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Around 10:30 a.m. it's expected to open back up at 11:00 this morning. miami international airport closed at noon yesterday. airport officials there say operations are expected to gradually resume today. let's go to ft. lauderdale, shall we, to get the latest there on the ground is nbc news correspondent blake mccoy. what are you seeing there, blake? >> reporter: well, betty, good morning. the reason the airport here is reopening this morning at 11:00 is because conditions have improved dramatically from where they were last night. the storm was not as bad here as we were expecting, in fact, t...

It's getting close to freeport now. they're going to be in the area of the strongest winds. nassau, home to 240,000 took a pretty good hit. here's freeport, outer bands are seeping through with thunderstorms, bands of heavy rainfall and the surge is picking up as far as the wave heights. now, we might see a tornado watch posted a little bit later on because we can see obviously tornadoes spawn where the feeder bands move in. the storm surge in the bahamas will be a little heigigher beca of the continental shelf. easily 7 to 11 meters. first and foremost, if you think about waves, 20 to 40 feet...

>> ari, good evening from miami southwest from suburbs, where we're experiencing some wind and rain from hurricane matthew's outer bands, but of course, nothing compared to what our fellow floridians up the coast are experiencing now and in the coming hours. we're very pleased so far that there seems to be very close coordination between the federal government, the state government, and local government. we know from past experiences here, with hurricane andrew, and of course, we all remember hurricane katrina, that we cannot take for granted that there are open lines of communication between ...

The wind, but the rain and the wind are picking up right now. the major concern is going to be these waves and these rip currents. we're expecting them to be strong throughout the day. earlier this morning, i saw some surfers out here. of course, lifeguards are asking individuals not to be out in the water. but if you are, make sure you stay within eyesight. the major concern is drowning here because they're worried that people may be get caught up in the waves and the rip currents and it pulls them under. we'll be stocked with lifeguards here in florida for the next couple of days. they expec...

Politics, love and war, and the whole nine yards. congressman davis, quickly a big fear here. and another thing what big news here is the tropical storm isaac which is category one hurricane. >> we have a new advisory at 5:00 p.m. and sometimes we get that a little early so i will let you know what we hear. hurricane hunters have been flying in the system bringing up the latest in wind gusts. look how big the storm is, 400 miles wide and the outflow stretching from the carolinas. we have had flooding across portions of south carolina, from this storm system, so, far reaching. we will look at f...