for a second major hurricane in less than a month. start things off with doug hill on the latest where irma is and where she is moving. doug: the latest location is 190 miles northeast of cuba. 300 miles southeast of miami. top sustained winds 155 miles per hour. gusting to 190. it's slowed to 12 miles per hour. it's expected to have some interaction with the coast of cuba sometimes tomorrow. may temporarily weaken it a bit. but the forecasters think over the open warm waters it could reintensify to the category five status. later tomorrow afternoon and be a high end four or a low end five at the landfall. not sure where the landfall will be. it could hold off a bit. according to the western part of the line. if it stays out to shore a while longer. but the center area in southwest florida. it's not only the winds and the rain, it's the surge caused by the winds and the waves. that surge is profou

heads on shore during the day on sundays. hurricane warnings are up in effect. surge warnings up all over south florida. both sides of the coast and most of the state is going to wind up with hurricane conditions in the day on sunday. john? jonathan: thanks. dire warning from the florida governor to people still deciding if they will leave or not. you only have hours left to evacuate. the window is closing. if you are not on the road by midnight the governor says you will be stuck riding out the storm whether you want to or not. it's been a fury to prepare properties, boards are going up. shutters are put on. and people are deciding whether or not they are going to say. brad bell joining us live from delray beach. you have seen people hitting the road and other people wanting to ride it out. brad: that is right but there is a difference. we have seen the preparations farther in advance than in the past. locals telling us the same thing as well. it's still beautiful. winds picked up a little bit. there are people out enjoying

want to walk across here. the sun is difficult to deal with for the camera. across the way, you can see this restaurant. they have put sand bags up, plywood. they have a low wall that will hopefully keep the water out. we have others also seen people heading to the shelter. high school in del ray beach can handle 4200 people. what we saw today with the people flocking to that place. some of them bringing pillows and some bringing blankets and some bringing cots. we saw people come in, in wheelchairs including this woman who said she could not stay in her own home. >> i don't want to take the chance of accidentally getting stuck. and then having somebody rescue me in the storm. >> i have it shuttered up, boarded up. if the water comes, it comes. we have had the store for 38 years. hopefully another 38 more to come. brad: that gives you an idea of the two different mindsets we see here.

trapped going to the shelter, leaving the area and others who want to stay behind. they feel like they handle the storm fine. they have prepared for it and they have been through it before. at this point it's too late for people to hit the roads. so those that are here now are going to be here. we will be here with them as well. brad bell, abc7 news. back to you. jonathan: the difference is the woman who said she didn't want to be rescued in the storm. the governor made it clear anybody who says there will be no rescue. brad: people are aware of that. stern warning. you have to respect that lady because she said i'm not going to ask someone to do that. jonathan: all right. brad bell. be safe. thanks. michelle: many of those who are escaping irma are coming to our area. in fact the last scheduled flight out of miami took off three hours ago. air traffic at reagan national airport from that region has dwindled with the flights from miami, orlando and west palm beach canceled. ed collins and his wife were one of the few who got

>> bitter sweet. didn't want to be part of the devastation going on there. our daughter and her husband decided to hunker down there, they have our pet. our dog staying with them. hopefully everything will be okay. >> we have found a number of people who chose to drive from florida to our area. this week we have seen dozens of cars with the florida plates a it the rest stop off of i-59 in dale city. this will be the second major hurricane to strike the u.s. in less than a month. fema and the red cross are stretched thin after coordinating a response to harvey. jeff goldberg got in both organizations' command centers today and he continues our live team coverage with the details on how they are making it all work. jeff? jeff: yeah, fema says this is undeniably a difficult situation. they are definitely being stretched very thin but they can handle the two emergency disaster responses happening at once. more thn

workers are fanned out across the south dealing with the two hurricanes. while coordination efforts are happening here 24/7. inside fema national response coordination center the pace is quickening and the concern is growing as irma approaches florida. >> there is really no community in the country that is ready for that kind of disaster. it does not look very good. >> katie fox is the acting deputy administrator at fema where the federal workers and the volunteer groups are coordinating with the state and the local officials in florida and other southern states to determine where the resources will likely be needed after irma strikes. fox says in texas more than 600,000 people impacted by hurricane harvey are already receiving aid from fema. next up teams will fan out across florida to help victims of irma. >> we'll face challenges i'm sure with the impassable roads and infrastructure damaged and that sort of

to prepare for it. there isn't anything to stand in the way of the life safety and the life sustaining missions. >> the same message out of red cross in fairfax county. workers are coordinating the response efforts across the country. many teams are still in texas while others will soon be ready to help in florida. >> they will be sleeping in a shelter. they might be sleeping in their cars. but we just know the situation particularly in florida is going to be difficult. jeff: fema are also responding to impact of puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands as well as dealing with the massive wildfires burning across the western united states. fema says this will cause so many tens of billions of dollars. but they will get the resources they need. live in southwest washington. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. jonathan: they will need them. jeff, thanks. irma did smash the islands in the caribbea

five storm. look at the tv and some of the devastation left. those were homes on the shoreline. expressive homes. people take vacation there. they are torn down to the foundations. buildings flattened. boats lifted out of the water and tossed around like toys and people are believed to be trapped there. power is out. water and phone service is not working. 20 people were killed because of irma. this morning the virginia task force one from fairfax county released orders to go assist with the search and rescue operations. it will be some time before they figure out how many people were killed by the storm. michelle: we have breaking news now. breaking hurricane updates around the clock at wjla.com. you can always get the latest there and sign up for breaking news text alerts at wjla.com. now to some other breaking news that we are tracking for you. this out of loudoun county. a terrible crash involving a car and bus on evergreen mills road near watson road in leesburg. we are told all lanes are blocked for he

respond to the situation. with the closures expected to last up to three hours. if you know anyone who typically uses that route, give them a call and heads up. let them find another way around that. further detail on the exact location of this. michelle: a sneaky pair of pick pockets that are targeting people in hollywood.

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michelle: police say a pregnant woman was set on fire. it happened not far from addison road. the baby was born and is alive. for the woman, the mom, she is suffering from critical burns. the police arrested the person suspected of setting the fire. wallin's family is not giving up. wi got this video from our sister station. that is reportedly wallin's car found last night. montgomery county police stl

saying only that the team is working around the clock. friends are passing out fliers. they started a facebook group and social media hashtag to try to track her down. coming up for us, one of the most powerful earthquakes that mexico ever recorded. we have a look at the damage and devastation coming up after this break. >> south florida bracing for hurricane irma. there are all sort of threats to talk about a different one coming up after this. announcer: support victims of hurricane irma donating to the salvation army today. at salvat

jonathan: this one might save you money. these are not the normal pick pocket operation. michelle: this is pretty clever. los angeles police say these guys a man and a woman are stealing from people in hollywood. victims say a stub stance feels like bird droppings falls on them and that is when the couple in swoops in to help. quote. while one helps the victim clean up. the other cleans them out. we are talking about taking the wallet, cash and a camera

i didn't detect he had taken my money. >> police are warning people to be on alert for those not so good samaritans. jonathan: hate to hear about that. now a developing story about the security breach at equifax. the credit monitoring service blaming the hack on what it is calling a website application vulnerability. hackers stole 143 million americans' personal information. if you think you might have been affected you can go to their security 2017..com. to find out if you were hacked. you can sign up for free credit monitoring. addk to the path of the recovery after hurricane harvey. just within the past hour, president trump signed the package of bills that includesmore than $15 billion for harvey relief efforts. the bill raises the debt limit and it funds the government through december. michelle: developing now in mexico, the death toll from the overnight earthquake is climbing. nearly 60 people are

quake off the pacific coast. many homes suffered extensive damage in the hardest hit areas. the earthquake hit in a seismic hot spot known for producing some of the biggest quakes in history. jonathan: we are tracking hurricane irma heading toward florida. irma is expected to make landfall by sunday morning. governor scott said evacuate by midnight or else. the number of those killed in the caribbean the number is likely to go up as they continue to reach remote areas devastated by the storm. michelle: this is fascinating all the talk about the possibility of it gaining more strength at this point. maybe becoming a five. doug: you have to remember we are right now only two miles per hour from a five. so it doesn't take much. it will be a high

four. the fluctuations are possible to continue. it won't weaken. jonathan: three, four and five are catastrophic. doug: five is catastrophic. a concern all over florida. josh knight is there and brad bell is there to give people here a feel for what it is like for us there. do it again, josh. josh: that is right, doug. a lot of people will prepare. that means we are closer to the stronger winds but of course we are at a better place from any storm surge. that is not an issue. what is an issue, show you behind the hotel. the lakes like this are really common all over parts of florida, especially south florida. we are expecting that chance to get 10 to 15 inches of rain. in a few areas

inches of rain. all of that has got to go somewhere. some of the small lakes could fill up quickly. even without the storm surge inland flooding is certainly a possibility. now a lot of people have been saying to us please be careful. be safe. i can't believe you are going down there. it might be more my mom. but we are staying at a hotel that is pretty much solid concrete. something we feel good about. feel safe about the building. as the storm does come through you can expect that safety is the number one priority. while we are getting you all the information out of south florida. brad: thanks, josh. give everybody if you're just joining us the top news of irma. still a category four. high-end category four storm. sustained winds 150 miles per hour. located 315 miles southeast of miami moving west at 12. later tonight it would have an interaction with the coast of cuba. it could disrupt it. forecasters will think it will get stronger. what will happen in the track as it makes

they expect it to be a five before landfall. if it makes landfall in southwest florida. close, four or five in that rain. travel up the state and weak on the the tropical storm status by the time it crosses the florida, georgia line and then an old fashioned rainstorm. but all across south florida is the big story for the next couple of days the wind, the rain, the inundation for the storm surge. power outages and the rest. there is no good end to the story anyway. the only thing that is shifted a bit here is it's now appearing that the biggest impacts are on the west coast, the southwest coast and not so much on the east coast. there will be the storm surge potential here. hurricane warnings, the biggest search that you think potential from jupiter and around to naples. this is the area with the most

that is where the highest concentration of the winds may be. it's subject to the storm surge. large portion. things will slowly improve at the storm slowly moves its way up florida. thundershowers of people on the west coast and millions on the east coast affected. here, sunshine. gorgeous string of days. 75 in washington now. go back to irma for a second. then off east is the hurricane jose. it has also 150 miles per hour winds. it may come close tomorrow for the northern islands and the antilles, barbuda, st. martin. under hurricane warnings and they could be hit again. overnight is clear. beyond that we have a great weekend here with the temperatures tomorrow for the susan g. komen race. only in the 50's to start. it

we have the abc7 game of the week features the bruins taking on stone bridge high school. the home opener for lake braddock

they know they need a w here tonight. >> to play in front of a couple of thousand people. the kids deserve it. we have to get off to a good start. both weeks we have been chasing the whole time. we would love to see how we do with somebody chasing us. take them out of their game plan unstead of us deviating from ours. >> and the redskins football returns sunday, season opener between the burgundy and gold and eagles at fedex field. the redskins quarterback always excited for the big stage. >> that is always a challenge to figure out what the team will be. hopefully we hit

hard on sunday. >> this game kicks off at 7:00 and we'll have the highlights and the post game reaction tonight at 11:00 on abc7. guys a great night for high school football. jonathan: thank you, scott. michelle: we are talking about irma. when is the next advisory? doug: that is 11:00 tonight with an extended track. we will have a cone that i think will be narrower because the closer you get to the event of landfall the models will start to come together. the eventual point of the impact is clearer. so that will happen. so that will be important. but it looks like there is a greater threat now to the southwest of coastal florida than southeast coast. all of florida is going to get hammered. steve rudin has his eye on that and he will have the update later tonight. talk about the weekend weather and the redskins home other sunday. michelle: join us tonight. "world news tonight" with david muir is live in miami up next. jonathan: thank you for watching. see you tonight at

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the new track just out, hurricane irma is now forecast to make landfall in florida as a category 5 hurricane, the worst case scenario. extreme concern tonight for the florida keys, miami, and all of south florida. nearly 2 million racing to safety. traffic jams. cars running out of fuel abandoned. and miami now bracing for a devastating storm surge. florida's governor rick scott is right here tonight. his warning. the deadly path already. irma steamrolling turks and caicos and the bahamas. new images coming in from st. martin. and we are just now seeing the devastation in the british virgin islands.