bring you the latest information. here is a sample of what they have been dealing with. 10:15 a.m. and the wind is battering us here in downtown miami. hurricane forcedmiami. we ve had hurricane-force wind gusts and look at the angry bay. we ve also got structural damage on the pier. i think some of this walkway is beginning to cave in here. reporter: we ve got about 2 1/2 feet of water in the street, and it goes all the way around here. i don t know how far it goes. earlier it was down about two blocks but the surge has come up higher with these persistent winds. the wind is still howling. right down the street, i can barely see the water up there because we re getting so much blow-off, the wind picking up the water and blowing the rain on the surface right in my direction. reporter: now it s really ripping, and this is the part you fear so much. it happens for just brief minutes. literally it will just happen for minutes, but this is the part of the storm you fear all