that is mike seidel.what she goihe is going thn miami. >> that's not the eye of the storm, and look at mike seidel. we were just talking to the south beach mayor who said things were decent there, but now we can see that the ban of storm has come through, you have mike seidel holding on to a there. >> if that is what is happening 100 miles to your east, brace yourself for what this storm will bring to your communities. >> we can see the water rolling in there on the streets and the storm urge, of course, is one of the primary concerns here. >> there was concerns of a foot to two feet of water in the streets of miami, and that is where they're not expecting the highest storm surge. kerry sanders in naples this morning, that is not where you are yet, but something to be looking at. what is happening where you are? >> i think that is the greatest concern. you see mike getting beaten up so you have an idea of what is coming. i'm in naples on the city peer. the wind and the water are the two greatest threats.

mike seidel being battered by wind.re's little bee bees of rain coming in at him, 66 mile-per-hour winds there at the miami international airport. so again we'll be looking for the storm surge to really kick in here over the next couple of hours in the keys as high tide is at 2:15 this afternoon. the east coast we're looking at high tide around 12:26 and then this all important southwestern coast of florida high tide around 7:00 p.m. this eveng with a category 4 storm offshore that means that water will be piling up so that's something we'll watch as we head throughout the afternoon and evening hours, chris. this situation only going to get worse. from the images we're seeing already, it's a terrible situation. >> when i was looking at mike seidel who is our weather channel meteorology igs and he could barely stand up and talking about the potential just -- there's those pictures from miami. this is not where they'll see the worst of it, but he was saying potentially 100 mile-per-hour winds. what does that look like? >>

. >> we have been watching the correspondents, mike seidel, and mariana and sam, and you were talking a second ago when you get into a place like miami beach or miami, you get into high-rise situations. >> look how many areas developed. many rebuilt since andrew 25 years ago. as you get to the top of some of the high-rise buildings, you're going up in altitude. wind strength will increase. some of these tall buildings will be hit by winds upwards of 100 miles per hour. couple things to keep in mind in the last 25 years, since andrew, we have had florida completely readdress its building standards, but in a lot of locations around south florida, southeast to southwest, plenty of structures have been there long before andrew rolled through. once again, you talk about wind speeds, 100 miles per hour plus, they're in danger. >> you were saying to us, you could even go up a category, a storm if looking at the top of a building. >> absolutely, go up 25, 30 stories, all of a sudden talking wind speeds that are 25, 35 miles per hour faster than what we are seeing on the ground. and it is scar

take a look at the weather channel's mike seidel in miami. >> must be in the 60s.a, i to get over to the tree here. whew. >> mike seidel, who has been out in these storms for years, obviously, took cover shortly after giving us these pictures. he tells us that it was gusting at about 60 miles per hour when he was in this weather earlier. that's far below the most category winds of the category 4 storm which can measure in excess of 130 miles per hour. the southeast coast of florida, remember, was originally expected to get the direct hit from irma. miami, of course. the storm however moves west, so now we're talking about naples, ft. myers, and then eventually tampa. the miami region is still feeling the effects this morning. we have more from north miami. >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you the weather is just awful out here, to be honest with you. take a look at some of the conditions rr facing. the wind is basically the biggest factor at this time. we have also seen some lightning in the back. i can tell you the wind is the real problem because it's creati

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the great intrepid weather channel meteorologist mike seidel joins us with an update on both. from the eastern most tip of new york in montauk, long island. so take us through both -- obviously what's behind you there, but as i said, first and for most, this sudden explosion into a category 5 and the real chance that puerto rico is going to have a category 5 landfall. >> reporter: yes, indeed. maria just blue up. it went from a cat one to a kwat five in 27 hours. it made landfall in dominica about two hours ago and the winds were 160 miles an hour. now, the only saving grace is it's a very small, tightly wound hurricane so the hurricane force winds only extend out 25 miles. but it made a buzz saw across the island and now it's tracking west northwest through the northeast caribbean. and it's hard to imagine it not missing the u. and british virgin islands and puerto rico on wednesday. this could be the first cat 4 to hit puerto rico in 85 years. it could be catastrophic with landslides. not to say that the u.s. and british virgin islands won't get hard. the island that got hit

>> all right, so that's mike seidel. mike seidel outside a hotel entrance in miami.kent is in -- are you in miami beach, jolene? ft. lauderdale. forgive me. >> reporter: ft. lauderdale. yeah, we're in ft. lauderdale, and we are now seeing officially the worst of the day so far. the next four hours are expected to bring tons of wind and rain. we are standing in the middle of cyprus creek road, one of the main thoroughfares in ft. lauderdale. i'm going to take you across this abandoned street here, brian, and show you what we've seen. we have some newly downed trees right here. we have some pretty significant swaying of signs, and what you need to know about this area is that this is the outer band. not prevented some pretty significant damage, major winds, pelting rain, and ft. lauderdale continues to be under this curfew. in fact, the broward county sheriff is encouraging everyone to stay inside until curfew is over tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. and this area is taking a pretty significant hit, while all the shelters in the area are completely at capacity right now,

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carl, take it away, buddy. >> that is mike seidel. says miami beach there. i am not 100% sure that's true. he was in brickell a few minutes ago. wherever he is, there's a lot of water in the streets of miami, and that is part of the issue that we've got. miami is in a situation where it is surrounded by rising waters, and there are waters that flood streets in moderate rains. they have a lot more than moderate rains now, they have a storm surge pushing in. important to remember while the storm is much more serious on the west coast of florida, the pattern of wind is that the wind is coming off the ocean from the east to the west, which is why miami, ft. lauderdale, hollywood, hallandale, all those places are getting water. they're going to get a lot less storm surge than anticipated. no serious storm surge anticipated in areas north of miami but this thing is about to get pretty serious, if it hasn't already, more than three quarter million people are without power in florida. so for the next several hours, brian, you're going to have a lot of work on your h

. >> we have been watching the correspondents, mike seidel, and mariana and sam, and you were talkingd ago when you get into a place like miami beach or high-rise situations. >> look how many areas developed. many rebuilt since andrew 25 years ago. as you get to the top of some of the high-rise buildings, you're going up in altitude. wind strength will increase. some of these tall buildings will be hit by winds upwards of 100 miles per hour. couple things to keep in mind in the last 25 years, since andrew, we have had florida completely readdress its building standards, but in a lot of locations around south florida, southeast to southwest, plenty of structures have been there long before andrew rolled through. once again, you talk about wind speeds, 100 miles per hour plus, they're in danger. >> you were saying to us, you could even go up a category, a storm if looking at the top of a building. >> absolutely, go up 25, 30 stories, all of a sudden talking wind speeds that are we are seeing on the ground. and it is scary to look at some of the live shots we are presenting now, imagine

myers on i-75. >> again, that is mike seidel from the weather channel, broadcasting from the brickelliami river. as he said, that's not the ocean, that's inland a little bit, a block or two from the ocean. >> and that's not the eye of the storm. this is southeastern florida getting buffeted by winds and rain. miguel almaguer is in southeastern florida, florida city. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. believe it or not, we're actually 8 to 10 miles away from the coastline. the big concern is not the storm surge, it's not even the hammering rain that's blinding at times. it's that powerful wind that you can see is pushing me around a little bit here. it's knocked out power to so many people in this entire city. but not just this city. across the entire region here. first responders say it's too dangerous to actually go out and conduct any rescues. the mayor says most of the city is at home, did not evacuate, is hunkering down at home. but we don't know the state of the city right now, because it's too dangerous to venture much further down the road here. we're pr

. >> the whether channel's mike seidel is in miami being battered by this storm. >> just about the entire boardwalk on the other side of the sea wall. can you imagine being in the upper floors of these condos right now and these hotels? the sound of the wind down here at this level, and the roar higher up. as you go up to 25 stories, the wind increases about 17%. that's another category up. so you figure the winds up there are sustained probably just below hurricane force when you get to the top of the building, because they don't have anything to stop it. the other angle is the wind and the rain, just horizontal sheets of rain battering here in the brickell section of miami. we'll have to take a look when we go over the bridge to see what kind of impact the water is having downtown. the water is coming right off the river into downtown miami. look at this wave action here, this is like a nor'easter off the coast of new england. i've seen waves like that, but not an inland water way. this is not the open waters of the atlantic. gosh knows what the waves look like out there on miami beach.

mike seidel as well. 90-mile-an-hour wind gusts in west palm beach. the ironic part was that eastern florida wasn't even in the cone. that's how expansive the storm was. the cone just tracks the center of the storm. even outside the cone we had a lot of hurricane-force wind conditions. unfortunately, the wind and the rain will continue in northern florida communities. you're not out of the woods just yet. i think by tuesday life gets back to normal. >>teve sosna. >>> there's an evacuation of the raymond james stadium in tampa. we're hearing alarm bells about this 37. we'll take a short broadcast and about to thomas roberts in tampa. >>> a very good early morning to all of you. i'm alex witt. florida continues to take a beating from hurricane irma. it is now a category 1 hurricane. wind, rain, flooding all being unleashed as this storm moves north. >> reporter: it's really -- i mean, it's really picked up. >> because its windy. was this squall line part of your forecast earlier tonight? >> reporter: oh, yes, yes. we're just getting into this. >> report

mike seidel as well. 90-mile-an-hour wind gusts in west palm beach. the ironic part was that eastern florida wasn't even in the cone. that's how expansive the storm was. the cone just tracks the center of the storm. even outside the cone we had a lot of hurricane-force wind conditions. unfortunately, the wind and the rain will continue in northern florida communities. you're not out of the woods just yet. i think by tuesday life gets back to normal. >>teve sosna. >>> there's an evacuation of the raymond james stadium in tampa. we're hearing alarm bells about this 37. we'll take a short broadcast and about to thomas roberts in tampa. >>> a very good early morning to all of you. i'm alex witt. florida continues to take a beating from hurricane irma. it is now a category 1

mike seidel braving the elements. >> reporter: whoa, i just got part of a wave. >> reporter: powerful gusts causing two high-rise construction cranes to collapse in miami's downtown. the blistering winds, even peeling the roof from one building. at one point, dozens of tornado warnings issued in the area with several funnel clouds caught on camera. and with the wind came a deluge of rain between 4 and 9 inches falling in and around miami. the downpour along with irma's dangerous storm surge turning streets into rivers in the brooklyn neighborhood. the city's financial district. the water level rising up to four feet in some parts. our crew was there when the storm surge began hammering the coastline. the water covered the entire pier behind me. which just goes to show what that storm surge can do. the torrent of rainfall also causing some water damage at the miami international airport which will remain closed today. and as the city dealt with natural disaster, another problem of the manmade variety. dozens arrested for looting. amid the chaos, a story of bravery

. >> the whether channel's mike seidel is in miami being battered by this storm. >> just about the entirel. can you imagine being in the upper floors of these condos right now and these hotels? the sound of the wind down here at this level, and the roar higher up. as you go up to 25 stories, the wind increases about 17%. that's another category up. so you fe

mike seidel braving the elements. >> reporter: whoa, i just got part of a wave.e in miami's downtown. the blistering winds, even peeling the roof from one building. at one point, dozens of tornado warnings issued in the area with several funnel clouds caught on camera. and with the wind came a deluge of rain between 4 and 9 inches falling in and around miami. the downpour along with irma's dangerous storm surge turning streets into rivers in the brooklyn neighborhood. the city's financial district. the water level rising up to four feet in some parts. our crew was there when the storm surge began hammering the coastline. the water covered the entire pier behind me. which just goes to show what that storm surge can do. the torrent of rainfall also causing some water damage at the miami international airport which will remain closed today. and as the city dealt with natural disaster, another problem of the manmade variety. dozens arrested for looting. amid the chaos, a story of bravery. police in north miami beach successfully rescuing a mother and her baby as risi