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A lot more rain coming in sideways and i want to bring in tom sader. can you just explain what we're seeing in clear water and what we're seeing in tampa? >> if we break down the radar, it pretty much explains everything. we are 20 miles east-northeast of the area, of course, of concern and when you have to talk about the radar as far as cape coral, they are suspending, by the way, all emergency services because the bands are moving into the area. if we can show you where the eye is and you will see it right here. as it continues its movement, what is a concern and we're not sure if it will co...

We're about 40 miles north of fort meyers. i want to show you that phenomenon you guys are seeing right there in tampa and we're seeing here as well, this is the marina for the city of punta gorda. all of the boats in there are not on water. they're on mud and you can see there's a big one off in the distance there and a sail boat right in front of it and those are sitting in mud. the water that you see in that marina is the runoff and the rain into that marina. we are also seeing the strongest winds that we've seen so far today. i mean, it's painful to the skin and it is also painful to your ...

Northward. again, we're not going to see the eye move over fort meyers, but you don't have to be and you're still seeing the wind gusts worth mentioning that are 88 to 101 miles per hour. we're hoping the system will start to choke itself down now that it's over land and it's still a massive storm that's going to take a while. the heavy bands of rain will be blinding areas of central florida and toward the east. they will try to wrap around this eye somewhat, but it's going to be in the darkness of night and i can't stress this enough as the system moves northward, we're not going to have the ...

That sort of sideways rain and it real lu does sting you as it hits you and the winds are terrifying. i'm wondering what you make of the pearls of storm surge, particularly for places like naples, florida. but also tampa, florida, which is particularly susceptible because of the housing that's close to the water. there is not a lot of coastal defenses there. what do you make of the risks there? >> well, think about urban development that's happened around the gulf coast there or any of the cities. houston was also an example of that a couple of weeks ago with hurricane harvey that came through...

Rescues keep coming, fema is estimating 30,000 people or more will need energy shelters. caroline shively is live at the george r. brown convention center in the middle of houston. caroline, i understand they're doing everything they can to get there. >> absolutely right, harris. we have watched dump trucks, buses, police vans, people on foot, anyway you can get here. you can see the police cars are dropping folks off early. we have a high water vehicle out there. ambulances parked out here. they're taking folks away, many elderly. they're doing what they can with a few doctors and nurses insi...