OFFICERS CLEARING SOME DEBRIS
ALREADY.
WE SAW MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ.
THEY WANTS YOU TO HANG TIGHT
BEFORE HEADING OUT.
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO NORTH
BAY VILLAGE.
THERE IS SO MUCH DEBRIS ON THE
STREETS.
WE ARE DRIVING THROUGH RIGHT
NOW.
THERE ARE ROCK, SAND AND EVEN
SEA WEED THAT WASHED UP HERE ON
79th STREET.
WE ARE MAKING OUR WAY TOWARDS
MIAMI BEACH.
AND THERE IS JUST -- THERE'S
COCONUTS.
THERE ARE PIECES OF TREES.
LARGE PIECES OF WOOD HERE ON
THE STREET HERE ON 79th STREET.
WE ARE ACTUALLY DRYING OVER IT
RIGHT NOW.
YESTERDAY, THE WATER JUST
CROSSED OVER 79th STREET --
IT'S STILL EARLY, OF COURSE.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE
THEIR WAY OUT TO GET HOME OR
GET TO SHELTER.
THE CURFEW HAS BEEN LIFTED
BECAUSE IT WAS UP AT 7:00 A.M.
YOUR ACEMENTS IS STILL NOT ALL
THAT SAFE TO BE OUT THERE?
WE HAVE NOTICED THERE'S A
LOT MORE CARS ON THE ROAD.
WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE GOING FOR
THEIR MORNING JOGS OR RIDING
THEIR BICYCLES.
THERE IS A GUY ON A JOG.
WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND
TOWN ALL MORNING LONG.
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE
NORTH BAY ISLAND.
OUR RESIDENTS HERE WERE TOLD TO
EVACUATE.
SO THAT'S THE SITUATION NOW.
THEY WANT TO COME HOME AND
ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND SEE HOW
THEIR HOME IS HOLDING UP.
SO THEY HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL
BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF DOWN
POWER LINES AND TREES THAT WERE
KNOCKED OVER ON THE POWER LINES
STILL HANGING OUT THERE.
SO THAT'S THE SITUATION HERE IN
NORTH BAY VILLAGE WAS WAS
ACTUALLY CLOSED YESTERDAY AND
REOPENED.
WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU
WERE HEADING TOWARDS MIAMI
BEACH AT THIS POINT.
THEY ARE PROBABLY LETTING THE
MEDIA IN THERE SO THEY CAN
REPORT.
BUT THE WAY TO THE BEACH WILL
BE BLOCKED OFF TO THE RESIDENTS
WHO MIGHT WANT TO GET BACK INTO
THE BEACH.
YOU MIGHT SEE SOME RESIDENTS
BEING TURNED AWAY.
WASN'TED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
LOOK AT THAT AS YOU ARE
WAKING YOUR WAY THROUGH.
THIS IS TREASURE ISLAND HERE
IN THE NORTH BAY VILLAGE
COMMUNITY HERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S FLOODED.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY DRIVING,
NOT WALKING WHICH MAKES IT
EASIER FOR US TO ASSESS THE
SITUATION.
IF I SOUNDS A LITTLE CONFUSED
US BASE IS -- IS BECAUSE I'M
SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME
THAT'S WHY WE ARE SAYING,
DANGEROUS.
LET THE PROFESSIONALS COME OUT
AND CLEAR THIS OUT AND SAY,
OKAY.
THERE IS A PALM TREE, AN
AWNING.
AND LOOK AT THIS, MARYBEL, WE
ARE SEEING SOME OFFICERS OUT
THERE.
WE MADE A PIT STOP IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE WHAT WAS
GOING ON HERE.
TAKE A LOOK.
THIS IS TREASURE ISLAND.
WE REALLY HAVE NOT SEEN A LOT
OF PROFESSIONALS -- I'M SORRY.
POLICE OFFICERS CLEARING THE
ROAD.
IT WAS JUST THAT ONE IN NORTH
MIAMI BEACH BUT NOW THAT SUN
HAS COME UP, WE'LL DEFINITELY
BE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THEM.
AND MARYBEL, TALK ABOUT SOME
CONDITIONS THAT YOU HAVE
ENCOUNTERED.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
DRIVING THERE ALONG NORTHEAST
PART OF THE COUNTY.
TELL US WHAT YOU ARE DEALING
WITH AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY FROM
THE NORTHWEST PART HERE IN
DORAL.
YOU HAD TO CROSS OVER.
LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE RUNNING INTO
SOME FLOODING THERE.
BASE BUMP HERE ON THE ROAD.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE DODGING A
LOT OF TREES AND DEBRIS.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL.
WE DROVE FROM DORAL AND FIRST
DROVE THROUGH NORTH MIAMI
BEACH.
A 26, I-95, COMPLETELY
ISOLATED, WHICH IS GREAT.
THEY ARE STILL UNDER THE
CURFEW.
WE WENT TO AVENTURA MALL.
AS FAR AS BUSINESSES, WE HAVE
NOT SEEN ANY BUSINESSES OPEN.
WE DROVE BY THE PUBLIX IN MIAMI
SHORES.
THAT IS STILL CLOSED.
AND WE ALSO WENT BY THE TRAILER
PARK.
WE SENT THAT VIDEO EARLIER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE ABLE TO
TURN IT AROUND TO SHOW IT TO
OUR VIEWERS.
BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, A LOT OF
WATER EVERYWHERE.
HERE, THERE IS STILL SOME
WATER.
I WANT TO SAY MAYBE LIKE ONE TO
TWO FEET OF WATER IN THIS AREA.
Reporter: YOU CAN TELL BY
LOOKING AT THE TIRES IN THAT
CAR HOW HIGH UP IT COMES.
HAVE YOU SEEN ANY PEOPLE, JUST
OUT OF CURIOSITY WALKING
AROUND?
I IMAGINE THIS IS PART OF THE
AREA THAT WAS EVACUATED.
Reporter: THERE IS A
RESIDENT RIGHT THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE STAYED OR
JUST GETTING HOME.
SEEMS LIKE SCHEELS ASSESSING
THE DAMAGE.
LOOK AT THE WATER LINES ON THE
GARAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE
FROM HERE WHERE IT WENT UP.
I WOULD SAY MAYBE TWO FEET OF
WATER.
HI, GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE WITH CHANNEL 4.
EVERYTHING IS OKAY?
SHE SAYS EVERYTHING IS OKAY IN
HER HOME.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS THERE.
WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE DID
GET WORD FROM NORTH BAY VILLAGE
EMERGENCY MANAGER.
SHE SAID THAT NORTH BAY ISLAND
IS PRETTY MUCH FLOODED.
TREATS ARE PASSABLE.
EAST DRIVE IS PASSABLE, WEST
DRIVE IS NOT.
TREASURE ISLAND SOUTH AND
TREASURE DRIVE COMPLETELY
FLOODED.
THAT IS FLOODED AS WELL ON EAST
TREASURE DRIVE, PARTIALLY
FLOODED.
NORTH BAY VILLAGE WANTS TO KNOW
AND LET ALL THE EMPLOYEES KNOW,
EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN
NOTIFIED, DON'T REPORT TO WORK
BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT
YOU ARE SEEING.
DON'T SHOW UP TO WORK EXCEPT
YOU ARE THE EMPLOYEES THAT NEED
TO SHOW UP.
RIGHT, THOSE ARE THE
ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WE ARE SEEING A RESIDENT HERE.
LET ME TRY AND STOP AND SEE HOW
SHE IS DOING.
HI, GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE WITH CHANNEL 4. HOW IS
EVERYTHING?
ARE YOU JUST COMING HOME NOW?
EVERYTHING OKAY?
WE ARE WITH CHANNEL 4, YES.
SHE SAYS SHE LIVES DOWN STREET
AND EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
SHE IS ASSESSING THE DAMAGE
HERE.
SEE THE WATER HERE?
IT HAS RECEDE AT THIS POINT P
BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT
JUDGMENT ON BEHALF OF NORTH BAY
VILLAGE TO TELL THE RESIDENTS
AND EMPLOYEES TO STAY HOME THEY
ARE STARTING TO CLEAN UP
ALREADY.
THEY ARE COMING OUT NOW, SOME
FOLKS WHO ARE JUST COMING BACK
HOME.
NOW YOU SEE IT.
AGAIN, WE ARE JUST SEEING THIS
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
WE ARE TRYING TO BRING IT TO
OUR VIEWERS.
ONE OF THE TIPS THAT I BRING
TO OUR VIEWERS IS YOU WANT TO
PICK UP A SMALL DEBRIS, IN CASE
THERE IS ANY WIND OR ANYTHING
TO KEEP THAT FROM FLYING AND
DOING MORE DAMAGE.
AND IF ANY OF THE FLOODING GETS
INTO THE HOME, ANOTHER GOOD
PIECE OF OF ADVICE HERE, IF YOU
SEE SOME PEOPLE DOING THAT
SMALL DEGRAY CLEANUP THERE.
AND PERHAPS SOME WATER COMING
INTO YOUR HOME, THAT DRENCHED
YOUR SOFA OR ANY CARPET, AFTER
YOU TAKE THE PICTURES FOR
INSURANCE PURPOSE, TAKE THEM
OUTSIDE BECAUSE YOU TONIGHT
WANT TO HAVE ANY MOLD IN THERE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE ARE SEEING SOME CARS
PARKED HORIZONTAL TO THE HOUSE.
THIS IS 79th STREET
CAUSEWAY.
WE ARE LEAVING TREASURE ISLAND
RIGHT NOW AND MAKE A RIGHT,
MAKING OUR WAY TOWARDS MIAMI
BEACH.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH
THE MAYOR.
HE WILL BE ASSESSING THE DAMAGE
THERE ON MIAMI BEACH WHICH THEY
WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
STORM SURGE.
WE ARE MEETING WITH HIM AT
8:45.
AND-- WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE
SITUATION THERE WITH HIM.
YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF PALM, A
LOT OF DEBRIS AND PIECES OF
WOOD STILL HERE, GATHERED IN
THE STREETS.
SO THAT'S THE SITUATION THAT
YOU HAVE IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON
HEADING OUT AND ASSESS THE
DAMAGE IF YOU DID HAVE TO
EVACUATE.
SO JUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL.
STILL A LOT OF STANDING WATER,
FLOODING IN SOME AREA, DOWNED
POWER LINES AND, YEAH.
THE STREETS ARE NOT VERY BUSY
BUT WE ARE SEEING A LOT MORE
CARS OUT RIGHT NOW.
ONE THING, TALK ABOUT THE
CARS ON THE STREET, I NOTICED
YOU PASSED A COUPLE OF GAS
STATIONS.
THOSE ARE STILL CLOSED.
OH, YEAH.
WE MAY BE DEALING WITH SOME
LONG LINES AS PEOPLE GO BACK
AND FUEL UP AFTER THEY HE RUN
OUT OF WHAT THEY HAD BECAUSE IT
WILL TAKE IS SOME TIME TO GET
BACK.
ANOTHER REASON TO NOT BE
DRYING UNNECESSARILY BECAUSE
YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU RUN OUT
OF FUEL SUPPLIES.
YES.
ALL THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE OUT.
SO YOU CAN JUST BLOW BY ONE.
YOU KNOW, NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT
IT IS AN INTERSECTION OF
INTERSECTION.
HERE WE ARE, A POLICE OFFICER.
BECAUSE OF THE DELAY WITH
THE VIDEO AND WHAT YOU ARE
SAKES WE ARE NOT THERE YET AT
MIAMI BEACH.
WE ARE HANGING THERE WITH YOU
SO WE CAN SEE WHAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
WE ARE NOT SEEING EXACTLY WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING BUT WE WILL.
THE VIDEO CATCHES UP TO
MARYBEL AT SOME POINT.
A LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNICAL
DELAY.
THERE IS SOME INFORMATION HERE
FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
THAT, AT SOME POINT WHEN THEY
DO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET BACK IN,
THEY HAVE TO SHOW ID TO GET
BACK ON TO THE BEACH.
BUSINESS OWNER, EMPLOYEES,
CONTRACTORS HAVE TO SHOW THAT
THEY WORK ON THE BEACH.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF
PROOF THAT YOU WORK THERE,
WHETHER IT'S YOUR BUSINESS CARD
OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT PROVES
THAT YOU WORK AT THAT BUSINESS.
WE ARE NOW ON 79th STREET
AND EASE TREASURE DRIVE, THE
BRIDGE BEFORE MAKING YOUR WAY
INTO MIAMI BEACH.
SEVERAL MIAMI BEACH POLICE
OFFICERS TURNING PEOPLE AWAY
ASKING FOR THEIR ID IN ORDER TO
GET INTO THE BEACH.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO