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Consistently. this is so different from what kerry sanders was seeing on the west coast. here we are seeing the effects of irma. we can actually see one of these squalls kind of making their way over here. that is miami beach fisher eye lafrnd, t islands, port of miami. when it comes through, it's basically whiteout conditions. from what we gather from people here, there are miami reads, they decided not to leave and just decided to see what the situation was. a lot of these people went through hurricane andrew. we spoke to one gentleman. here's what he had to say. >> we've had direct hits bef...

Storm's fierce winds grip on to the northern coast of cuba tonight. we have a reporter there for us now. describe what is happening where you are now, patrick. >> reporter: you know, don, just a few minutes ago, a dead calm that you get as you know from covering storms, between the squalls and now we're feeling the wind pick up again. where we are, the power was knocked out three or four hours ago. i don't think we'll get it back for days. we have a small generator. so we are going to continue working from here. we are on the northern central coast of cuba. an area that has been evacuated. usu...

It created a little bit of a panic. what happened was at the same time they were opening up a second door on this center, the germain center and trying to get the people inside now with a little more importance because the squalls are now really beginning to come through. there was a bad tweet that went out not too long ago, anderson, that said somehow or another this place was going to reach capacity. that is not true. i want to knock that down for anybody who might be in the viewing area. it's not true. there is plenty of capacity at the germain center. everybody here is going to get in. but...

Miami to see the situation. the good news? the mandatory evacuation heeded and heeded early. the mayor told our ed lavandera he believes most of the people are out, probably several thousand remain. this is a mandatory evacuation place and it is a ghost town. that is good news. the bad news is the bands are already coming. the rain is heavier than expected. that's where miguel marquez is. do you have any of these squalls coming through? >> reporter: winds new york city ra , no rain yet. the storm is to the left. port charlotte on the right of the storm, really the worst

Again, a 4:00 p.m. curfew is being issued for broward county. jo ling kent, do stay safe. let's go to miami. maya rodriguez is on the ground there for us. what's happening where you are? >> reporter: alex, right now we're on ricken backer island. this links mainland miami to key biscayne over here. as you can see, key biscayne starting to get those white caps that you associate when a storm comes in here. take a look, just like jo showed you, a whole bunch of people here taking selfies, taking pictures, trying to the that last look as irma makes its way in. we've had a couple of squalls come i...