california and oregon, there have been raging fires. this is an extraordinary time. and first responders, rescuers, if you ever thought they were heroes, now they certainly are. let's bring in msnbc news vaughan hillier in miami with the battalion fire and rescue team. first, let's thank him. vaughan, give us an update. >> reporter: good morning, ali and stephanie. andy and i have been stuck in our hotel for 24 hours down in miami. a tree blocked our way out. and it wasn't until this morning that we were able to finally get a chainsaw and get ourselves out. we have been driving around since the sun came up the last couple hours. we have seen trees across miami. 99-mile-per-hour winds at miami international airport. so really the concern is, yes, the sun is out. most of the streets are dry at this point, but there's a lot of activity for the miami-dade county fire rescue units here.