Here's a breakdown of which streets in South Beach are blocked off due to flooding. Hint: It's all of them.

Frighteningly, some vital passageways through town are inundated: Mount Sinai Medical Center is getting hit with waves, and westbound MacArthur Causeway, one of the main roads off the barrier island, is submerged:

It's not just Miami Beach: City of Miami Police on the mainland have issued a warning about a microlake popping up downtown:

It also seems most of Brickell is flooded as well. New Times reader Charlotte Zoda sent the following photos:

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Courtesy of Charlotte Zoda

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Courtesy of Charlotte Zoda

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Courtesy of Charlotte Zoda

Astoundingly, this is all happening without a major storm hitting Miami. Emily barely grazed South Florida — had a tropical storm or hurricane hit, things would likely look even worse than they do now. That's legitimately scary news: A November report from Miami-Dade County warned that the causeways leading people off Miami Beach are highly vulnerable to flooding due to sea-level rise. That means, as the globe warms over time, it's more likely drivers will get trapped in Miami Beach during a storm like this.