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Lauderdale. we will come back to you in a little while. let's go to sam champion. where are you standing outside now? >> reporter: we are in miami proper. we are very close to the airport. and the rain bands that you saw from mariana are swinging across the town of miami. we are blocked by a strong building on this side. what you're seeing that i'm in right now is much less than what's going on out there right now. we have had the trees go by, our power outage count has been at about 600,000 most recently. i have to tell you one of the most disturbing things that i've heard so far coming out o...

The mayor of miami beach calling this a nuclear hurricane. if it's not going to be a direct hit people should not take this lightly, they should not be walking around, the next couple hours will be delicate for miami beach. i'm at the southern most part of miami beach. as this category 4 hurricane hits the keys when you are talking about a hurricane that's the size of the florida peninsula you're going to feel it here and it could potentially be very dangerous. matt and savannah. >> we were just listening into mariana in south beach. let's go to miguel almaguer, he is in florida city, florida....

The winds are not going to decrease where she is. go up there a little bit, it's not the worst of it, there are yellows and oranges, but you're getting pretty steady wind where she is. let's go over to kerry, naples, florida. this is the side of the storm that's going to be more serious than what you just saw with mariana. kerry is standing by there. you're getting some rain, you are not getting blown away the way mariana is, although i won't tell any secrets, kerry, but you and i are never going to get blown the way mariana is. >> reporter: it's tough to stand in those winds. she's probably 1...

How powerful all these winds and rain just dumping all of this rain on us. as we try to get that out of the way. you can see, again, these conditions very volatile and very sporadic. it picks up in intensity and picks up in the rainfall that gets dropped on t but the good news is we don't see anybody around anymore. there's that curfew and a lot of people are taking heed. who would want to be out here in this anyway. there are no vehicles that we have really seen out here and that's a good thing so they are not putting a burden on law enforcement and emergency responders at this moment. everyb...

They're really facing -- facing an incredible threat right now with this category 4 hurricane. even though it's not going to be a direct hit right now you're still getting tropical storm winds, hurricane strength winds. we've been talking to officers throughout the past couple days in miami, they've told us when the winds reach 40 miles per hour they can't be out on the streets patrolling these streets anymore. i just heard some debris flying around. it's the awning you were referring to. >> it's gone. >> reporter: already gone. ripped from the wall behind me. i'm going to take shelter because...