we heard crackling a moment ago. we are protected right here. i look over to my right. i see a part of a roof. to my left as i look out on key largo. i see stuff blowing in all directions. they can still get swirling depending on where the buildings are. the rain is coming down heavy, shepard. you can see the water coming from the other side. we know there is storm surge coming from the ocean side. in the last few minutes it picked up, shepard. reporter: it just continues to blow and has not let up. then we are going to get from
reporter: i am going to check to make sure there is no water creeping up towards our car about a block away. we are in a safe place. some of these office buildings have really highlanding. we are dry high landings. the roads, totally impassable. shep: that s brickle south of downtown miami. over at the bay, phil keating is there. it s kicking up, right? reporter: the watters are without a doubt rising. branches broken, palm fronds broken all over the place. a tree fell over. i want to show you the water situation in the marina. when we got here this morning
of here. but you guys did a good job letting us know what was going to happen. reporter: i don t think we expected this kind of flooding. it s waist deep in the intersection. i didn t expect brickle avenue to be waist deep in water. the traffic is backed up. reporter: did you notice it rising? tell me the timeline. when did you notice it rising and tell me how long it took. i looked out the window 45 minute to an hour. you could see a little bit coming down in the garage. i walked down here and took a look. it wasn t at that stair, it was lower. the stop sign, the telephone booth, i see it coming up. reporter: all of this happened
friends and the people in the keys. i can only imagine what they are facing. take a look to my left where a tree snapped and it s blowing closer and closer to the bay. we are seeing what wind gusts can do to trees. it will end up in the water. just another reminder it s important to stay hunkered down. debris can scatter and hit you. we are glad to see a lot of these condos shuttered up as well. reporter: north bay village is an evacuation zone at channel 7. we are right on the water here. we are surrounded on all three side. as you have seen these conditions deteriorate, this began as early as the overnight
the other direction. i don t know how much they can take, shepard. shep: we just got word storm surge is a significant threat for the keys still as the west wind continue. the store surge could increase to 5-10 feet above ground level. look at north bay village. let s listen live. this is the center of biscayne bay. it s unbelievable. in the matter of a half-hour the water made it over the storm wall, three feet, and we are starting to see flooding in our own parking lot. our studio is surrounded by water. and we can hear the wind howling. so i thought at one point we were in the worst of it. store surge a big issue, now we are seeing what that looks like.