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Them leaving the beach. and at this point, we're hoping everyone please evacuate from miami beach. >> we saw a situation at the airport there at miami international airport -- >> so as we continue with this evacuation, we just want people to know, this is one of the strongest storms in history. you need to leave miami beach. i appreciate the opportunity to tell the people that. our residents, visitors. this is a very serious storm. it's most important that they leave. because at a certain point, the window begins to close. and there's no longer the opportunity to leave the beach. it's a barrie...

Government's options for taking care of you are beginning to close, and your options for taking care of yourself are also beginning to become very limited. so in these next few hours, people need to take hold. we've got a very strong massive storm heading in our direction, craig. >> all right. dave price there for us in our weather center. dave, thank you. we'll be spending a fair amount of time with you over the next few days. much of the focus on irma has centered on miami and florida's east coast in general. but the west coast of the state is also very much in jeopardy. irma, about, again, ...

Along miami beach, along south beach, that have happened, i've been here for andrew, i want to stay here through irma, i want to make sure my house is okay, family is okay. i've got to be very clear. nobody is recommending that anybody does that, including law enforcement, including local elected officials, including people who have been through storms like this before. and this is a storm, frankly, that many people have not ever seen the likes of, craig. it's an extraordinary thing to be out here. and like i said, chilling. >> governor rick scott a few moments ago practically begging people t...

Telling people to prepare for a hurricane, nonetheless. because the kind of surge they're expecting here is life-threatening. craig? >> rehema ellis there in nassau, bahamas, where folks are clearly getting ready, bracing for this thing. thank you. fema, meanwhile, under pressure, with irma bearing down on the u.s. and the cleanup from harvey just starting. the agency is being put to the test. i'll talk to the man who ran fema during hurricane katrina. former director, michael brown. also, we've done all we can do. that's what the mayor of miami beach said about preparations for irma in hi...

Thank you. meanwhile, for those of you just watching, you saw the line of cars trying to get out of florida there. some highways, interstates looking like virtual parking lots. do we know what highway that is, guys? is that 95? why make it out from this vantage point. we don't have -- this is tampa. this is the scene in tampa, florida. we don't know precisely which highway. folks try to get out of town. with irma ready to slam florida during the aftermath of harvey, the federal emergency management agency is facing a two-front battle while also trying to keep its eye on hurricane jose, now a...