>> it wasn't worth it. >> this storm is much worse. >> i'm scared and trying to get as far north as possible. >> abc7 is tracking hurricane harvey. >> it's not a question if florida is impacted. it's a question of how bad florida is impacted. nancy: no mincing words. at "abc7 news at 4:00", mass evacuations in florida happening now. jonathan: this is a monster swirling in the atlantic. just now we are getting a view of damage in the dominican republic and in some cases it's complete damage. it's far are a direct hit but you don't need a direct hit with a monster storm like irma to see the destruction left behind. you can't make out if they are homes or shacks. michelle: the outer band enough to do that damage. this is what we know about hurricane irma. it's a powerful category four hurricane with winds topping 150 miles per hour, sustained winds. 21 people in the caribbean are

storm. rescue and recovery efforts continue now. 850 people are ordered to evacuate florida. the largest evacuation in miami-dade history. 6 million people live in south florida. every state along the atlantic coast from florida to virginia declared a state of emergency. whether that is for what is coming or to allow aid for neighbors. jonathan: this is an incredibly dangerous storm that continues to make history. nancy: abc7 is tracking it and has team coverage. michelle: we have live reports from florida as time runs out for folks trying to get out of the danger zone. some just arriving in our area to escape the storm. jonathan: we will start the coverage off this evening with the chief meteorologist doug hill with the latest on irma's track. a week ago we talked about harvey and 50 inches of rain. now we are talking about the strongest tomorrow through the atlantic. doug: rain is a feature but the wind makes headline with the storm. earlier today the storm weakened

hour. an hour or so ago the hurricane hunters went through and found lower pressure 155 miles per hour winds. the expectation is according to the hurricane forecasters is that through the evening and through a good portion of the day tomorrow, as the circulation from irma gets close to the cuban coast, it will have some interaction and may briefly weaken it. when it goes over waters that are 88 degrees it could strengthen it. the bottom line is the computer model guidance is coming together. that is probably going to make it approach south or southwest florida and right up the state to bring in a huge storm surge and the hurricane force winds. 150 miles per hour at close landfall early sunday morning. the last track has it moving west at 14 miles per hour. close to the cuban coast. then making landfall as a powerful category four. even maintaining category four strength after it makes landfall. hurricane warnings are up. they'l

tomorrow. with that is the wind and the storm surge warned across south florida. josh knight is in boca rattan. they -- boca raton. they are serves and for good reason. josh: absolutely. we are already starting to get changes in the weather. not bad but it's getting breezier. we are getting up to 12 to 15 miles per hour. so before the weather changed folks were getting out of town. the tolls waived as evacuations take place and people continue to work their way to the north. before people head north first they had to get to the gas station. the gas pumps continue to get a workout. tanya has been keeping an eye on the gauge, topping off since irma started tracking

or anything. just consistently kept watching for it, if i needed to come in to fill up. josh: drivers like jeffrey have the important job of making sure there is something to pump. >> the police escort it. >> most people are happy to see him. this is the last run. >> this is the last until monday. >> it will be closed. jon so even if the pumps stay open if the gas electric is running at some point a lot of places will run off and they won't get a chance to refill. i want to show you something. talking about the track and the northward turn that this is expected to make. the question mark is where. all the cloud cover, we are look north. that is where a cold front, now a stationary front settled in t

associated with it breaking down the ridge that is holding down the hurricane. as the ridge is broken down that is when irma starts to turn north. you can see the effects of that. to the other side we are getting clouds moving in from the hurricane. back to you. michelle: on the fuel situation we heard from the governor today and he is urging the gas station attendant to stay open as long as he can. what happens to those folks? they have families and are at risk as well. what happens to the workers and the employees who stick around? josh: we are heard some are offered police escorts. so that is one thing. some of us are telling us they will stay open as long as they can but when it's unsafe they are not here either. for most people it's getting to the point that is now or you are not going to get the fuel.

michelle: the window is certainly closing. thank you, josh. long lines for gas in orlando. they are filling sand bags. disney is taking the storm seriously. all the parks closing. that is for two days. resort hotels will stay open. now the latest track has irma still at hurricane status near central florida. jonathan: want to show you something. if you haven't been to miami beach in a while, this is the city. the water's edge. that is the sand. this city was built at the water's edge. so when you hear somebody say it's sea level. that is sea level there. the construction is year round. i want to point it out because the storms like this, it is not necessarily the wind that does the damage. it's the stuff that the wind picks up. and slams into the buildings and homes and into cars. now good news in the caribbean for what good news we can pass along, aid just now is arriving. in fact this is a british navy ship arriving at anguilla. one of the islands that was hard hit. we are told that virginia task force one going to

because we also got reports that st. thomas hard hit by the storm. nancy: they need help there. this here, in the british virgin islands you can see coming in over the marina. so much of that is pushed offshore. catastrophic damage as well and the northern leeward islands. north of boca raton is on the water. that is where we continue our team coverage. tracking irma with brad bell. what have you encount erred there so far? brad: nancy, we are seeing a tremendous disparity, really, between what we are seeing here right now. this is gorgeous on the beach. the water couldn't be more blue. but we are starting to feel the wind pick up. we are starting to see the surf pick up. now there are people out here right now. it hasn't been like this. people are coming out to take a look. across the way, there is the difference.

the restaurant closed out. they have sand and plywood. they have a concrete wall to protect them from the storm surge. looking on the balcony, you can see thisgy and putting in screws as they board up windows. we are hearing from people who say they will stay here. the big evacuations happening in the last couple of days have happened and it seems like it has stopped. those here now are going to stay put. gas was a big concern yesterday. it seemed as though overnight many of the stations got stocked up again. so that was a big relief. the stores are saying open for now in this area. some are scares as well. we went to a shelter in the area. we will show you that at 5:00. people are bringing the blankets, the air mattress and the cots in the wheelchairs. a woman telling us she is prepared to sleep in the wheelchair and she

to know she has shelter. we are seeing things and preparation. nancy: dire days ahead. stay with us for continuing coverage. we are looking at live picture from miami. a few minutes away the week that was. the damage and the video of the irma direct hit. complete update tracking irma, jose and katia in ten minutes. by the end of the hour an update from the national hurricane center on how strong the storm is. it's catastrophic in the forecast track. we are streaming and posting online at wjla.com. michelle: not to be forgotten harvey. when it comes to hurricane harvey, just today is house passing a package of bills including billions in relief effort and it raises the debt limit and funds the government through december. this was struck in large part between trump and democratic leaders.

it. truckloads of support from d.c. police are heading to texas. this morning, they had collected supplies from last week. at first it was just about helping the victims of harvey. that has changed now with the expected arrival of hurricane irma in florida. >> we have two trailers that are going to texas. they are leaving this morning. we have two more trailers that are going to miami. or staging until the storm passes. then we will go south to miami with the supplies. michelle: the supplies will be in heavy demand. the police and fire department outside the district lent a helping hand to get the trucks ready to roll. nancy: developing now in south mexico, incredible damage after a massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the pacific part of the ring of fire. 35 people dead here in the gulf. hurricane katia adding on top of this could soon make landfall on

coast spreading rain to the area rattled by the quake. jonathan: in other news, developing. a substitute teacher who coaches in prince george's county has been arrested and is facing child porn charges. he used to work at bradbury heights elementary school and coached the south county steers. stephen tschida has the developing story. stephen: 34-year-old christopher speights taught and coached basketball at the elementary school. we spoke with a woman who worked with him. she said that coach speights was quiet, didn't say much. kept his head down when we walked through the halls. prosecutors say when the speights got home he was active in the world of child porn. >> a former substitute elementary school teacher and a basketball coach. now an accused child sex predator. with a growing roster of victims. >> mr. speights had contact with children both through the south county steelers as a traveling basketball coach. he

through bradbury elementary school. stephen: investigators raided his home and they found a cache of child pornography. some they believe speights manufactured. some of the child victims may be here in prince george's county and elsewhere. back live now. parents are asked to talk to their children indeed and to tell their children or ask the children if they had contact. that is what the prosecutors are asking. that is what the investigators are asking because they believe there are more victims out there. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. jonathan: scary prospect. thanks. coming up for us at 4:00, we are tracking irma closely. nancy: we have been following the storm for a week now and we will show you the incredible pictures and the video of the arrival in the caribbean and the catastrophic damage it's done so far.

don't think i'm going to have a house. michelle: evacuating florida. we are talking to people who are just arriving here leaving everything behind and hoping for the best. jonathan: as we go to break images from hurricane harvey from the preparations you rememberedway. this is hurricane irma. tough to keep track of. four hurricanes. irma is coming to hit florida and harvey hit texas. we are kee

jonathan: hurricane irma is a record-setting storm. as strong swirled in the atlantic. michelle: big waves, storm surge and winds topping 185 miles per hour at the strongest point. it has made this an extreme danger. nancy: brianne carter shows us what irma has done so far as the floridians keep a close watch. brianne: watch as it goes by. new images of the devastation and the destruction that the storm is leaving behind. >> the roof is about to come. there it is. >> in the u.s. virgin islands the homes leveled. lush landscape littered with rubble and metal.

difficult for many to communicate with one another. from high above the british virgin islands the devastation hard to believe. nearly every rough ripped off the victim is. and so many now left with nothing and nowhere to go. brianne carter, abc7 news. nancy: watching that you can see why we encountered dozens taking a breather. richard reeve continues the coverage at the national airport. so many people coming here not knowing what they find when they go home next week.

>> one or two flights from miami. should we stay or should we go. they are staying with a friend for a couple of days and they will continue to long island, new york, on monday. and vermont a hairstyleer bought a house in september. planes from west palm beach as we said. ed collins and his wife flying to a d.c. area for a funeral. the coming storm was added motivation to leave. >> bitter sweet. didn't want to be part of the devastation. our daughter is hunkering down the pet and the

with them. talking to folks in west palm, it's amazing how many people in the area staying out the home. imagine leaving everything you know with a suitcase in your car. we have that at 5:00. richard reeve, abc7 news. nancy: at this point they don't have that much time to get out before it makes landfall sunday morning. doug: the mayor is saying 6:00 tonight is it. through 6:00 and you are in done. you are in place if you are not out. michelle: responsible for yourself. doug: pretty much. jonathan: we are hearing stories of so many people that want to ride it out, in wood structures, single level homes at sea level. doug: let the island images the horrifying images from the islands a couple days be a clue to what frame homes will happen in 150-mile-per-hour winds. jonathan: get out of there. doug: the earth network we are hooked up with. beautiful live shots. cycle through the different sites.

this is fort meyers beach. the cloud lowering and thickening. hurricane conditions on sunday morning. less than 48 hours from now. that is the site of fort meyers beach. it looks tranquil, pretty much so. it is 4:20. new tracking information from the hurricane center. the sustained winds 185 -mile-per-hour. then it will reemerge over the water. water temperature here than here. i could reintensify. the bottom line this close, nobody knows for sure. it's a

taking the winds as it is expected to make a sharp right-hand turn as we get through late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon and evening. spaghetti models are starting to come together here. european suite is pretty much clustered now in one area. that is somewhere just west of the southern tip of florida. coming in with the enormous storm surge. maybe three to 12 feet in spots and moving upstate. hurricane conditions even expected in orlando. later sunday and sunday night. it's a category four storm. again it is moving right now to the west at 14 miles per hour. hurricane center keeps it in the official forecast. category four storm at landfall or near landfall.

there is a storm surge. but i want to show you animation that could help explain the storm surge. at three feet it's level with the front entrance to the house. higher at six feet it's coming into the homes. they could see three to 12 foot storm surge. jose is also a storm now. look where it is headed. right in the general area of anguilla and barbuda and the other northern islands destated. the hope and the expectation is the center will just miss the

they have hurricane force winds on saturday. we look at this storm that will finally weaken to turn to sea, that is good news. our good news is forecast of sunshine through the weekend and low 70's. if there are any effects it's later tuesday. but too early to tell because we don't know where it will wind up. jonathan: thank you, doug. still ahead for us here at the bottom of the hour, harvey and irma. not the hurricanes but the married couple that has been together for decades. >> live from freedom plaza to tell you if you have plans to travel around the white house or the capitol, chances are the roads are shut dow

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dcraceforthecure.org or register at the race tomorrow. donate anytime or at the race tomorrow. a lot of time to get involved with the race. q: there are donations but there are honorees here tomorrow including a woman from manassas. ann sievers. we will hear from her at 5:00. that is the latest live with, q mccray, back to you inside. michelle: all right. thank you, q. still ahead on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- the search for a missing pregnant woman, a teacher from montgomery county. josh: from boca

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announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. jonathan: right now at the bottom of the hour we are tracking irma. and at least 850,000 floridians ordered to head north or seek shelter from the maliceive powerful, dangerous -- massive, powerful, dangerous storms. roads and airports are paneled throughout the evening. we have team coverage for you. that does continue right now. with the live reports from south florida, meteorologist josh knight is in boca raton. marci gonzalez is in new smyrna beach. the size of the evacuation is incredible. even more people may hit the road heading north and this is something never done before. marci: exactly. as the storm moves closer, people are taking the warnings more seriously. you mentioned 1.3 million people in florida ordered to evacuate. it does seem that people are taking the warning seriously. hitting the roads t

creating major traffic jams throughout the state. creating very long lines. gas stations running out, even well outside the evacuation zone. as far north of gainesville. 60% of the gas stations have run out of fuel. so there are state escorts to bring the fuel tankers into the evacuation zone trying to replenish the supply. shelters are filling up quickly. at least five shelters in south florida are at capacity already. other people are trying to get out of town. catching the last flights out. many of them are selling out. the last flight on the major airlines out of south florida are 7:45 tonight. the rush is on to get out of south florida. jonathan: a day ago well were reporting anxious people and they were getting in fight at home depot. set the mood there. what are you seeing today? most people gone? a ghosttown or are people staying and resigning to the fact that here it comes a

marci: there are definitely some people even in the mandatory evacuation zones who think they are going to ride this one out. they are not listening to the warnings. where i am, it's not under a mandatory evacuation. people are riding out the storm. so you are seeing long lines to get things like plywood and the generators because people are planning to stay in hair homes. they want to make sure that they are able to protect their homes and the families when the storm comes through. jonathan: marci gonzalez in new smyrna beach. michelle? michelle: we are hearing about the dangerous storm surge. the effort to fill sand bags or if they are deciding to stay and ride it out. while it is looking more likely that there will be a south florida landfall this weekend, no matter what, the entire state is on alert. stormwatch7's meteorologist josh knight is in boca raton with an update to the

josh? josh: that is right. and they need to be. the entire cone is still encompassing the entire peninsula of florida. we could be looking at hurricane force winds by early sunday. tropical storm force winds as early as tomorrow morning in south florida. let me show you the latest cone. i still want to stress that people down here are looking at the whole cone. easy to get caught up looking at what the center line looks like. right now we have 155-mile-per-hour max winds, 185-mile-per-hour gusts around that eye wall. this storm is expected to start to continue to the northeast. and then start to make the turn north. this is when we start to look for those effects closer to the keys. ultimately making its way basically up the middle of the state. with that category four winds as it is making landfall over the keys. and the storm surge, all of that wind piling up all the water. you will look for some areas closer to the coast that

of water above the ground level. as it does work its way inland you will notice that we drop off to the tropical depression and then a low with the 35-mile-per-hour winds. still bringing a lot of rain inland. that chance for tornadoes always a risk on the outer rain bands along the storm. let's talk about what is happening closer to home. in d.c., you are in for a heck of a weekend. temperatures hanging right around 72 degrees. partly cloudy skies to mostly sunny skies. the only thing to be ready for are cooler mornings. the temperatures for some of us are still in the 40's and the 50's. there just soak it up, enjoy it before we could get some of the rain and the cloud cover moving closer to d.c. as you get to tuesday and wednesday. michelle: thank you. jonathan: stay with abc7 throughout the everything. meteorologist josh knight and brad bell both in south florida. we will have updates from them this everything and throughout the weekend right here and the sister station newschannel8 and on

here is a real life couple who share the names with two deadly major hurricanes. meet harvey and irma. he is 104, she is 92. they have been married for 57 57 -- 75 years. when the daughter told them about the hurricane connection they thought it was a joke. but for sharing the names with two devastating storms they are not sure what to think. >> it's so sad. i don't like that. it bothers me. jonathan: they don't like it. the national weather center recycle names to the minor hurricanes but retires the name of the deadly storms which means this couple is truly one of a kind. we congratulate them. 75 years of marriage. diamond anniversary. good for you. michelle: elizabeth wallen's friend and family will not give up. the search for the missing pregnant teacher from montgomery county continues. amy aubert with new details just uncovered in this case. amy?

amy: well, guys, take a look at this flier. we found it posted inside the starbucks along georgia avenue where an employee tells me wallen visited almost every day. it's one of a stack of fliers that a family friend tells me she put together in an effort to find wallen. i want to go to video, just coming in our newsroom that we got from baltimore station, wjz. they say that this video is of wallen's ford escape found last night. now i do want to tell you, i spoke to montgomery county police within the past few minutes. they cannot confirm that just yet. they told me they are working around the clock. but at this point they don't have any upstates. to give you a bit of background on the case, police are on day four of trying to find missing pregnant high school teacher laura wallen. i'm told the last contact she had wit

message that police describe as alarming but they wouldn't give any further details on that. now police had a two and a half-hour meeting last night. another meeting this morning focusing just on this case. they say they are looking at all theories and possibilities at that point. now there are facebook groups dedicated to helping find wallen and a hashtag on social media. and the efforts of the community that police say a big role in helping to bridge in tips. >> the community helping as a whole nother dimension. it august meants what the police are doing. it spreads the word. heightens awareness and it can lead to more good information coming in. >> take a look at this photo. this is laura wallen. she is about 5'5" with blonde hair and blue eyes. in with any information is askedto

county police. live in olney, amy aubert, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. coming up next at "abc7 news at 4:00" -- another disaster. this time it strikes overnight in mexico. a massive 8.1-magnitude quake along the ring of fire. we will show you the rescue and the recovery efforts going on right now. michelle: plus, coordinating two natural disaster responses at the same time. we take you inside the fema and the red cross operations that have been going nonstop for more than two weeks now.

michelle: the deadly quake felt for hundreds of miles and now we are starting to see the damage. >> one of the powerful earthquakes recorded in mexico. we learned the death toll has risen with 58 people killed. a live tv broadcast captured the moment the quake happens before midnight. the live cameras bouncing an the studio lights swinging. even with the epicenter 600 miles away on the southern pacific coast. it toppled hundreds of buildings and caused many others to sway

terrified residents scrambled to the street. a second national emergency as the agencies brace for hurricane katia expected to strike the gull coast tomorrow as category two storm. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. jonathan: thank you. michelle: the equi fax breach is supposed to monitor your credit but what can you trust after a breach like this? the simple sol lutions to protect yourself from a hack next. -- sol lution to protect yourself from a hack next. >> we take you inside the fema center as they are gett

>> tim barber is out on breaking news for us. we'll get back to him. michelle: move to a "7 on your side" consumer alert. more than one out of three americans got the information hacked. jonathan: this is incredible. credit monitor company eq

and driver's license numbers in the hands of hackers. "7 on your side" nathan baca showing us how to protect ourself. we have had a couple of major hacks in last couple of years from the companies that you expect to protect us. >> that is right. once again millions of americans might need to sign up for credit monitoring. the first step for help going online to equifax security. people can find out if the information was likely hack and sign up for free credit monitoring service. >> they had a hard time getting through to the hot line. we are putting it to the test. the first two times busy signal. then they said the phone system was down but is now up and running.

every time, you will get a text right to your phone with a code that only you have. that is the one thing they haven't gotten access to. those wanting the extra security can take a drastic, temporary set. >> putting a freeze on all three reports. will make it impossible for anyone including you to open a new line of credit. >> the fraudulent charges show up, filing a dispute may not be enough. you have to suppress the fraud. >> one involves a police report. you need affidavit from the f.t.c. nathan: i typed in my partial social security number in the website and found out my information is believed to be the hands of hackers but there a waiting list for the free credit monitoring.

call your credit card company to shut it down and act for a new one. now they have your driver's license number and verification codes to access your account. potentially terrifying stuff. >> okay. >> tracking hurricane hurricane. speaking of scary. we are entering information with the destruction and the devastation in florida. >> the federal agencies are stretched thin. jeff goldberg got an inside look at both operations for us. >> more than 70,000 employees are on the ground in texas, florida and other states responding to hurricane harvey and the danger that could be hurricane irma. coordination of the efforts for the employees

ground all happens here. >> they have folks that are positioned along the eastern seaboard for the path it may take. >> as the national response coordination center in washington members of the federal government including the military are coordinating with the volunteer groups in the state and the local officials in florida and other southern states to determine where the resources will likely be needed after irma strikes. thousands are on the ground in texas assisting people impacted by hurricane harvey, along with crews responding to the massive wildfires burning across the western u.s. >> we are planning for a big surge for quite some time so this is providing ability to

>> this is at the red cross. >> we are ready to move when the call comes. >> disaster coordinator says two strike teams of four will soon head south to help the local teams provide food, water and shelter to the victims of the storm. >> it is going to depend where can we get them in and how close can we get them in prelandfall. post landfall. where the greatest need and how to get them there. >> assisting those impacted will cost the government tens of millions of dollars but it is getting the resources it needs to help the many people who remain in need. now with a look at what irma is doing and where it is headed we will go to steve rudin. what is happening? steve: we are still waiting for the 5:00 update to come in about hurricane irma. >> this is a

if it increases the wind speeds by two miles per hour it's be a category five. we are calling this a 4:00 as of 2:00. category four likely to make landfall along the florida coastline and eventually inland moving through the day on saturday and sunday before dissipating to an area of the low pressure by tuesday. >> show you what is going on in terms of the hurricane warning and now extended to the north of west palm for the hurricane watch. the temperatures are in the 50's. we have temperatures in the

the lower to the middle 60's.

michelle: breaking news from capital heights where police say a man in custody after h

the baby was born alive. we have more at 5:00. jonathan: there is long lines at the ports where the tankers are dropping off and trying to keep the fuel available. we spoke to rick perry. >> the mad dash to get out of irma's path for many is a test of patience first. at the gas pump. some waited so long. >> i just ran out of gas. >> big picture. trying to get up to speed after hurricane harvey. rick perry ordered release of half a million barrels for the emergency reserves. first time since 12012. >> we are doing everything we can to make sure every bit of

hands on is moved to florida. >> they waved restrictions that said only american ships could develop fuel. around the nation is a toteable bump. >> it's a straight up economic issue about supply and demand. we will get these refineries back online. >> effects like the recovery could last for months and longer. >> the resources of this administration and the agency could be tested even more. with the threat of a third storm. >> hurricane jose following irma's path now a category four. we have warehouses all over the country. as soon

tracking and we have a sense of where it might go we put teams and the personnel in place. >> at the white house, scott thuman, abc7 news. >> get out now. >> your window of time to evacuate is closing rapidly. we are trying to get out of harm's way. >> this storm is much worse. >> i'm very scared so i'm trying to get as far north as possible. >> it's mandatory evacuation. please evacuate. larry: police are going door to door to order hundreds of thousands of people out of florida in what is called the biggest evacuation in that state's history. nancy: this is ahead of hurricane irma a storm annihilated every place hit leaving 21 people dead and thousands homeless throughout the caribbean. >> the stormwatch7 weather team tracking irma here

we will check in with brad bell and josh knight in storm's path shortly. nancy: but first we are getting new information coming in now on the storm's track and the power. for that we go to chief meteorologist doug hill. doug: yeah, the brand new 5:00 update just in. still a high end category four. category five is 157. it's close. winds gusts increase to 190 miles per hour. the speed is now down to 12. it's slowing. you can't miss showerful the storm is. the forecasters believe once it is emerged over the open waters, it's warmer here. it will develop to a category five storm again to be near the level when it makes landfall in south florida sunday mr