reality of what irma did. it s still early. we know what happened in the caribbean but not really. we don t know the full total. in cuba we know very lit. . here so far the news has not been that dire in terms of loss of life but again it s early. the number one killer in a hurricane is not wind. it s water. and storm surge is just starting to come into effect. that s what we re dealing with here in naples. the eye has gone by. this is the back side. we re not getting crushed with rain the way we did the first time and maybe the wind is not as strong but it s still plenty strong. now it s bringing water with it. all of the water it s sucked out is coming back. and now there s a multiplier effect. the danger of the storm. let s take a break. when we come back we ll take you to the places dealing with the front side of hurricane irma and those dealing with the storm surge threat and that is the deadly concern. we ll be back.
millions statewide. that is an issue that s going to continue to plague officials. miami would normally be a busy downtown on a sunday afternoon is desolate. irma, while the eye did not come directly into where we re standing right now, the effects of irma were felt strongly here. stay safe and stay in touch. let s get to bill weir. he was in key largo. he s now driving north to surveil the situation. we re near in naples and we re getting beaten up by the back side of irma. . reporter: i feel you, brother. i ve been there. we did it this morning and now we re trying to see what s left as irma blows town. we re in key largo heading south. look at this pile here in this
all right. hurricane irma is still very much in full effect from the southernmost part of florida in miami. we know what happened in the keys. but now here to naples where we are and then at points north, she s hitting it everywhere. this is part of the story with this particular storm. the size. even though the eye is gone. we keep saying and we ve ben hearing from our meteorologists that it doesn t matter if it s a direct hit, it s still going to be a bad hit. they re still getting it in miami in much the same way we re getting it here in naples. some of the numbers are different. wind speed i don t think those kinds of statistics matter unless they re immediately predictive of what somebody is about to experience. in terms of what ranks where,
we ll keep on eye on it. i have eyes on this street for you. that s the best ir can do as far as monitoring what happens with this surge. we do not envy those who have to go through the eye of the storm in the dark. our hearts go out to those who are doing this that with their loved ones. they probably don t have power and aren t able to follow along with your wisdom and warning. before we go to break, let s check in with miguel marquez. i don t know if you could hear tom, miguel. this is a big lady that we re dealing whoa with hurricane irma. she s going to hit you hard and it s going to last for a long time. reporter: irma has been hitting us for a while and it is definitely getting worse. i don t know if we re going to have it as badly as you. but three hours of port charlotte, we re just south of port charlotte. we re experiencing what you did a little while ago. this is the marina.
and again this storm has not made it the full length of the state yet. also, 70,000 people are in shelters. that is actually good news because that means that people got out and got to a position of safety. we did hear about some power loss in a shelter from drew griffin a little further north from here but no real danger at any of the shelters and that s good news. we spoke to bill weir doing surveillance of the debris fields and the different damage from irma starting in key largo moving north. he hasn t heard anything about disastrous or deadly yesterd ll. it s early. that is the situation here in naples. we re going to start checking around and seeing how other people are doing. you tell me who we have because i know it s not easy to get shots up right now. we ll go to miguel marquez. he s up above us in punta gore