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| Source: Screengrab of videos shared on Twitter |
Miami is beyond recognition right now!
The city has been so severely flooded as Hurricane Irma strikes with full force, that its streets have turned into river streams.
The shocking videos surfacing online, show the extent of the disaster as the massively powerful storm buries stores, houses and street shops in water.
Downtown Miami looks like a watery war zone. This is more than 100 miles from #Irma‘s eye pic.twitter.com/F71QYi0Vd2— Brian L Kahn (@blkahn) September 10, 2017
The following video, for example, shows store-owners looking out the gates as the water level slowly rises way beyond the height of the floor.
Store owners in #Miami watch as their store is surrounded by a wall of water. What a terrible and uneasy feeling. #HurricaneIrma #Irma @WFLA pic.twitter.com/F0wALvDpJz— Josh Benson (@WFLAJosh) September 10, 2017
Another video shows a torn down cranes at the top of the high-rise in DT – which still appears to be hanging at the very edge of the building.
Crane collapse in northern sector of downtown #Miami isn’t harming anyone, yet… pic.twitter.com/anf9TKOb02— Grant Stern (@grantstern) September 10, 2017
Moving north-northwest, with a sustained winds of 60 mph, the storm is ripping of structures and trees. In Miami, the wind surge was recorded at 99 mph, as large trees were seen falling down across the city.
Video shows heavy trees falling down throughout Florida amid strong winds due to Hurricane #Irma. https://t.co/0WyCxTEev2 pic.twitter.com/9Y54nym6xy— ABC News (@ABC) September 10, 2017
At least 7 people are feared dead in the US, as the storm now takes over Charleston and sweeps the streets of Jacksonville, leading to a record increase in the level of rivers.
The storm is expected to take over the rest of Florida through Sunday.