mass exitous in florida. gas is running out with all of south florida now under a hurricane warning. people are scrambling to get away. and a student attacked near campus, the message the school has for its students this morning. right now at 11:00 the impact of irma. the winds were howling last

night. the videos show the powerful winds and driving rain hitting resort properties along the western side of the island. the high storm surge expected to cause major flooding. new photos out of barbuda. it blasted the island nation killing at least three people there. you can see shattered debris and buildings trashed. france and the netherlands split control. they said the storm killed four people on their side of the island and one reported on the dutch side. the governor says federal help is on the way for residents there. irma damaged many of the boats. one sailboat worker said he had a boat anchored in the harbor which is now nowhere to be found. he says he and fellow residents were fortunate.

>> we lit candles, played games. >> they pounded with top wins of 150 miles per hour for more than four hours. fire and police stations collapse in the main hospital and sustained pretty heavy damage. this is a live look as it tracks irma. they say the hurricane weakened a little bit to a category 4 as it moves between cuba and the bahamas. it remains a dangerous threat to florida. now a live look. this is west of orlando. you can see all of this traffic here. this is where a lot of people headed to avoid the brount of the storm. the influx creating traffic headaches there. getting out of south florida has been a challenge far lot of people. drivers have been stuck in traffic jams as they try to escape before the hurricane hits. this is on florida's atlantic coast about 65 miles north of

west palm beach. experts say irma will bring with it a storm surge that will effect the east and west coast of florida. they were busy clearing branches off of power lines to get easier access to repair possible outages. fema's chief is telling people in low lying areas to heed the warnings and get out now. fema deployed more than 8,000 to help with the continuing harvey recovery effort. we have the latest now on irma's track. >> right now the concern is its strength and fact that it will remain very organized upon land fall. as we get this into motion current lay category 4. download the app for more updates. it looks like it may make land fall very early sunday morning.

lanld fall could be right around the florida everglades. so technically upon impact. there is a lot of swampy area. that is one of the bigger concerns. this is going to be catastrophic to say the least simply because of actual impact. from south to north weather normally works from west to east. this will be a huge problem as far as storm surge goes. of course rainfall flooding. we'll be watching that for you around the clock at least until impact and beyond that of course. so hurricane irma currently a category 4. once it makes land fall it will continue working up to central florida into georgia and continuing as a hurricane finally becoming a tropical system weakening to a tropical depression. in addition to that we have been tracking an 8.1 magnitude

earthquake. it has been devastating. we have more updates and more pictures on nbc 10. all right. people in miami are rushing to board up their homes, get their boats out of the water, buy food, batteries and get gas in their cars. in miami-dade they ordered more than half million people to leave. we are live with a look at how they are preparing for hurricane irma, sarah. >> reporter: yeah. with this storm expected to hit in less than 48 hours today is the last chance for people to get out of the area before things start to really deteriorate here. within the last couple of hours we have seen the winds significantly increase. winds will continue to increase as hurricane irma gets closer. it's a desperate race against

time for residents in south florida as irma marchs towards the mainland. >> it's not a question of if florida will be impacted, it's how bad will florida get impacted. >> we can rebuild your homes. we can't rebuild your life. >> warnings that floridans are not taking lightly. waiting hours for plywood. >> we are going to protect the house this time. >> contractor mark weaver has been booked solid all week. bumper to bumper traffic and gas shortages. florida governor rick scott attempting to stay ahead of the problem. >> i'm doing everything i can to get more fuel into the statie. >> clearing store shelves of all essential supplies.

irma's swrat impressive and terrifying. devastating the paradise nation. irma's strike in the united states has everyone on edge. and for those who aren't able to make it out of south florida there are 13 more shelters to provide refuj for people. the governor asking them gas stations to stay open as late as possible. back to you. >> thanks for that. she just mentioned a lot of these shelters there, more opening. this is a live look from miami. it is an evacuation center. hopefully we can get that stabilized. it is about to open. this is from our sister station. we don't have control of this right now but we are told a crowd of people have been

waiting and waiting to go in to seek shelter before irma hits. about 30 minutes up the road in fort lauderdale we caught up with a small group of people to fill up sandbags. it is technically illegal to fill up sandbags from the beach. >> what is your biggest concern? >> not having a home. >> she moved to florida from maryland six months ago. she said she plans to ride out the storm in a hotel. army national guard unit is on its way today. sending 100 soldiers and 40 heavy trucks to help the recovery effort there. the motto, you call, we haul. they helped people deal with the aftermath of super storm sandy.

nbc 10 has a team of reporters in florida right now. >> it is the biggest to hit there in a century t. magnitude 8.1 quake killed at least 15 people and toppled houses. people hundreds of miles away felt it. the u.s. geological survey reported at least 20 aftershocks in the five hours after that quake. police say a local college student walking alone overnight was attacked by two men. a sexual assault investigation is underway. randy is live near the campus with details on how the victim's

boyfriend helped police get to her, randy. >> reporter: this is located next to two high schools and about a block away from the university. you can see detectives still at the park where it happened. the assault happened down there by the basketball courts. police say this young woman was on the phone with her boyfriend when the assault happened. he quickly called philadelphia police and campus security. officers began searching for the victim. but police say by then the male suspects had taken her to the wooded area in the park, threw her to the ground and even threw what they believe is bleach onto her face. >> those males grabbed her. there is an allegation that some form of bleach or substance was thrown in her face. they threw her to the ground and

was physically assaulted and possibly even sexually assaulted. it's a horrible case. >> you can see philadelphia police gathering more evidence. we saw them looking for surveillance video. those two suspects ran away after this attack. police still need help finding them. i spoke with officials from the university. they say counselors have been with that student all night. they are urging any students to not walk alone especially at night to utilize their 24 hour campus shuttle that can pick you up where ever you are and they are praying for the victim this morning. nbc 10 news. in philadelphia a woman lost her husband and two young children have lost their father after a murder in the city's spring garden neighborhood. he had just gotten out of his car last night when two men came up, stole his wallet and shot him in the face.

the two-year-old daughter was in the backseat of that car. they are looking for two people in their late teens or early 20s. a house fire sent three people to the hospital including a boy that went in to rescue his cousins two he thaug were inside. the boy and two police officers all suffered -- some had to jump from a window to escape. a recycling facility sending smoke rising above a fire. crews got it under control a little after 7:00 a.m. no one was hurt. all eyes on hurricane irma but millions still suffering from the devastation of hurricane harvey in tks tchlkex decisions they are making.

>> we have got more love in texas than water. plus, how the five living presidents are coming together to support victims of hurricane harvey. and more tracking of hurricane irma currently a category 4 which is gearing up to be the costliest hurricane in his rhode isla -- history. we'll see you after the break. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have.

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evacuated a school following reports of an active shooter. they arrested one person. officers are searching the school to make thur everything is safe. they wouldn't say if the person arrested was a student. vlgs a federal appeals court rejected the trump administration's of who is allowed into the united states. the court said grandparents, could you sayens and other close relatives should not be prevented from coming to the country. the unanimous ruling from the 9th court of appeals cleared the way for refujes to travel here. the decision upheld the ruling. that decision will take effect in five days instead of the normal 52. the department of justice plans to appeal. lawmakers just voted to approve a $15 billion disaster

aid package. it replenished the emergency fund. texas continues to recover from hurricane harvey. the bill is linked to an increase in america's debt ceiling. the five living former united states presidents joined forces to help raise money of hurricane harvey in texas. >> hurricane harvey brought terrible destruction. >> we want to help our fellow americans recover. >> people are hurting down here. >> we love you, texas. >> the campaign won america appeal and began airing last night. we are tracking gorgeous

conditions keeping everything high and dry. just a few clouds. a live shot over the ben franklin bridge. satellite and radar is dry. current temperatures mainly in the 60s. we'll see temperatures cooler than average but still a great day nonetheless. current temperature 70 degrees. it is warmer at 72 degrees. neighborhoods right now seeing mainly 60s. lower 70s at 71 degrees. you are currently at 67 degrees. for new jersey we are seeing a west northwesterly influence as far as the winds go. lumberton 70 degrees and florence currently at 69. princeton currently at 68 degrees. your neighborhood planner for the next couple of hours we are

seeing really comfortable conditions. 5:00 p.m. 72 degrees with a mix of sun and clouds. 9:00 p.m. we are seeing a couple of clouds. temperatures expected to be in the low to mid-60s. a really nice stretch of weather. it looks like a few extra clouds for part of lehigh valley. i thought we could squeeze out a couple of sprinkles. it may be the case farther north and west of philadelphia. loss of sunshine for your friday. lots of sunshine for the entire weekend and temperatures are going to be very comfortable, very low humidity. i think everybody is actually going to enjoy. hurricane irma currently a category 4. big story sheer thhere is that t encountered much. >> we are seeing that it is remaining very organizorganiziz.

it is probably to sustain itself as it continues to work its way towards florida. wind speeds 150 miles per hour. p so it's slowing down a little bit. the more time it spends out in the atlantic and one or two low 90s i did see that gave it more time for it to develop. it continues to work its way south of the bahamas. it looks like it will make land fall saturday into sunday. it is really urgent because it will be effecting the florida everglades. we'll be watching this closely. and if you have our free nbc 10 app you'll get more updates and we'll keep you updated on

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asthma is the most chronic disease among children in the united states. it sends more than 16,000 kids to the er every year. instead of keeping children with asthma on the sidelines it encourages them to live healthy and active lifestyles. she here to talk about healthy hoops which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> it konl biens it with education and knowledge. >> first and foremost the sponsor of the program and their local subsidiary started the program 15 years ago. the whole idea was that there are many children in philadelphia area. frankly double the average in the state and in many other states that suffer from asthma. we felt it would be an

opportunity as we saw medical costs rising to give these young people an opportunity to safely do a physical activity with legendary coaches and we thought if we could bring them to a safe setting and at the same time instruct parents and guardians on everything from nutrition to sleep to making sure they are taking their prescription medicines and how to handle an emergency situation. it was so successful here in philadelphia that it has grown into eight states in the district of columbia. we have seen medical costs go down and kids that felt they couldn't participate in athletics now have an opportunity to be active. >> a lot of times they encouraged to stay on the side. what made you think we can take the opposite approach and make it work? >> we put a coalition together that was coming up with drugs that were helping young people with asthma ages 3 to 16, the

different associations that were involved with asthma and we decided to put a medical team in place with the sports folks so we could make sure they were safe. we monitored their asthma. as the months went by it wasn't just a one-day program we saw improvement not only in nutrition issues and how kids were doing but really saw that they could improve. we grew it across the country. >> you guys have come a long way. thanks for being with us this morning. healthy hoops celebrating from 11:00 to 3:00 p.m. at universal charter high school in philadelphia. for more information head to our web site or check out the nbc 10 app. it is a race against time in south florida and beyond as irma sets her sites on the u.s. we are checking on hurricane irma and how people are coming together to help fellow

floridans ahead of the storm's arrival. and new information from mexico where authorities are assessing the damage from a powerful earthquake. we are back after this.

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a live look from miami. you can call this the calm before the storm. it looks beautiful right now but you can see not many boats there in the harbor. we all know what is coming. now, across the miami area there are long lines at home improvement stores and gas stations. people are racing to safeguard themselves. rick scott had a very blunt message. >> do not put yourself or your family's life at risk. if you have been ordered to evacuate and are still home please go. >> the governor says south floridans would soon run out of good weather. erika martin has the latest. >> yeah. out of everything pretty much as we track hurricane irma's land fall possibly as a category 4. things change very quickly and

we could see it strengthen or weaken. download the app for more updates. they will be out there live upon its land fall. so right now it's approximately 375 miles to 400 miles just off of the florida peninsula. this is a big concern because there is not much that's inhibiting it from maintaining its strength and continuing to barrel through the atlantic bay son towards florida. now, locally conditions are gorgeous. as they are in florida, we saw that live shot there. one of the concerns we have here is the effect of the energy as it continues to work its way from south to north across the eastern sea board. so we do have a rip current forecast high risk for today. it is dangerous. be sure you at least swim with a buddy if you go out into the water. i recommend you don't.

be sure you follow him on social media and download the free nbc 10 app. i promise i have the ten day forecast and what to expect for this upcoming weekend. back to you. here is a live look west of orlando. a lot of people headed here to avoid the brunt of the storm. it is creating traffic troubles there. they warned residents from alabama to north carolina to pay close attention to the storm's path. >> the forecast and the direct impacts of this storm have yet to be determined because one, it's a very powerful storm. >> warning people to get out of the storm surge and get to a facility that can with stand the winds. now, a heartfelt gesture before the arrival of hurricane irma needed. she discovered the last one was sold as she walked up to the

counter of a busy lowe's. her father is on oxygen. a man saw the woman in tears. he gave her his generator. >> my father is on oxygen and i'm worried about this storm. >> it's okay. >> she called santiago an angel from god. >> you can use our interactive radar and get the updated radar from the nbc 10 weather team. mexico is also preparing far different hurricane. hurricane katia expected to make land fall in northern vera cruz. it may cause life threatening flash floods in areas of

mountainous terrain. it killed several people toppling houses and businesses and sending panicked people into the streets more than 650 miles away. magnitude 8.1 quake hit off the coast. we report from mexico city. >> one of the strongest earthquakes in mexico, the magnitude was 8.2 on the southern coast of mexico. he said it was the strongest quake mexico has experienced in 100 years. the quake was felt in 11 states and about 50 million people have fa felt these tremors. here in mexico city electricity will be closed and was magnitude

8.5. you can imagine the panic attacks people suffered. according to the tsunami warning was confirmed mexico's country and police were being mobilized to respond to emergencies. they said we have to expect 7.2 in the next 24 hours. nbc news. a sex assault investigation is underway after a student was attacked overnight while walking alone. we are live with an update, randy. >> reporter: and neighbors are especially concerned because this park is just a couple of spots from the university. they say this student was walking by herself around midnight when she was followed by about two men when they

attacked her near the basketball near the park. she was on the phone with her boyfriend when it happened. officers began searching for the woman. by then police say the two suspects had taken the victim to a wooded area, threw her to the ground, physically attacked her. they threw some sort of bleach liquid into her face. police investigating this as a possible sexual assault. >> it is very troubling. i have a 15-year-old daughter. any time i hear about a young lady being assaulted or any kid in danger it is troubling and concerning. >> neighbors tell me they will keep a close eye on this area over the next few days to reassure the students. in the meantime those two suspects ran away after the attack. police are looking for them and they need help from the public to track them down. nbc 10 news.

happening now friends and family are paying their last respects to the temple university student murdered last week. members of her hometown community honored her at a viewing yesterday. the crowd so large police had to help control traffic. students, faculty and the president came together for an emotional vigil. from the heart of the campus flowed heartfelt condolences. >> i want today let the family know we are deeply saddened. >> i couldn't believe it. it didn't seem real until it was. >> my heart goes out to the family. wonderful people. >> he now has a new lawyer. the attorney has not responded to the request for a comment. new the morning a life threatening health care long

snapper reportedly needs open heart surgery. dorenbos was traded to the saints and they uncovered the problem during medical tests. they say he has an aortic aneury aneurysm. the saints say they may try to rescend the trade because he had a preexisting condition. the hands of the company that should be protecting your information. equifax says it exposed the information of 143 million customers based ton latest census. that's 44% of the u.s. population. names, addresses, social security numbers, birth dates and drivers licenses were all exposed. hackers also accessed credit card numbers for more than 200,000 people. yesterday we spoke with a local

cyb cyber security expert who fatald about the scope of the information. >> we have a link that is on the nbc 10 app. up next, back to school technology. we have a look at the best app to help young students stay ahead of the curve. and of course all eyes on hurricane irma current lay category 4. when will it make land fall and how strong will it be? details coming up on the other side of the break.

one way to get in gear is to download the top educational apps for your child, teachers, specialists and parents helped us come up with a list. for older kids try common sense med media. there is also con academy which features practice problems and explanations for every subject.

abcya for elementary kids and younger. try bugs and bubbles, voe care la -- vocabulary spelling city. here to tell us more is the director for great philly schools and the executive director for childrens scholarship fund, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> so it helps them find a great school in philadelphia. we feature profiles for over 400 districts, charter and private schools on our web site and what makes this unique is we have a

1-10 rating system. families can compare schools across all of the sectors. >> kids are barely back to school but it's not too early to start thinking about next year. it may seem crazy to some people but parents have a lot of options. tell us about your organization and how you can help. >> childrens scholarship fund provides children with scholarship opportunities for kids k-8 to go to private schools. in fact we are launching our new application at the constitution center. we will be issuing 2,000 new four-year scholarships for philadelphia families. we strongly encourage families to apply. in line with what we do the most important thing is getting kids into grade schools across the spectrum. partnership with great philly

schools, we will be having a k-8 school fair from 10:00-2:00 at 17th and gerard. >> parents are heading to one of these fairs. what kind of questions do they need to be asking when they arrive? >> we'll also be hosting a high school fair next friday and saturday at the convention center, the 15th and the 16th. so we will have over 100 high schools there all located in the city. the questions that families should be asking range from, you know, what are the academics at the school, safety, extra krirk lar activities. they walk through different considerations that families can look at when choosing the school. >> this is a big decision for a

lot of people, what school am i going to send my child to? is there one piece of advice you can give trying to choose the right schools? >> i would say explore three or four schools, try to find the best fit for your child academically and socially. keep a broad vision and a lot of our families never thought they could have the means to send their kids to private tuition based schools. you can always decide later. if it ends up not being a good fit you can always change schools. you never should feel locked in if your child is not in the right environment. be open to listening to your child and understanding their needs. >> good advice. >> my suggestion besides coming to our fairs would be visit the

school. you can do all of the research you want online. >> but go there. >> go to the school, talk to the principal. >> walk around, take your kid with you. see it, feel it. >> thank you so much for being here with us this morning. the philadelphia high school fair is happening september 15th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and saturday from 10:00 to 3:00 p.m. pennsylvania convention center. city wide grade school fair next month, saturday, october 7th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 17th street you can get all of the details on our web site, nbc10.com or check out the nbc 10 app. i'm erika martin. we are tracking the tropics, the gulf as well. we are tracking three hurricanes and if you download our free nbc

10 app you'll get up to the minute updates throughout the entire movement of these systems. hurricane irma current lly a category 4. it will stay out to sea and we have katia in the gulf of mexico, currently a category 2. our concern right now locally here is the impact of hurricane irma as it makes land fall. it looks like we will be effected. rip current risk is high for today and tomorrow and throughout the weekend and also the possibility of higher waive heig -- wave heights as well. let's track it as it continues to work its way north of cuba and south of the bahamas. it looks like it may impact this and as it continues to work its way towards florida. beyond that i don't see any land

masses effecting hurricane irma. that's one of the biggest concerns. it's encountering a lot of hot water. it is perfect to maintain its strength and possibly get stronger. i don't think it will get weaker before it makes land fall. we'll keep you updated on that. land fall is expected some time overnight between saturday and sunday morning. so of course the other issue is its overnight predawn. it looks like it will impact initially the florida everglades. you have to download the nbc 10 app and follow us for more updates. you can see it will continue to work its way as a hurricane as far as close to georgia and become a tropical storm and then a tropical depression. duo ha we do have to focus ton weather

here. current temperature 69 degrees. we are seeing a few weather clouds. some times you to keep it in perspective here. 68 in atlantic city. current temperature 72 degrees. satellite and radar shows an area of high pressure. fall is 22 days away. at least we have a nice fall-like day. it looks really great. we'll top out in the low to mid-70s for everybody across our region. by tonight we'll see mostly clear to clear skies. get ready for lots of sunshine on saturday and sunday. my pick is sunday just because we'll have a little bit more sunshine. overall nothing to complain about for this upcoming weekend. high risk for today. we'll be tracking that and monitoring that very closely. your ten day forecast, we have temperatures pretty much in the 70s. it will be the story for the next several days. a lot of sunshine for saturday

and sunday. increasing clouds monday into tuesday tracking rain tuesday and wednesday and of course we'll see you on the other side of the break.

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it is called friends on us fridays. it is sponsored by north shore animal league america. under the weekly they cover adoption fees every friday. erika martin, one final check of the forecast. all right. i have been telling everyone to follow the nbc 10 app. we are tracking hurricane irma category 4. we want to show you the impact and the live pictures with tim and everybody out there giving us updates. here locally we have gorgeous weather with lots of sunshine for saturday and sunday. >> we'll take it. thanks for watching. for erika martin and all of us here on nbc 10 have a great day. enjoy it. >> perfect for friday, saturday and sunday. >> welcome to the weekend. have a great day.

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