THE TROPICS ARE BUZZING BUT NO IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR US. SOMETHING TO MONITOR.
ANDREW.
>> Andrew: SOMETHING TO
WATCH.
THANK YOU, LUKE.
LABOR DAY IS HERE AND PEOPLE
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE LONG
HOLIDAY WEEKEND TRYING TO GET
OUTSIDE.
BUT THE CONCERN IS THE CROWDS
COULD CAUSE A RESURGENCE OF
COVID CASES LIKE WHAT WE SAW
AFTER MEMORIAL DAY.
>> Alex: TRENT KELLY JOINS
US LIVE FROM SOUTH BEACH.
TRENT, HOW IS IT LOOKING OUT
THERE?
>> Reporter: GUYS, ON ANY
GIVEN HOLIDAY YOU CAN SEE THE
SAND FULL OF PEOPLE HERE
BEHIND ME.
AND TAKE A LOOK, THERE IS
BARELY A CROWD OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW.
EVEN BEFORE THE RAIN MOVED
THROUGH AN HOUR AGO, SOUTH
BEACH WAS LOOKING PRETTY
EMPTY.
POLICE HAVE BEEN PATROLLING
THE SAND THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO
ARE OUT THERE WAS CELEBRATING
THE HOLIDAY SAFELY.
A SOCIALLY DISTANCED SOUTH
BEACH MAKING FOR A VERY
DIFFERENT LOOKING LABOR DAY.
>> I DID THINK IT WAS GOING TO
BE A LOT MORE CROWDED.
>> Reporter: THE SAND NORMALLY
PACKED WITH PEOPLE NOW LOOKING
EMPTY IT THIS MORNING, A BIG
DEPARTURE FROM ONE DAY AGO
WHEN CROWDS WERE SEEN
GATHERING ALONG MIAMI BEACH.
>> I DID THINK THERE WOULD BE
MORE PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: JIMMY MOSES IS
VISITING FROM LOS ANGELES.
HE DIDN’T KNOW THE COUNTY WAS
PLANNING TO POLICE DEPARTMENT
A NIGHTLY 10 P.M. CURFEW FOR
THE LONG LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
>> I WOULDN’T HAVE CAME IF I
KNEW EVERYTHING WAS SHUTTING
DOWN AT 10:00.
I LIKE TO PARTY.
>> Reporter: BEACHES ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA REMAINING OPEN
LIKE THE TWO PREVIOUS SUMMER
HOLIDAYS WHERE MOST OF THE
COASTLINE WAS SHOULD ERRED DUE
TO RISING COVID NUMBERS.
>> Reporter: HEADED INTO THE
HOLIDAY THEY WERE WORRIED THAT
PEOPLE WILL LET THEIR GUARD
DOWN.
THEY ARE STEPPING UP ENFORCING
EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
IS WEARING A MASK AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
MIAMI-DADE’S POSITIVITY WAS 6%
AND BROWARD HOVERING OVER 4%.
MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR SURE,
BUT EXPERTS WORN THAT NOW IS
NOT THE TIME TO GET
COMPLACENT.
>> EVERYBODY IS WELL AWARE
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER MEMORIAL
DAY SO I AM REALLY HOPING THAT
PEOPLE WILL KEEP ALL THAT IN
MIND SO THAT WE DON’T SEE A
HUGE SURGE TWO WEEKS FROM
LABOR DAY.
>> Reporter: YEAH, SO BACK OUT
HERE LIVE.
WHILE THE EMPTY BEACH MAY BE
AN EMPTY SIGHT FOR TOURISTS
AND RESIDENTS, PRETTY BAD NEWS
FOR THE BUSINESSES OUT HERE
MANY OF WHICH WERE HOPING TO
MAKE EXTRA CASH AFTER WHAT WAS
A PRETTY DISAPPOINTING SUMMER
SEASON.
ASIDE FROM ONE INCIDENT LAST
NIGHT, HOWEVER, POLICE HERE IN
MIAMI BEACH SAY THINGS HAVE
BEEN PRETTY CALM AND THEY ARE
HOPING IT STAY THAT’S WAY.
THE LATEST LIVE FROM MIAMI
BEACH THIS AFTERNOON, TRENT
KELLY, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>>> PEOPLE IN BROWARD SOAKING
UP THE SUN THIS WEEKEND.
A LOT OF PEOPLE EAGER TO GET
OUTDOORS AFTER BEING COOPED UP
FOR MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC DROOE DROOE I FEEL
THAT.
AND IAN MARGOL PICKING UP THE
LIVE COVERAGE FROM FT.
LAUDERDALE.
IAN?
LAUDERDALE. IAN? >> Reporter: EVERY YEAR LABOR
DAY WILL BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE
TO FT. LAUDERDALE BEACHES, BUT
THE SAME AS DADE, SAME THING
FOR FT. LAUDERDALE.
WE SAW PLENTY OF PEOPLE BUT WE
WILL TILL TO A NORMAL WEEKEND.
THIS IS PRETTY CALM, AT LEAST
IN PART BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG
LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE ALL
OVER BROWARD COUNTY.
WE SAW OFFICERS HERE IN FT.
LAUDERDALE BEACH ON
MOTORCYCLES AND PATROL CARS,
EXCUSE ME, AND EVEN A COUPLE
ON HORSEBACK.
THEY SAY COVID COMPLICATES
THINGS A BIT BUT SO FAR NO
MAJOR ISSUES SO FAR THIS
WEEKEND AND THEY SAY THEY ARE
TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE WARNINGS
AND REMINDING HELP THEM HOW
THEY SHOULD BE ACTING INSTEAD
OF RIDING CITATIONS.
>> NOT WRITING CITATION, THEY
ARE REMINDING PEOPLE THAT THEY
ARE IN PLACE AND TO PLEASE BE
MINDFUL.
LIKE I SAID WE HAVEN’T HAD ANY
ISSUES WITH HAVING TO DO THAT.
GROUPS WITH THE SAME HOUSE
HOLD OR THE SAME GROUP AND
THEY ARE BEING MINDFUL.
OTHER GROUPS BEING NEARBY.
>> Reporter: SO, AGAIN, FT.
LAUDERDALE POLICE SAID THEY
REALLY HAVEN’T HAD ANY ISSUE
WHATSOEVER.
CODE ENFORCEMENT SAY THE SAME
THING.
THEY HAVEN’T GIVEN OUT
CITATIONS IN LAS OLAS OR ON
THE BEACH.
A GREAT SIGN LABOR DAY
WEEKEND.
BUSINESSES ARE BUMS AS THERE
AREN’T AS BIG OF CROWDS AS
ALWAYS BUT THE GOOD NEWS
THINGS ARE STAYING SAFE IN