this is mike sidell of the weather channel. he's right along the coast.ake a look at how the sea is churning. can we listen into what he's saying, guys? >> reporter: three, two -- >> before when we saw him, he was in the streets, he had a foot of water rushing past him. look at what's going on behind him now. >> i know, i wish we had a better idea of how this location relates to the one we saw earlier. he, all morning long, has just been getting battered and giving us a good idea of what folks in miami are dealing with. as we look at that, we remember, they're not in the eye of the storm. this is the southeast side of the storm, not as intense as what's going to be bearing down on fort myers there and tampa and the western coast of florida. >> apparently now, we're looking at the miami river. so what is that, about a block or so from the coastline? something like that? and it's just going crazy there. i want to bring dylan dreyer in, i don't know, dylan, if you can see what we're showing people, mike sidell in miami. even though it's that side of the stor

i want to bring dylan dreyer in, see what we're showing people, mike sidell in miami.ven though it's that side of the storm. people know it gets gnarly on that. is that surprising at all to you? >> reporter: i was just looking at where he is. it is surprising, because we saw the storms and we always know the northeast quadrant of those storms certainly has the most effect. but miami is so far from the center of the storm. it's incredible to see the wind gusts they're seeing 80 to 100 miles per hour. and then to see with winds like that how much it churns up the water. so it really is incredible in just those outer bands. we are driving from sarasota to tampa. i want to take a look out of the front of the car. because we are driving through one of the extreme outer bands right now. we're so far away from the center of the storm, still 300 miles away. and we're not dealing with that much wind. although every once i we do get a gust that tosses the car a little bit. we're on the outer edge of the band. i want to bring it back in and show you what the radar looks like. you

i'm meteorologist mike sidel miami beach news 4, back to you. >>> new details this evening in the arrest of a woman who was married to a prominent dc attorney, one who worked for president trump. she's accused of making illegal deliveries to young inmate. they found the woman and inmate in the backseat of the car in the jail's parking lot. news 4 julie carey learned there may be a second inmate involved. >> reporter: 53-year-old theresa birchfield, accused of meeting up with a jail inmate and giving him a bag full of vitamin sume what's known as a trustee, permitted to do work outside the jail, like taking out the trash and washing deputies cars, the two were discovered on tuesday afternoon in this parking lot near the jail. they were in the backseat of birchfield's vehicle. >> there were two subjects in the vehicle at the time. what's being alleged is that the female subject was delivering unauthorized articles to the inmate. >> but these court documents reveal even more details. the inmate told investigators, he's been meeting with birchfield for the last month. she would bring cigaret

this is a location where our good friend mike sidell is. this is take a look at what the water is doing there. >> wow. you know what, matt, in the next couple of hours, this is going to get worse. as the storm system, if we put the radar back up, as irma starts to parallel miami, and southeastern florida, that return flow into the system that counterclockwise low is going to get stronger. they're by no means out of the woods yet. they probably are getting into what's going to be their storm surge, as the system slowly makes its way north-northwest. they're going to get that strong onshore flow and that's going to push that water right in there. >> that's the east coast. you guys are on the west coast, and you're going to get to yo each other very well over the course of the next several hours over there. >> and right now, the storm in tampa, and they're going to have moveau spot will be under water. let's go to the mayor of fort myers on the phone, mr. mayor, glad to have you with us. i wonder what's on the top of your worry list right now?