CHANCES FOR YOU.
>> Calvin: AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO IT.
>>> THESE ARE IMAGES FROM
DOWNTOWN MIAMI, AND THE BRICKELL
AREA WHERE STREETS ARE FLOODED
AND DRIVERS ARE TESTING THEIR
LUCK.
YOU CAN SEE ONE CAR DID NOT MAKE
IT OUT AND WAS LEFT STRANDED.
>> Janine: MORE IMAGES FROM
SOUTH BEACH WHERE THOSE BACK
STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE
JUST FULL OF STANDING WATER,
CARS JUST STRUGGLING TO DRIVE
THROUGH IT ALL.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO
CHECK IN LIVE WITH LOCAL10'S
CHRISTIAN DE LA ROSA.
>> Calvin: AND CHRISTIAN IS LIVE
NOW FROM SOUTH BEACH WITH A LOOK
A WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE EVER
POPULAR LINCOLN ROAD.
CHRISTIAN.
>> Christian: YEAH, WE'RE ALONG
LINCOLN ROAD AND MERIDIAN, A LOT
OF PROBLEMS OUT HERE, ESPECIALLY
FOR DRIVERS.
WE'RE COUNTING SEVERAL STALLED
VEHICLES.
YOU SEE ONE RIGHT THERE, ANOTHER
ONE HERE TO THE SIDE, AND JUST
MOMENTS AGO WE'RE GOING TO TRY
TO ZOOM IN, LOOK AT ALL THAT
STANDING WATER.
WE SAW THAT BEEMER RISKING IT,
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WE'VE SEEN
TURNING AROUND.
THE TRAFFIC IS JUST TERRIBLE.
LOOK AT ALL THE STANDING WATER
THAT'S STILL OUT HERE.
HERE WHERE I'M STANDING I WANT
TO SAY ABOUT A FOOT HIGH, BUT
THE WATER IS EVEN HIGHER DOWN
THE ROAD, AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S
LOOKED LIKE ALL OVER MIAMI
BEACH.
GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LOOK AT
HERE.
17th STREET AND ALTON ROAD
BASICALLY UNDERWATER.
AND THIS WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF
THE RAIN AND THE HEIGHT OF
TRAFFIC AS WELL.
WE SAW EVEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT
WERE OUT.
WE SAW ROAD BARRICADES FLOATING
IN THE WATER.
ALSO UP AND DOWN MERIDIAN
VEHICLES TRIGONIC IT THROUGH THE
FLOODED ROADS.
THE WATER WAS HIGH, UP TO THE
BUMPERS.
ALSO MORE VIDEO FROM THIS
APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S BEING
SHOT OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT.
CARS ALMOST UNDERWATER.
A LOT OF FIRE AND RESCUE
VEHICLES KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS
SITUATION OUT HERE.
ANOTHER AREA THAT IS WELL-KNOWN
FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THE CITY
HAS DONE TO KEEP ROADS FROM
FLOODING.
THIS RIGHT HER THE AREA OF PEW
BELLY RESTAURANT AND THE ABBEY
ON 17th STREET.
SO A BIG MESS ON THE HERE AS THE
RAIN CAME DOWN HARD.
THE GOOD THING, THOUGH, GOOD
NEWS IS THAT THIS RAIN IS MOVING
OUT.
THIS FLOODED -- THIS FLOOD IS
RECEDING BUT CERTAINLY NOT FAST
ENOUGH.
FOR A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE JUST
DEALING WITH A LOT OF PROBLEMS
OUT HERE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Calvin: CHRISTIAN --
>> SO YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A FLOOD
THIS BAD IN A WHILE YOU'RE
SAYING.
>> NO.
>> AND YOU'VE LIVED HERE FOR HOW
HONG?
>> MANY YEARS.
>> HOW MANY YEARS?
>> MORE THAN 20.
>> 20?
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU'VE
LIVED HERE 20 YEARS AND YOU
HAVEN'T SEEN A FLOOD THIS BAD.
>> THEY FIXED IT.
THEY FIXED IT AND THEN LOOK AT
IT AGAIN.
THEY DID GOOD JOB BUT I DON'T
KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Christian: SO MUCH GOING ON
HERE.
I EVEN FORGOT I SPOKE TO THIS
READY WHO HAS LIVED HERE FOR
ABOUT TEN YEARS, SHE SAYS.
THIS WATER CAME VERY QUICKLY,
AND I ASKED HER WHEN WAS THE
LAST TIME YOU SAW THIS ROAD
FLOOD THIS HIGH.
SHE SAID LIKE YOU HEARD RIGHT
THERE THAT IT'S BEEN YEARS.
I MEAN, BOTH PEOPLE WHO LIVE
HERE, WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR
SEVERAL YEARS AND EVEN TOURISTS
ARE HAVING TO DEAL WITH A WET
MESS OUT HERE.
>> Janine: AND ONE QUESTION THAT
I HAD FOR YOU, CHRISTIAN, WE'RE
HEARING SIRENS IN THE
BACKGROUND.
ARE YOU GETTING RECORDS OF ANY
REPORT OF ACCIDENT OR INJURIES
THERE ON SOUTH BEACH?
>> Christian: YEAH, LET ME SHOW
YOU RIGHT HERE, THIS FIRE RESCUE
ENGINE MOVING IN, ONE OF MANY
THAT WE HAVE SEEN JUST TRYING TO
MOVE VEHICLES OUT OF THE WAY.
KEEPING AN EYE BECAUSE THIS
IS -- IT'S STANDING WATER.
IT'S DANGEROUS.
I MEAN, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE
WALKING INTO A FLOODED ROAD
BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU JUST DO NOT
KNOW HOW DEEP THE WATER IS GOING
TO BE, YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S IN
THE WATER.
AIR LOT OF VEHICLES RINGS IT,
AND MANY OF THEM, WELL,
SUFFERING THE -- A LOT OF
VEHICLES RISKING IT AND TAKING
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT RISK.
>> Janine: WE KNOW YOU'RE
WATCHING IT ALL.
STAY SAFE AND DRY AT THERE C
FROM MIAMI BEACH TOW MIAMI
SINGLY THE MARY BRICKELL VILLAGE
AREA.
THE MALL THERE COMPLETELY
SWAMPED.
>> Janine: LOCAL10 NEWS REPORTER
MICHAEL SEIDEN IS THERE FOR US.
>> Michael: MICHAEL SEIDEN AT
MARY BRICKELL VILLAGE.
USUALLY THIS HOUR A LOT OF
PEOPLE WOULD BE ENJOYING HAPPY
HOUR.
BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, AN
ABSOLUTE MESS HERE.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE
BUSINESSES HERE ARE FLOODED OUT.
RESTAURANTS, RETAIL SHOPS
RUSHING TO PUT UP SANDBAGS, BUT
THAT WASN'T ENOUGH.
IN FACT, TALKING TO SOME OF THE
BUSINESS OWNERS HERE, THEY TELL
ME THEIR STORES ARE COMPLETELY
FLOOD AND THIS IS REALLY AN ODD
SCENE.
AGAIN IT IS A TUESDAY NIGHT.
YOU I CAN USUALLY SEE A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT HERE.
>> UP TO MY KNEES IN WATER.
AT LEAST I'M DONE WITH WORK AND
I CAN CHANGE BECAUSE I'M SOAKING
QUET WET, BUT IT WAS THE REALLY
CRAZY.
THE CARS ARE STOPPED UP THERE.
YOU CAN'T EVEN GET THROUGH.
>> Michael: THIS HAS NOW TURNED
INTO A LAKE.
AGAIN, MOST OF THE BUSINESSES
HERE ARE CLOSED.
WE'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF
MRS. WHO ARE IN HERE TRYING TO
SAL DAMAG VAG SOME OF THEIR
RETAILER BUT JUST A BAD SCENE
OUT HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE SITUATION AND WE'LL