. this we structure. really getting safe,t

We were speaking to you at a gas station. you've moved locations now with daylight to get a better sense of the storm. i know officials on the east .west coast have been concerned about this storm surge, potentially bringing up to 10 feet of water in some areas. >> absolutely. that is the major concern here. and it is why for the most part most of these condos and hotels that line this beach have been evacuated. those hotels and businesses are largely empty. there are still a few stragglers that have decided to stay here. we have seen places that have been boarded up and rightly so. we can see...

Potentially a possibility that irma could grow stronger. storm surge is a huge concern with this track. that is really high. that's at the top window of the second story of your home, really dangerous situation with storm surge, particularly in southwest florida, but all around florida. ? bonnie, quickly, when you're talking about double landfall here, for those people out there that don't necessarily know, what does that mean? i happen it means in two places, but does that mean it makes landfall in the keys and goes back out to water and makes landfall again? >> the storm is very large. even ...

Have been wrapped up. that's part of something they can do. there is not much you can do when it's going to be that intense, but really, that's all they've got. the winds will be much of more intense the higher up you go. that is why it's important for those people to have evacuated. we do not see any plywood or metal shutters there. some of the buildings we had here did have that. those you're looking at do not. we hope most of those have been evacuated. even though the breeze is pretty strong and it is a beautiful sight, we know there is something much more sinister the come here and people ...

Evacuate the coast as the hurricane is now pounding cuba with winds up to 155 miles per hour. welcome back, everybody, to msnbc world headquarters. as this hour, the storm is now at category 4 and poised to make landfall in the next 24 hours. over 5 million floridans are under mandatory evacuation as we've been talking about. bonnie, for those people that have been just getting up in the morning, everybody has had their eye owes hurricane irma understanding the fact that florida is in the eye of the storm. the entire state. you can't outrun this thing. no, you're right. and waking up to a comp...