tampa? are they full at this point? >> many of the shelters are full. the american red cross helped out greatly. we are continuing to get all those vulnerable areas and evacuation levels. we want to make sure people in evacuation level zone a are out of those areas and into sherlts or in family and friends' homes out of those areas. this is a fox news alert. the state of florida feeling the effects of hurricane irma as a category 3 storm aproachts the mainland. welcome to a brand-new hour

inside america's news headquarters. molly: bryan llenas is with us and we begin with adam housley. reporter: the conditions continue to deteriorate. the conditions were almost like they were when we left the oceanside which is where the hurricane winds as they come around hit that side first. there is three feet of water in that area and it's expected to move in this direction. we know that at least the latest forecasts are calling for hurricane irma to move to the west. the keys will get hammered as it

goes up the coast. you can hear these gusts have picked up significantly since we spoke about an hour ago. you can hear things popping. that's usually power going out. you are finding bigger and bigger branches here. we are in a secure location where we keep an eye on this stuff. we are in an area kinds of basically protected. and you can see how much these trees are blowing. the water is coming down heavier. you can't see from the camera angle. but the water has come up a little bit back there. it's beginning to wreak havoc on the state. power went out at 10:30 and the winds have not stopped.

we expect it only to get worse the next 10-12 hours. molly: the islands, there are just a few ways in and out of there. does it seem like the area is prepared to weather what may take a few days for supplies to get down there if it turns out to be necessary? reporter: i would say yes they are. because the hurricane slowed down, it helped a bit. but when we got here wednesday people were already packing up. they saw the pictures from the caribbean and saw the destruction of this storm. and it scared them because these islands are similar to the islands they passed over in the caribbean and basically tore and ripped up. they had a chance to get water and gas. they were opened up until friday

morning early. so they had the opportunity to get supplies. not you question is if they decided to stay, are necessity in a building to withstand this? only time will tell. mike: wind and rain continue to batter miami as tens of thousands have lost power. on the ground in miami with the latest is bryan llenas. how is it by you, bryan? reporter: this is localized flooding you see here. we haven't had that much rain and we are seeing localized flooding. this is supposed to be the ground zero of that category 5

irma storm. it's a couple hundred feet away. you can see the gusts are picking up. with those gusts, that's why they have been telling people we are not going to get hit. but it doesn't mean we won't be experiencing conditions like this for 20-24 hours. already we had 190,000 people in south florida without power. people will be without power for a while. that's because the storm is so big and we are so south. by the time it goes through the state, florida power and light won't be able to put those power lines together and give people

power for at least a couple days. people have been talking about being without power for a couple weeks. officials in miami date dade and broward say yes we aren't getting hit by the eye, but we'll be seeing these conditions for a couple days. we are seeing trees down. tornadoes in broward county, 30 minutes north of here in the fort lauderdale area and miami beach. some people have lost power already. that's just a gust. it comes out of nowhere. then it slowly stops just like that. it's a precarious situation. that's why they want people to stay inside. mike: you will get serious rains and serious wind, then it will fade and another wind will come behind it. you and your crew be safe, we

thank you for your reporting. molly: fox news meteorologist adam klotz has the latest on hurricane irma from the weather center. adam: i can tell we are beginning to see the outer bands clears and closer to south florida. take a look at this. moving northwest -- we got the shift off the coast of cuba. now it's moving back into open water but doing so somewhat slowly 6 miles per hour. going to spend time in warm water which will give it an opportunity to pick. you more strength. the warm water provides the fuel the systems need to get going. 63 miles an hour in the miami area. this one has been knocked out. winds too strong for it to

handle. the category 3 storm is forecast to move to the north. expect landfall early tomorrow morning moving across the keys. continuing to lift this way up the west coast of florida eventually moving into the tampa area in the overnight hours. and then staying cat 1 into georgia before falling apart. here is your future radar. there is the coast of cuba. here is the center of circulation. the outer band dropping heavy rains. strong winds here as well. you are crossing the florida keys. continue to watch this getting into the fort myers area. this has slowed down a bit. moving through tampa in the

overnight hours, then speeding up more back up into portions of georgia. as it makes it move we'll see impressive wind totals, and all that wind is going to be driving a huge storm surge initially. these are the florida keys. the storm surge is the base level of the water. waves will be crashing on top of that. so we are look at a storm surge of 5-10 feet along the coast, continuing to take you inland moving up. you will see places perhaps naples, fort myers getting 10-15 feet of storm surge with waves crashing on top of that. it gets you into the tampa bay area and still another spot with 5-10 feet. with the tampa bay, these are your tide cycles. we are expecting tide cycles

closer to midnight. depending on when the high tide is in and when the storm surge is there, this is 3 feet of difference from high tide to low tide. that will make a difference when you are talking about 10 potential feet of storm surge. it could be a dangerous situation. even though we are talking about a store moving up here to the west coast, we have at least a chance of seeing storm surge from 4-8 feet along the entire east coast as well. i'm expecting widespread wind damage on both side of the state. storm surge issues through the the entire state and we are planning on seeing power outages becoming a widespread problem especially where you are talking about the landfall. molly: that's the first floor of

your house and potentially the second floor of your house. i'm sure that people close to the water are well aware of those tides. mike: the florida keys bearing the brunt of the storm. joining me is isle mor mora -- a mayor. [inaudible] mike: did most of folk get out or did a lot of people decide they would take their chances.

i think 750 homes have lights on. we probably have 2/3 would be my guest. mike: how worried are you about the hours ahead and into the morning. >> probably four hours ago my house lost power. but it will be pretty ugly by early morning. palm trees in the street and

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molly: president and vice president pence keeping an eye on hurricane irma from camp david. he received an update from homeland secretary elaine duke. reporter: what is it you are most of concerned about? >> the wind. we hope people heed their official's warnings to evacuate and shelter in place. but these winds are going to be tremendous. it is a catastrophic hurricane

and we expect it to rise to category 4 as it goes through florida. >> i know electrict is a big concern. it's not a question how long until they are able to restore tour, but how long until they rebuild the power infrastructure. how long do you see that process taking? >> that's what we were expecting. we were talking to the energy providers last night. they expect 5 million customers to be out of power. it may not just be restringing lines. it will be rebuilding the power infrastructure. reporter: it's a domino effect you get when you lose power. police officers and hospitals are able to run on generators. that gas can last a few days, but you can't get more gas if

you don't have the electricity to pump it. how can you asure those areas get the gas they need to continue functioning. >> we stand by to help? whatever way the governor requests. we have reserve fuels on the military bases in florida. we have meals, water, those times of thing. we have prestaged things, including fuel. it will be a matter of when the storm lets us get to them. >> also an issue of how they get the supplies and the crews down to it. the roads will be an issue as well. >> debris removal is something we have to look at. and housing them will be an issue. we have to make sure law enforcement and utility crews have a place to say along with all the persons who are survivors from the storms. reporter: with electricity

expected to be out for an extended period of time, how do you determine which areas are hit the hardest and which areas are needed the most of. >> we follow governor scott. they know their states best. they work with their regional commandsers and public works people. we go and continue to responds to them. reporter: at this point are you in a wait and see position, waiting for this storm to work its way through to see what's next for you to do? >> there are forecasts and we can predict some things. the eastern part of the state way the winds go, we'll have a lot of winds, but we do have to wait. wns once it goes through the keys we'll know a lot more about how it's going to go. >> the next 24 hours, what are you going to be watching as the storm progresses? >> we'll look at the until keys.

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mike: hurricane irma irma put a bull's-eye on tampa and is expected to plow into the area monday morning.

joining us is mike tobin. how is it going? >> it's amazing how calm it has been in tampa throughout the night. we just started to get a little bit of restaurant last hour or so and every once in a while we'll get a few gusts of wind. but the streets are largely empty because most of people heeded the warnings and they have gone further upstate. but you still have people, you can probably see some of them out in the bars making a big night of it. and having a hoot. granted we are in a place that is not a mandatory evacuation area. further down is zone a and zone b. that's where you have a mandatory evacuation order. also mobile homes, mandatory

evacuations for them. we'll have a tremendous wind event that will start at 2:00 tomorrow first with tropical storm force winds around 2:00. then as you get to 8:00 we'll see the hurricane-foishess winds. they will last for 9 hours. that's according to local authorities. structures like mobile homes will have a hard time holding together as they get battered by those winds. after the wind event is over, that's when things continue to get tricky because storm surge will move in. it will bring the water 10 feet over normal. that's why you have the limit set at 15 feet above sea level. everything else is mandatory evacuation. but according to authorities people aren't respecting the

orders and are not leaving. the sheriff is make it clear, if you make the decision not to leave, no one is going to arrest you for breaking the law. but nobody is going to save you. anyone who made a bad decision. they are urging people if you are still home and doubting our decision to stick around the house, now is a good time to make a break for it. mike: when the meteorologist says the storm was moving to the west and tampa could take a direct shot. did you notice people turning up the intensity? mike: people had already left the area. some of the people in condo high levels think they will be okay. some of the people in the bars

think they will be okay. that flies in the face of everyone from the governor on down. molly: earlier harris faulkner had a chance to speak with the tampa mayor about the hurricane's westward shift toward this city. >> we didn't have the run-up in anticipation of this hitting like the east coast did. but we live in florida and know about these storms and deal with them on a regular basis. we are doing everything we can to get people to higher ground. the federal government has been great. everyone is working seamlessly. what he know our roles are. there will be damage tomorrow, there will be storm surge and winds of hurricane strength. when that sun comes up we'll see it bees a different place than

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how are things looking where you are now? rick: it's not too bad, but it's pretty deserted in daytona beach on a saturday night. the only vehicles we have seen are utility trucks and police cars. there are a couple of police cars down this block. apparently there was a fistfight in front of one of the only bars left open. the tiki hut served us some burger earlier tonight. how do you feel about this storm approaching. >> we are from chicago. this will be our first go around. i have never been through a hurricane. it will be interesting. i think it's anticipation. i don't know if it's good or bad. more bad and good. for something that will be

statewide. losing life, you never get excited about that. reporter: your establishment is close to the beach. so you have some boarding up to do. they are shutting the bridges down tomorrow:00 a.m. as we were closed tonight we did have a few of the guys who are utility men that are here for the electric, they came, five of them came over and asked us if we were serving food and we were not at that point. a couple came right after them so we decided to open up for these guys that were here. reporter: there are a lot of utility workers who came to prestage. so all those guys are here.

hundreds of them. some of them came into this bar look for something to eat and tom was kind enough to serve them. there are tremendous preparations under way to deal with the power outages that will be catastrophic. some 5 mill customers, and 10 million people. they expect to lose 70% of their customers. there could be real issues with the grid, and that's why they prestaged hundreds of vehicles around the state, including the daytona international speedway. molly: you know florida and have seen big storms in the past. are there plans for how to deal

with that, if highways are damaged? reporter: that would and real chore. one of the first thinks they have to do is get the treas out of the way. so the trees come down, they block the roads. that's when they have to move the trees. that's the primary focus. the trees out of the roadway. get the trees off the power lines. get the trees back up and power back on so people can come home and start dealing with the mess the storm will leave behind. mike: let's go to the extreme weather center where meteorologist adam klotz has the latest on hurricane irma. adam: we are continuing to track this storm.

it's moving away from cuba. it's a slow more. northwest movement at 6 miles per hour. but the last 24 hours it has been riding the coast. we are starting to see that northwest turn we have been talking about. it runs itself out over the water. we are seeing some buoy wave heights picking up to 35 feet. on top of that as it make this motion to the north, you will be running over warm water. it takes 80 degree temperatures to sustain a hurricane. that's warm water. that could strengthen us a little bit and maintains that strength and makes a powerful storm as you run up on the west coast of the state. here is the european model.

as we noticed it coming to of cuba on the slower side, perhaps this is a slower track. it does hover along the west coast of florida. but tomorrow morning around 7:00 8:00 in the morning it crosses over the florida keys. likely moving through the tampa area overnight tomorrow night. as it moves it will be a powerful storm the entire way. it will have to pass you, the way the air circulates around this. the water, the storm surge will be high once it's to your north. by monday afternoon that's when we are talking about this running up into georgia bringing strong winds with it. then tracking off farther to the north. i showed you where the cone was going to be. even if this takes a track along

the coast, hurricane-force winds right in the initial area, you are talking about hurricane-force gusts covering the entire state. so pay attention to it. if you were in the state of florida you have a chance. even if you are on the east side of the state to get powerful winds. it will make it a very nasty storm here no matter where you are, even if you are not right in the direct path of it. mike: stunning graphic. the entire state of florida is covered by the storm as you look at the track. molly: power outages are increasing in florida. joining me is the palm beach vice mayor. >> good evening, molly, how are you? molly: we are doing well. we are thinking of you and your

community. we are hearing the power outages are beginning to pick up. we know you guys are on the east side and the storm moved up the west. but that does not mean your area is out of danger. >> it doesn't. we have 31,000 utility customers without electricity right now. i expect that number to continue to rise. we have had squalls coming insteadly about 8:00 tonight and the winds aren't rain are getting harder as i speak to you on the phone. i was going to say i think it's important, your meteorologist just reported, this storm is 400 miles wide. it's so important for people to not let their guard down. we expect hurricane-force winds on this part of florida.

that brings tornadoes and other situations. we just need to be careful. molly: the tornadoes and high winds can cause power outages. so often we hear of storm-related deaths in the wake of the storm. when people are trying to clean up the devastation and they run into something expected. one of the other big dangers is flooding. you might not be hit by the eye, but you see the shy winds and the flooding. what are the greatest concerns you have for your community. >> the western part of palm beach county around lake oak chod lake okeechobee. and the storm shifted west. we have a lot of people in fort

myers who were thinking of evacuating across the state. and because of those mandatory evacuations around the lake, we have shut count hospitals in that region. so there are no emergency rooms open between fort myers and wellington, florida. anyone crossing the state, if they were to have an emergency while traveling. we don't have a place for them to go it's important that everybody shelter where they are and just make sure they are? a safe place in their community. molly: that raises a big concern. when we see the big storms. florida does take care of neighbor taking care of neighbor, we have seen that again and again. is that the type of thing that's lined up right now? if you look at the storm and the potential for damage and loss of life? are communities working together to share resources to move in

assets wherever the damage is the greatest? >> we have mutual aid agreements. we helped monroe county out with some of their jail population that needs to be relocated. we took them into ours. i have been in constant communication with our state senator. i have got to say governor scott has done a great job. he has coordination calls every evening with all the county commissioners from across the state and we are trying to help each other out as much as we can. molly: thanks for joining us tonight. we appreciate it. in the dark of night, you taking a few minutes out to inform the public and talk with us. >> absolutely. thanks so much.

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mike: hurricane irma's main target is tampa, not miami. bryan, what are conditions like this hour? >> reporter: sustained winds come in and make you move a little bit and seek cover. but we are only talking about 30, 40, 50-mile-an-hour winds. i say only because this was suppose to be where hurricane irma was suppose to be barreling in as a category 5 direct hit. that track isn't going to happen, we know that. i wouldn't have been able to stand in this spot had that track continued. this is biscayne boulevard. this is where bayside is where

there are a lot of shops. this is localized flooding. it hasn't increased since we have been here. we have been here for two or three hours. the stop sign gives us a gauge of how windy it's been out here. we have the metro stop on this side to the left. this is a metro mover that moves people to and fro from and in and around miami. what officials tried to tell people here is just because we are not getting the eye, and getting the 3, 4, 5-type winds. it doesn't mean this storm isn't dangerous. things are able to fly in the air with niece sustained winds. we are going to have these conditions for 20-24 hours. so come tomorrow night and tomorrow afternoon, we are going to be starting to see even into

morning and daybreak as the storm moves through key west or around the keys into the west side and up the west side of the state. of course, the storm is so big, mike, at close to 400 miles wide. even as it makes its way up slowly but surely it will take some time for emergency crews and florida power lights to come down here and assess the situation. the 13,500 people florida power and light has. patience is the key for south floridans. you get used to the storm coming. maybe it's not so bad outside. you want to go out there and be brave and say it's not that bad. but you have to stay patient and

stay indoors. it's not that wet right now. but the gusts and the rain can turn very quickly. keep your guard up is the message. we even saw tornadoes in fort lauderdale. and a lot more rain because the squalls came north of miami. and we expect it to get worse here in miami. mike: another 26 hours ahead. we wish you the best. molly: the florida keys are already feeling the impact of irma and the worst is still yet to come. adam housley is live in key largo finding out firsthand. adam, how are things going? >> it's been a long battering for the keys. continuing winds, rain, and the threat of higher water.

we were live all day across on the other side of key largo based on the oceanside, on the east side where the wind and water is battering that side. the bayside. i took a picture on my i foreign. foreign -- picture on my iphone. the storm surge had come up 3 get from where we were before. so the live shot was 3 feet under water. you can see that area is already inundated. it's less than a mile from where i'm standing. the water has not come up much here at all. but the wind continues to blow in all directions. there are branches and trees down everywhere. anything that's not completely secure has been ripped apart or torn off.

you can see stuff everywhere. and you cans have been knocked out. street signs. but they have been able to weather the storage. but it's been 12 hours of straight and continual wind gusts and rain. now this storm is starting to turn and come up this way. even though we won't get the eye most of likely. we'll get a battering for another 12 hours. eventually some of these things will give. right now there have been no significant emergencies that we can tell here. authorities have gone back in as far as we can tell. when the winds hit 35 to 40 miles per hour, they are not going to be able to get out. you are on your own if you are in the keys and hopefully you prepared yourself for that storm. molly: it has a lot to do with the storm surge putting things

literally under water. you are already beginning to see it. how concerned are you? reporter: it depend on where you are. this area we are told the deepest it got with andrew was a couple of feet. they are more concerned on the oceanside. the wind and rain, we may get 20 inches here. so there is a lot to deal with. molly: adam housley, thank you. mike: what is striking to me is how many people have lost power and it hasn't even made landfall yet. where are we?

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