the deadly category 5 storm 175 miles an hour winds leaving utter devastation from stat m. e martin to puerto rico. >> the entire country has been decimated. i have never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: now florida bracing for what governor rick scott warns could be more disasterous than the worst hurricane to ever hit the state. >> the storm is bigger, faster and stronger than hurricane andrew. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations are in place in low lying and coastal parts of south florida. everyone in the keys ordered out. >> if you stay and being irresponsib irresponsible, don't expect us to risk the lives of our first responders because of your irresponsibility. >> reporter: from the gulf to the atlantic coast, floridans heeding the warning. traffic stretching for miles. lines for gas in some places

hours long with stations running out. >> i'm very nervous. i'm been driving around for 30 minutes and my car was on e for the past hour. >> reporter: more lines for plywood and water. a part of that people are busy boarding up their homes. others plan to do so with many skill sko schools and business will be closed to give families time to prepare and evacuate. >> check out these long lines for gas in florida. many stations have even run out of gas as people evacuate the danger zones. the state's attorney general says her office is investigating claims about price gouging on gas and other supplies. >> there's long lines at airport. by saturday nobody will be able to leave the area on a commercial flight. nobody. the airports will be closed through monday. abc 7 news reporter at sfo talking with people who are escaping that storm. >> reporter: you know, larry, i

have a sister who lives in miami and this morning i told her why don't you come here to san francisco. i was only kidding. some people living there with family members here in the bay area did just that. >> the evacuation is like none aye ev i've ever seen. everyone is leaving. >> reporter: one by woun they told us what they had to do to leave. lindsay drove from miami to ft. lauderdale. >> we ended up getting a hotel. >> it was our first adult trip without the babies ever. first grandma sleep over. when the storm came we went through madness like 20 hour of trying to get the kids on the plane with us. >> you have to take a plane and come here. >> reporter: as hurricane irma approaches, it's getting harder for people to find a flight out of southern florida. as of saturday, all airports will be closed. >> i live in south beach next to the flamingo on the beach.

we're expecting it to be levelled when we get back. >> reporter: jet blue has cancelled 878 flights through monday. stacy hills a travel agent says it may take passengers a long time to return home. >> if you're visiting family and have somewhere to stay, there's going to be more vablts the further you're able to get the return flight. >> i have a flight booked but it's tuesday. i don't know that it's going to happen. thank god i have my brother and i can stay with him. >> reporter: she's staying in livermore for the time being. lindsay sloan is staying with her mother in marin county. >> my mom is going crazy. you need to get out now. >> you came here. >> reporter: that's a long way. >> it's a long way. >> you're with mom? >> i'm with mom. worth it. >> reporter: you know what that mean, good food. if you're thinking of changing your flight, they'll do that for free but it's best to do it over the phone with a live person but then again, that may take

several hours. abc 7 news. >> all right. thank you. let's head right to spencer christian for a look at where irma is now. >> the storm continues plowing through the caribbean passing over the turks and caicos island. maximum sustained winds 175 miles an hour with gusts over 200 miles an hour. remaining a category 5 tomorrow afternoon. begins the pass north of cuba.c. heading up in south florida as a category 4 hurricane and expected to move up through the central part of the florida peninsula. pounding all the state of florida on saturday and sunday before weakening to a category 1 and moving into eastern georgia on monday. after that, it continues moving

parts farther inland as it passes into tennessee and kentucky. rainfall potential for this storm over this four day period, anywhere from 15 to 20 inches of rain possible over the southern half of the florida peninsula, 7 to 10 inches up in northern part and into southern georgia and the remainder of the area of the south eastern u.s. affected by the storm anywhere from one to five inches. just a terrible and extremely up believable powerful storm. we'll have a bit more later. thank you. san francisco and san mateo officials blaming last weekend's heat wave for the deaths of six people. san francisco's medical examiner reported today that three people all born in the 1920s and 30s died of causes related to the record heat. all three lived independently and never called 911. in san mateo county three elderly people died of heatstro heatstroke. officials say the deaths

highlight the importance of checking on the elderly during hot weather. equifax says information for 140 million people was exposed. social security numbers, birth dates and other private information was exposed including credit card numbers for nearly 200,000 people. they discovered the security breach in july but didn't reveal that beach publicly until today. they have set up a website with more information to see if maybe you've been impacted and we have a link to that on our website at abc7news.com. an oakland fire department captain is jailed for having child porn. >> he's being held on $200,000 bond.

>> reporter: richard is accused of having downloaded and attempted to share minors in sex acts. he was arrested there in his home. this shows deputies arresting 58-year-old richard chu. investigators searched his home and station 15 on 27th street where he works and found evidence on his commuputers. here is one neighbor's reaction. >> shock. nowadays you don't know. this is a very quiet town. this type of thing don't happen often here. >> reporter: an angry mayor said incidents like these make it tough for law-abiding servants. >> we will hold this person fully accountable and ensure

we're weeding out anyone who does not deserve to be in public service. >> reporter: oakland fire department officials could not go on camera but interim chief issued this written statement 37 i'm appalled by the disturbing nature of these charges. when we learned of the investigation i immediately placed the employee in question on administrative leave. the statement says if the allegations are true this criminal behavior violates our community standard of decency and breaches the standards of conduct we uphold in the oakland fire department. the mayor is promising even more. >> we will fully cooperate with contra costa. this person needs to be held fully accountable and removed from public service. >> reporter: if convicted on all the charge, he faces up to five years in prison. two san francisco police officers were shot this morning.

the two officers pulled over a car being driven by a man wanted in connection with a double killing. the man got out of car and shot the officers. one was hit in the chest but the bullet ricochetted off his bullet proof vest. the other officer was nshot in the leg. both will survive. officers returned fire and killed the suspect. a jury will decide if an oakland girl was declared brain dead is still alive. >> her family has sued children's hospital for mall practice following a december 2013 surgery. doctors declared her dead but her mother has kept her on life support. she's receiving medical care in new jersey. a fire forced hundreds of high school students if san francisco to shelter this place this morning.

investigators say it started in a homeless encampment hissen in the bushes. the area is located near the south western corner of the city. students at the nearby high school were kept inside as firefighters worked knock down the flames. there were no injuries and crews had the fire out in under an hour. one of the biggest online retailers is looking for a new headquarters. what amazon is doing to find its second home in the bay area cities that are vying to compete for this prime deal. keep an eye out for yellow jackets. why there are so many more than usual right now and what you need to look out for. plus a big closure tonight that you'll want to be aware of. why you want to avoid if you're driving through san francisco this evening. taking a live look at our traffic in san jose. this is southbound as your back up. 880 moving in both directions. stay with us. back after this.

a panel of the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals ruled that grandparents, cousins and other people in the u.s. should be able to visit them here. refugees accepted by resettlement agencies should not be banned. just two days after president trump announced he's ending the deferred action for childhood rivals program. he's making waves on the same subject. >> this time he's striking a more conciliatory tone, but it's who urged him to do so is the surprise. we have the latest on daca. >> president trump stunned a lot

of people with the new tweet that seems to assure daca recipients. for all of those daca, that are concerned about your status during the six month period, you have nothing to worry about. no action. he did give congress six months to come up with legislation that would address the young undocumented immigrants protecting now by the obama era program that mr. trump is ending. it's a softening of his tone and surprising because it comes at the urging of a leading democrat, nancy pelosi. >> when he called this morning and said thanks for calling. this is what the people really need a reassurance from you, mr. president that it's a six month period is not a period of round up. >> a youth immigrant rights group says the president's tweet does not make them feel safer. their battle to defend daca

a boost. colin kaepernick announced a $25,000 donation to the group. it's part of his pledge to donate $1 million to organizations to what he calls oppressed communities. thank you. amazon is on the hunt for a second north american headquarters in san jose and oakland is in the running. hq2 as amazon is calling it with employ up to 50,000 workers. jeff besos says he expects the new facility to be equal to amazon seattle. they are accepting proposals for potential host cities saying it would prefer an urban or suburban area with more than a million people. the city of sacramento has expressed interest. sweet earth. a small plant based food company is being gobbled up by nestle. the swiss announced it's buying the food maker for an undisclosed amount. they are hoping the purchase will boost its presence in fast

growing market for plant based foods. last winter's heavy rain is causing a surge in yellow jackets. the number of nests have jumped 83% in contra costa alon >> reporter: contra costa vector control district officials have responded today to several calls here. hikers and animals walking through high grass are at risk of being stung. yellow jackets sting multiple times. that's why officials are very busy trying to remove ground nests. >> you've got two more houses. >> reporter: it's not an easy job but vector control aide arrived prepared for the pain staking task. she suited u this yellow jacket ground nest. >> they were starting to let us

know they didn't really want around their nest. >> reporter: contra costa county vector control district has seen an 83% increase this calls from homeowners requesting service for yellowjackets. the homeowners left a map. officials advise staying away from any ground nests. >> don't try to treat it yourself. it seems like they get even more upset and aggressive once they have been treated with a spray or soapy water concoction. >> reporter: the heavy winter ra rains and hot summer heat created the landscape to draw more yellowjackets. it's a problem they face even off work. >> last night i was out in the backyard with my three sons and within five minutes i noticed one of the toys was being inundated with yellowjackets. >> reporter: as the months get colder, they will die off but right now they have in full swing. officials say the nest you just saw should die off in a couple

of days. they advise tightly covering your garbage cans. not leaving pet food outside and keeping drinks covered. they are drawn to sweet foods and drinks. leaving them out there attracts them and increases the risk of being stung. abc 7 news. >> thank you. it was a wet morning in the bay area. abc 7 news was where sidewalks were slick enough to bring out the warning signs today. the light rain had umbrellas off and some looking for an awning to duck under. you can see there were lots of drops on our mt. tam camera. spencer christian rejoins us. nfl football season kicks off tonight. starting to feel like fall outside. >> i hope it doesn't disrupt the harvest of the grapes in wine country. that's where my concern is. >> top priority.

>> we have a trail of moisture. little trail very visible right here on live doppler 7. could be a sprinkle or two in parts of the bay area. for most part we have dry in the moment. this is our view from the roof top here at abc 7 looking at clouds over the bay. it's 69 degrees here in san francisco. 72 across the bay and oakland 77. san jose 79. 83 at gilroy and 68 at half-moon bay. this is a view of the western sky. a little hole in clouds looking westward from emoryville. 70 at napa. 76, fairfield. 78 at livermore. clouds over the golden gate. i don't know why the label south beach is there. i probably made that mistake. this is the golden gate. it will be cloudy and humid through tomorrow morning. turning much warmer this weekend. there's chance of showers early

next week. koultd could be some coastal drizzle. it's still going to feel a bit humid and muggy until we start to dry out tomorrow. we'll have mainly sunny skies by tomorrow afternoon. some clouds will linger in the early morning hours. pull back to the coastline. mid-70s around the bay. we'll see a few low to mid-80s in the warmest inland locations. it's going to get warmer over the weekend. let's look ahead to saturday. we'll see inland highs in the mid to upper 80s on saturday. sunday will become hot in some inleft-hand side spots with highs in the upper 90s. the heat will hold onto monday. it may drop kaup l degrees. monday we'll see mid to upper 90s in the warmest inland spots. let's look at the seven-day forecast. quite a changing, ever changing

seven day pattern. highs in the mid-80s. inland tomorrow. clouds in the morning. a big jump in temperatures over the weekend. highs will be in the upper 90s. it will be a sharp drop off in temperatures on tuesday and a chance of showers. maybe some measurable early rain for the harvest season on tuesday. then we'll have clouds lingering and temperature pattern becoming a bit cooler by midweek next week. >> thank you, spencer. want to give people a heads up especially if they live or work around san francisco. it's going to be closed. there's a big race that will be held. here is a look a t the course for the jpmorgan corporate challenge. it's a three and a half mile run. it starts and ends in parking lot a. the race starts at 7:15. still going be a lot of commuters out there. twee between third and howard streets will be closed.

nearly 11,000 runners will be participating in this race. prince george sets off on his first day of school but with only one parent. why kate was absent today. later the role san francisco played in getting the television going 90 years

little prince george is now a schoolboy. the 4-year-old put on his brave face as he headed off to school. dad by his side. fortunately, mom couldn't be there. the palace said kate is still suffering for acute morning sickness from her third pregnancy. >> could that be any cuter. we're learning more about the new disney streaming platform. the service is set to launch in late 2019. all disney, marvel and star wars

filmed will be pulled from netfl netflix. you'll only be able to watch them on the disney streaming service. they plan to produce original movies, series and tv movies. prices have not been announced. disney is the parent company of abc 7. it came as a shot to bachelor nation when a fan favorite was named as the next suitor. the surprise was revealed on gma. ari will be the one handing out the roses. the former professional race car driver now a real estate agent was the runner up on emily's season of the bachelorette back in 2012. he had been considered for past seasons but said the time sg right now. >> i'll be 36 in a few weeks. for me it's time. all my friends around me have kids and have grown up. >> the bachelor premiere is in

january right here on abc 7. hurricane irma ravaging the caribbean. now its sights are set on fl flori florida. >> if you ta and being irresponsible don't expect us to risk the lives of our first responders. >> a many flee some bay area first responders are heading right into the danger zone. the controversy over confederate statues isn't over. the bay area

here's the latest information on hurricane irma. it's the most powerful seen in more than a decade. irma has devastated several caribbean islands. 95% of the buildings have been damaged. weaver ta we're talking about nine deaths blamed on this storm alone. tree uprooted, cars just tossed around. lyanne met up with floridans who decided to leave their home to stay with relatives in the bay area.

>> reporter: there's a sense of duty and a range of other emotions as pg&e employees pack up to head to florida. >> i'm excited, nervous. there's a lot of unknowns. looking forward to facing the unknown hurdles as they come towards us. >> reporter: the storm hasn't hit yet but the utility workers in florida are already predicting they will need help restoring power. they called northern california because of a 3-year-old alliance. >> in 2014 we signed an agreement with florida power and light that says should there be a disaster in florida other in pg pg&e's territory we'll there for each other. >> reporter: workers talked about the humid weather they will face. the possibilities of alligators and about having each other's backs. they then worked to fit the

foofoo tools from their trucks in these pods. they aren't the only workers from the bay area headed to florida. 50 oakland firefighters with the urban search and rescue team are flying out today. another two dozen are driving. they were headed home from houston when they got the call. >> we started heading towards home and things with irma changed and we got turned around. >> reporter: oakland firefighters caught a flight out of here today. the pg&e workers will go tomorrow. they don't know how long they will be there. they'll wait and assess the situation. abc 7 news. >> you can get the latest on hurricane irma with the abc 7 news app. be sure to enable push alerts and be the first to know about breaking news where you live. >> reporter: in washington, president trump is touting his deal with the democrats that took con gregressional republic by surprise. >> donald junior spent the day answering questions about the meeting with the russians that promised him dirt on hillary

clinton. >> reporter: republicans were frustrated and surprised when president trump made that decision and sided with the democrats. today, more of those republicans changing their tune. paul ryan saying it might be a good thing. >> it was a lot of good spirit that that room. >> reporter: describing wednesday's meeting with congressional leaders as very bipartisan and great. the president surprising everyone when he sided with the democrats agreeing to extend government funding and raise the debt limit for just three months in exchange for hurricane relief funding. >> i was very proud of the senate democratic leader chuck schumer. he could speak new york to the president. >> reporter: the move defying the wishes of his own party facing a democratic minority that finds itself with added leverage. >> the president made a game call that he thought was in our country's interest to have a

bipartisan support in a bipartisan package to deal with these ongoing hurricane disasters. >> reporter: speaker of the house paul ryan accepting the plan he called ridiculous and disgraceful hours before that meeting. president trump signaling the potential start of a new trend. >> i think we will have a different relationship than you've been watching over the last number of years. >> reporter: the president's son spending hours with the senate judiciary committee investigating russian meddling during the presidential election. he said he agreed to the trump tower meeting that included a russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin because of possible information quote concerning the fitness and character of a presidential candidate. don junior tweeted this afternoon saying he answered questions for five hours going onto say i trust this interview fully satisfied their inquiry.

>> what are lawmakers saying? how satisfied were they with the information that don junior provided? will we see a public hearing going forward? >> reporter: some of the lawmakers said this only scratched the surface and now they have even more questions. while he tweeted he hopes this satisfies their inquiry, some of them are saying they want to push for more hearings and another one we would see don junior having to answer these questions in public. >> thank you. a bay area lawmaker has introduced a measure to remoouv confederate statues from the capitol. there are currently statues of general robert e. lee, jefferson davis and ten other confederate figures. president trump says all options remain on the table as north korea continues to conduct nuclear tests. he said military action is an

option but quote it would be great if something else would be worked out. germany's chancellor and clhinas president said they should take more action but agreed the dialogue shouldn't continue to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. they conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date. in south korea the air force released these pictures of its soaring eagle drill. the exercise was one of the largest air combat drilled aimed at blocking a large number of enemy aircraft. it was chance to review south korea's enemy readiness to counter an attack. the president trump administration announced it will rewrite an obama school directive on sexual assault. the charge is being made in an effort to balance the rights of victims and the accused. the obama guidance pushed schools to combat sexual harassment and sexual violence saying they were required to do so under title ix.

critics say i trampled the rights of the accused. she said today's move will prompt fears of reduced support for survivors of sexual violence. as hurricane irma sets its sight on the u.s. hurricane harvey victims are still cleaning up. >> it's heartbreaking to think in a blink of an eye you can lose everything. >> a bay area woman who faced her own tragedy now helping others. i'm spencer christian. clouds are lingering and so is a bit of drizzle. i'll have the forecast coming up. rj this is 680 southbound looking a little bit lighter traffic. northbound is your thicker trarveg. back after this.

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domestic dispute her grandson's father shot and killed her husband. she said it was per family's personal storm. when hurricane harvey hit houston she said she was called to help. >> different type of storm but they were feeling the same thing we were feeling. >> reporter: she and three others got on plane to houston. >> we were just there van -- servants. >> reporter: her friend helped people clean and rebuild their homes. >> it felt as if we were sun sun a gloomy day or hope in the midst of despair. some kind of order in the midst of chaos. >> to let them know that, hey, doesn't seem like you'll get through it but you will. you'll get through it. >> reporter: even though they just returned home to vallejo,

they are open to going back to texas or to florida to provide assistance. >> where god leads me to go, that's where i'm going to go. >> we're really the ones that got blessed. >> reporter: a blessing they hope to share again. >> she houston on hatheir own to help. once they got there they did sign up with the american red cross as volunteers. a california says it's caused houston to sink by two centimeters. he said the flooding was so widespread that it flexed earth's crust.

the earth should flex back. a long trail of moisture right along the coastline. one or two spots are receiving drizzle drops. there's a pretty good chance of spotty drizzle along the coast. during the overnight hours low temperatures will generally be in the low to mid-60s. a few spots drop into the upper 50s. clouds will linger at the coast where it will still be a bit humid. upper 70s to about mid-80s in the warmest inland spots. speaking of warmth, we'll have a bit of that this weekend especially in our inland spots. antioch will bounce up to 90 degrees up to 98 sunday and monday and dropping sharply down to mid-80s on tuesday. that's the pattern most of our

inland areas will see. a sharp bump up in temperatures and sharp drop downward on monday. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll have very warm conditions over the weekend especially sunday and monday. on tuesday temperatures drop off sharply and on tuesday there's also a chance of some showers along with the cooling. looks like a cool week ahead after tuesday. it's rather fall like as larry mentioned earlier. >> it's nice. new twist on the shark tank and how it's living up to the name. zwhat airlines are doing to prevent price gouging or are they? we'll talk about that coming up.

spacex launched the super secret space shuttle today. the falcon robert blasted off with one of the unmanned many

shuttles aboard. the air force space planes have logged five and a half years in orbit. it lasted almost two years and ended in may. major airlines in the u.s. are moving quickly to ward off accusations of price gouging in the eye of hurricane irma. >> miking finney joining us now with more. >> price gouging is illegal. many looking for several airlines have announced a cap on air fare.

there were fares in the four figure range. one fare was listed for $3300. another post complained about a flight from miami to phoenix that was selling for $3200. airlines say this wasn't price gouging because the cheap tickets quickly sold out and all that remained were the high price seats. disasters elsewhere make us think about how ready we are here. besides having water, food, batteries and medicine, shoultd y -- should you be prepared financially? you bet. you should also be thinking financially. here is what you should do before the flood, fire and earthquake. up load important documents to the cloud or flash drive. if nothing else, take a picture with your camera phone. view your insurance policy. take pictures of your belongings for future insurance claims.

set up an emergency fund and have cash on hand. when the electricity is out, cash in king. they know that in dallas now. i should say houston. a toy company is recalling thousands of children's bracelets because they my cut a child. they come with a book called dream works troll. it can breakthrough the fabric and cut a child's hands. i posted the information on my facebook page. now i want to hear from you especially if you have a consumer concern. my 7 on your side hotline is open monday through friday from 10:00 to 2:00. >> you're going to have more on

equifax because that's a huge story? >> yeah, 5:00. >> thank you. here's a medical breakthrough. researchers at the university of texas created a pen they say can diagnose cancer in just ten seconds. the process is very technical but the pen is connected to large masspectrometer. it's able to distinguish between tumors and healthy tissue in just ten seconds with 96% accuracy. middle ages women aren't going enough sleep. more than one in four women reported trouble falling and staying asleep four or more times during the week and nearly 50% say they don't wake feeling rested. >> what about guys?

>> i don't know. >> they didn't care enough to study us. if you're looking for something fun to do this weekend, we've got you covered. >> one city, 12 hours and riddles. it's a scavenger hunt that will take you all over san francisco this weekend. you'll walk, bike or take transit to get to locations. >> we take that as challenge to try to give people the best they ever had in san francisco. >> costumes are encouraged. you and your team will get clues for eachst stop through an app your phone. >> caring neighbors set out with plan. >> to build community in san fran. >> they toiled and tiled so you can enjoy these steps so grand.

sample from over 40 rum brand expressions from around the world. from educational seminears, art and crafts, there's fun for all. proceeds benefit a great cause. the operation helping people foundation. celebrate the lgbtq community this weekend at the oakland pride parade and festival. it kicks off at 10:30 sunday morning. grammy nominated artist is headlining the main stage. the parade is free. $10 will get you into the festival. go to our website, abc7news.com. we'll link you up with hoodline. >> she had me at tropical rum.

the shark tank has an actual shark tank in it. the team unveil a 2,000 gallon tank. live shark and other fish are in there. he's the man behind the small screen and you probably don't even know his name. remembering filo and the creation that changed the world. it all began right here in san francisco. jour watyou're watching the prince right there. >> new at 5:00, a hug and a kiss before heading out to help with hurricane irma. first responders ready for anything. >> we're here to help. anything we can do. animals in florida are finding safety here in the bay area and the welcome mat is out

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here is a look at tonight's primetime line up. it's two hours of battle of the network stars followed by the gong show at 10:00. the las vegas police

department has launched an internal investigation after an nfl star accused the department of racial profiling. >> seattle seahawks michael bennett claims he was targeted and taken to the ground by an officer because of the color of his skin. >> reporter: this cell phone video posted on tmz. >> i wasn't doing nothing, man. >> reporter: this body cam video released by the las vegas police department. according to investigators are just two of at least 126 videos now under review after 31-year-old seahawks player michael bennett alleges an officer threatened him with a gun. >> any moment i could have made the wrong decision. you guys would be wearing the patch with number 72 on it. >> reporter: police say the incident happened in the early morning hours on august 27th

after the floyd mayweather fight and at the time officers were responding to reports of gunshots at a nearby nightclub. >> the investigation reveals any policies or training were vee violated, the officers will be held accountable. >> reporter: bennett and his family, they call the encounter traumatic. >> for me, it's just be happy to see my brother because it's chance i couldn't see him. >> i tried to tell my daughters every single day that matter and. >> reporter: he's hired a several rights attorney. so far they found no evidence race played a factor explaining bennett was released as soon as his identify was verified. >> got over a hundred clips of video to review. get latest news any time with

the abc 7 news app. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> florida will have major hurricane impacts. >> florida bracing for direct hit from hurricane irma. this storm keeps breaking records. first responders return to the bay area. they are back from helping texas recover from its hurricane. >> you feel for the people seeing they lost everything. also ahead, major security breach that could affect you. it could affect 143 million people and their social security numbers. watch out for yellowjackets. they are aggressive and leaving them alone may not work. this is about 160, 170 miles an hour. >> that is the sound and furyfuy

hurricane irma charging a across the virgin islands. believe it or not the storm got stronger. 200 miles away in antigua, 95% of structures are said to be damaged. >> the entire country has been decimated. i have never seen anything like this before. >> just horrifying. this storm has killed 13 people. >> the storm has florida in its sights next. cameras on the international space station providing another incredible view of hurricane irma showing just how massive it is. >> about the size of the state of texas. abc 7 news meteorologist is tracking the storm now. >> this storm is making history as you have heard. take a look at the satellite picture. this is one massive storm. the eye of the storm right now nearing the turks and caicos. the reason