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Significantly. and when it comes back, the energy and momentum of the storm surge, that's where this situation is going to get very serious here. the other problem is duration. this storm moving as slowly as it is, that means it stays in each area that it hits longer. ask that's my concern here. that all of these trees that are starting to sway and all these parts of buildings that are getting hit hour after hour, what will happen when this wind almost doubles in terms of the gusts? that's the concern here, jake. >> and chris, tell us how naples has prepared for this storm, have residents take...

Very difficult for the system to do what it's designed to do. >> rosa flores, stay safe. she's in the brickell neighborhood, the financial district. chad, was flooding this bad expected? >> yes, it was. no question about it, jake. earlier the numbers were somewhere between 6 and 10 for miami. but that's when miami was getting a direct hit from the eye or at least a closer hit. and i would say that was about 40 to 50 miles from the east as we start to flood the other side. but what's going on right now is the wind is pushing the water into biscayne bay and over a sea wall, and into downtown mia...

Or some cases one way and then the wind will come in behind you and push in some more. that's not even the real concern. the real concern is projectiles. i don't know how far i can go back here and the camera can still see me, but this right here is an awning that snapped off the building that used to be up there. and down there you can see two-pieces of this metal flashing. that also has flown off this building. that's a giant spear flying through the sky. you have to be very, very careful of that. and the rain itself, when it comes at you at 70 miles an hour or more, it's not a pleasant feel...

Ground. if this water gets much closer, we will simply pick up your stuff. and our hotel is a block away, and we have another safe location going to as soon as we need to. we have a plan. there is a way to do this. we're doing it safely. and we're out here so people can see the danger, so they can understand why the officials in this city and state have told them to stay inside or in some cases told to evacuate to get to higher ground, jake. >> and john, just to explain to the people at home if the winds you're speerntsing right now are somewhere in the 80 to 90 mile per hour territory, tell u...

Publix grocery store. this is combination of high winds, the winds pulling the water, ponding and storm surge. that's the big issue. all these three things converge, and it creates a huge problem. the other thing, too, is that the drainage system has to work in order for the this water to come down. there's a lot of debris. there are trees down. a lot of the time, that blocks drains. so even if those drains were working right now, they're being stopped because of it. now, the south florida management district, did decrease the levels of the canals, jake, that we through the 16 south florida co...