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Zone a and zone b, mandatory evacuation. for the last couple days we've been talking about how the timing was right to get out while the getting was good. authorities are now saying if you didn't heed the orders to get out of the low-lying rares, now is the the time to hung e down. -- hunker down. shelters are very full. those people are in for a long couple of days as well. you can see right now you cough tropical storm force winds -- tropical storm dpoirs winds blowing in here. the barometer's been dropping. as i look across the road, you can see some of these beautiful houses, some of them ...

Know he has a question for you. chad. >> mr. mayor, you are watching zone a, zone b, hillsborough. now that the storm should travel right over tampa bay, are there any changes in the evacuation zones from what we knew 24 hours ago? >> no, there's not, chad. it is still a zone a ezackuation. the issue in zone a will be the amount of the surge and the height of the surge. unfortunately, this will take place at a time when the high tide is at its highest, which will be tomorrow morning. so all those houses on davis island, downtown tampa, will be affected by the high tide as well. >> mayor, jake ...

Speak, as best we can, the challenging part of that is staffing them, making sure we document all the human beings that are coming in, the pets and no rules and restrictions. we're urging everyone to get out of zone b, get to a shelter, we're providing public transportation so we're in full force. >> how long is that public transportation going go? i know you've told people call 211 if they need help to get to a shelter. you've tried the number and it's tough getting through. >> we are certainly experiencing overwhelming volume on the 211 line. we urge all citizens to continue the dial 211. we...

You're going to be. look at the radar summary. this is the future radar. by 10:00 tomorrow morning the eyewall over key wst. and by later on in the afternoon, the eyewall right over you with wind speeds in excess of 130 miles per hour and that storm surge being deadly, water kills more than the wind kills in a hurricane. need to be out of that water away from the water. chris cuomo has been talk about it all day, how it's been coming up in miami because the water in the air just pouring onshore here. well, tomorrow the water will be pouring into southwestern flori florida. >> we're trying to s...

Where you can see the water right here, probably about 8 feet over the water, so there will be water all throughout this area. and as we go back -- as we join chris cuomo in miami beach as well, it does bear repeating that mayor here has expanded the evacuation zone to zone b, which is downtown south and west down river and for anybody who has not evacuated at this point but needs help in order to get to a shelter, the mayor is saying call 211. that is the number they of set up. call 211. and they are going to try to help get people to these shelters. chris, i just drove by the germane arena o...