Miami's mayor has said that the city is going through a pre-storm checklist and making sure its pump stations are in good working order.

Speaking to CNN early on Thursday morning, Mayor Francis X. Suarez urged residents to be prepared while the city works through its pre-storm checklist of preparations to make sure their pump stations are working.

After Hurricane Irma flooded parts of the city in 2017, the city installed two pumps that pumped 50,000 gallons of water a minute in vulnerable areas such as Brikell and Mary Brickell, Suarez said.

"Once the storm passes, we urge our residents to call our 311 system so we can go into recovery mode immediately,” she said.