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But this marking lot is starting to fill up with water. that is going to be a major problem. when we first landed it was all about the wind. wore starting to feel those winds. 50-mile-an-hour gusts for sure. but the other issue is storm surge. we are certainly going to get that. the major concern appears to be the rainfall. they are saying we could get 20-plus inches of rain. we are literally 12 hours plus away from hurricane irma even landing. so making landfall. so we'll see how it plays out. but things on the dirty side of the storm are getting ugly as we speak. julie: florida is starting t...

Spinups definitely likely as these outer rain bands come pivoting in here rapidly. when that tornado warning was issued the storm was moving at 80 miles per hour. so it gives you little to no warning to prepare. so the latest here at 8:00 this morning is that eyewall is making landfall, it still hasn't technically made landfall by hurricane center definitions but it's awfully close and it's battering areas of the keys right now. we've seen top wind gusts of 94 miles per hour. so let's take a look at the latest update here on the radar as we go over to the big monitor. you will be able to see t...

And now irma is taking dead aim at florida. patti: irma is once again a category four storm with 131-mile per hour winds, torrential rains have life-threatening storms. more than 6 million floridians in the coastal area in the forecast is growing further. >> is not only a dangerous storm. we've already seen this time it's taken months already. it will take more if we are not prepared. please take it seriously. patti: now for the latest on the storm, adam klotz at the fox news extreme weather center. what is the latest? reporter: we are continuing to track this very large storm, beginning to ge...

[ indiscernible ] -- 10,000 feet, over 170 miles per hour. so still a very intense storm. >> forecasters have said the storm is expected to strengthen back into a cat 5 before making landfall in florida. does the data you're collecting back up that prediction? [ indiscernible ] -- i will say between ourselves and also there's been another flight in there, the pressure has appeared to have dropped slightly in the last couple of hours. but as i said --

Todd: time now 51 minutes after the hour. you are looking live right now in miami where hurricane irma is inching closer to making landfall. pete: the entire state expected to feel the impact, especially areas along the west coast of florida and parts like tampa, naples, and fort meyers. abby: joining us on the phone now to help answer that is the mayor of fort meyers, florida, randy handers jr. a lot on your plate this morning. >> yes, indeed. thank you. abby: now we are hearing reports from our meteorologists that it is moving more to the west. the west side of florida. that is directly wher...