BE BACK IN JUST A LITTLE BIT TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE DRYER AIR MOVES IN.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT RADAR, AND
ONE PUMPING UP THE HEAT AND THE
7-DAY FORECAST COMING BACK.
>> Alex: BRACING FOR FLOODING.
THE STORM APPROACHES.
RIGHT NOW TEAM COVERAGE.
>> Andrew: TRENT KELLY LIVE DOWNTOWN MIAMI. WE’VE SEEN STRANDED DRIVERS,
EVEN SOME WATER IN THE
BUILDINGS WERE HOW ARE THINGS
LOOKING NOW?
>> Reporter: AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OUT HERE. SEEING MORE AND MORE
INTERSECTIONS LOOK LIKE THIS
BEHIND ME.
NORTHEAST 15TH STREET RIGHT
NEXT TO BISCAY BOULEVARD.
A VERY BUSY PART OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI, SEE THE INTERSECTION HERE BEHIND ME COVERED IN AT
LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ROAD RIGHT THERE THE WATER FLOWING DOWN THE STREET RIGHT THERE ALMOST
LOOKING LIKE A RIVER OF SORT.
THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE MAJOR
BUS HUB.
RIGHT OFF BISCAY BOULEVARD NORTHEAST 15TH STREET. THIS BY THE WAY THE WORLD THAT
TAKES YOU TO THE VENETIAN
CAUSEWAY.
ANYONE HEADED OUT TO THE BEACH
TRYING TO TAKE THAT WAY FINDING
THEMSELVES IN COUNTERING THE
HIGH WATER.
AS YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE STREET, SOME OF THEM EVEN GETTING STUCK IN THOSE WATERS.
VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING. THIS IS SOME VIDEO WE SHOT
EARLIER AS THE RAIN WAS COMING
DOWN.
ALL MORNING LONG, WE NOTICE THE
RAIN GOING OFF AND ON.
EVERY NOW AND THEN GET ABOUT 10
TO 15 MINUTES OF SUNLIGHT LIGHT
RAIN.
THEN EVENTUALLY THAT WILL GIVE
WAY TO SOME REALLY INTENSE
TROPICAL DOWNPOURS.
AS I MENTIONED THIS IS VIDEO WE
TOOK EARLIER DURING ONE OF
THOSE DOWNPOURS.
YOU COULD SEE THE WATER COMING
DOWN COVERING THE INTERSECTION
WITH AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF
WATER.
AN UPDATE EXCUSE ME FROM MIAMI
FIRE RESCUE A SHORT TIME AGO.
THEY DO TELL US THEY HAVE BEEN
INUNDATED WITH 9-1-1 CALLS THIS
MORNING.
ALL OF THEM OF COURSE STORM
RELATED.
INTERESTING NOTE THEY TELL US
30 OF THOSE CALLS HAVE ALL HAD
TO DO WITH DRIVERS GETTING
THEIR VEHICLES STUCK IN THE
WATER.
OBVIOUSLY ALL MORNING LONG
TELLING YOU NOT TO DRIVE
THROUGH STANDING WATER IF
YOU’RE OUT AND ABOUT ON THE
ROADS FOR WHATEVER REASON
TODAY.
IF YOU STILL HAVE TO WORK, DO
NOT CHANCE IT.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH
THE WATER.
OR YOU WILL END UP MOST LIKELY
GETTING STALLED OUT.
AS I MENTIONED FIREFIGHTERS
TELLING US THEY RECEIVED ABOUT
39 11 CALLS THIS MORNING JUST
FROM DRIVERS ALONE WHO ARE
GETTING STUCK IN THESE HIGH
WATERS.
WE COULD TELL YOU THE FIRE
CREWS THEY HAVE ABOUT SIX HIGH
WATER VEHICLES.
THOSE ARE SOME HIGHER PROFILE
VEHICLES LIKE PICKUP TRUCKS.
YOU SEE THEM RESPOND TO LOTS OF
FLOODING EVENTS SIMILAR TO
THIS.
ABOUT SIX OF THOSE VEHICLES
THAT ARE OUT PATROLLING THE
DOWNTOWN AREA THIS MORNING, I
AM TOLD THEY ARE GETTING READY
TO ACTIVATE ANOTHER THREE OF
THOSE TRUCKS AS WE SPEAK.
ALSO ABOUT FIVE STRIKE TEAMS
FROM MIAMI FIRE RESCUE STANDING
BY AS WELL.
EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU WILL SEE
THEM THRIVE THROUGH THIS AREA
PARTICULARLY THIS INTERSECTION
HERE IN THE DOWNTOWN MIAMI
AREA.
OUT LOOKING FOR ANY DRIVERS
THAT ARE GETTING STUCK.
ANYONE THAT MAY BE STALLING OUT
AS OBVIOUSLY THEY WANT TO HELP
GET THOSE PEOPLE OUT OF THE
DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THEY DO
ENCOUNTER THAT.
IF WE CAN BRING YOU OUT HERE
ALIVE.
THIS INTERSECTION WE ARE AT
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NEXT TO A VERY BUSY BUS
DEPOT.
EVEN ON THE WEEKENDS THIS IS
RIGHT NEXT TO THE METRO MOVER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE THE CITY
BUS.
STILL HAVING TO TAKE THAT BUS
SERVICE HERE THIS MORNING.
THAT PARTICULAR BUS HERE ABLE
TO DRIVE THROUGH THESE HIGH
WATERS.
THE CONCERN IS WE GO THROUGHOUT
THE MORNING AND THIS RAIN
CONTINUES TO FALL.
THIS WATER GOING TO CONTINUE TO
GET HIGHER.
DOES SEEM TO HAVE RECEDED A
LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
AS THE RAIN PICKED UP LATER
TODAY.
MENTIONED EARLIER THIS DOWNTOWN
CORE DOOR ALREADY
RECEIVING UP TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS AREA OF THE GROUND IS
ALREADY SATURATED.
IN A CONTINUE TO SEE THE WATER RISE MOST LIKELY AS WE MOVE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.
A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WERE SEEN
DOWNTOWN MIAMI AREA.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THINGS.
BOTTOM LINE IS HAVE TO BE OUT
ON THE ROAD THIS MORNING DON’T DO WHAT THESE GUYS ARE DOING STAY OFF THE ROAD, STAY DRIVE,
TURN ON.
>> Alex: IF DON’T HAVE TO GET
UP THIS MORNING STAY HOME, THE
ROADS ARE BAD EVEN COMING INTO