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See if it continues. don't use the word pivot. >> no. >> stay with us. don't pivot from your seats. pivot a second, but then come back. still ahead, as irma continues to bring wind and rain, the cleanup effort in southern florida just beginning. jeh johnson weighs in how the department should respond. >> about 5 million outages is what we've had, and we've restored about a million outages but i will tell you this, it's not over. we still have customers in north florida that are losing power because of the storm. just like the people who own them, every business is different. but every one of...

Is under a tornado watch. we have had tornadoes in fort lauderdale 30 miles from here. that's the danger with these squalls. that's what causes that rotation. and that rotation can cause tornadoes. and we have seen some of that. so it's a situation that by all means you do not let your guard down despited the fact the eye is going stover key west. this storm is so massive. you will be seeing these conditions until tomorrow night from what we understand. reporter: we'll be checking in with you in the hours to come. thank you. mike: adam klotz is tracking irma live in the weather center. adam: w...

Ti typically. wind as a killer, as you can see, just 8%, according to the national hurricane center. problem is irma moved directions on saturday within the last 24 hours. now headed for florida's storm surge jugular. we have a snap that does show you how the area that is in the western side of florida is where most of the natural, if you will, or inherent storm surge danger areas are, that's the southwest and west coast areas. as we go to the next visual that we have for you. we'll scroll up a little here. let me show you how a storm surge looks. this is a video from noaa. the storm surge com...

The weather conditions we are seeing on this side of the state. we have noticed the conditions deteriorate significantly in the past hour or so. you are look at this tree here. you can see it is pretty gusty out here right now. the rain was falling at a pretty good clip. primarily, it is the wind gusts we are starting to experience letting us know that irma is on its way. if we can here, i want to show you this home behind me. we were talking to the people living here a couple hours ago. their windows are boarded up. they put these boards up just earlier tonight around 8:00 tonight. so talk ab...

Evacuation orders. and evacuation zones that we've seen that are really just emptying across the state. florida governor rick scott has told people to leave now. head to those shelters. we are expecting the governor to hold a news conference on hurricane irma at the top of the hour. so about 15 or 20 minutes away. of course, we will bring that to you live. irma is now a category 4 storm headed to florida. the storm surge, one of the greater threats of this storm. heavy rains coming, the winds as you know, a little more than an hour, more shelters open in fort myers, in the west coast of florid...