all right. this is cnn special coverage of hurricane irma. john berman here in miami. we're on hour 17 or so of just relentless winds and this is the fiercest they've been here by far. i'm in miami. out there, past the white fog and rain, is miami beach, which i think is getting it even worse than where i am. kyung lah is there. what are you seeing, what are you feeling? >> reporter: so i can't -- it's just getting worse and worse. we're getting much more rain now, john. you can see there's water in our lens. we've lost the ability to zoom and amy cameraman lost his ability to use the view finder. just like water is getting into our camera, water is pounding these houses all across miami