thousands of people homeless. irma smashed homes, businesses be roads, and schools. now many residents and tourists are dealing with power outages and water and telephone service. in south florida, time is running out. irma is expected to hit the flew keys tomorrow morning. one of the largest evacuations in u.s. history is underway. 5.6 million people more than a quarter of the state's population ordered to leave. as a result there is bumper to bumper traffic on major highways wedding north and the drivers are taking a risk because nearly a third of gas stations have run out of fuel. this is a live look at hollywood beach florida, you can feel the tensions as residents await what some fear could be the big one to cause major damage to the southeast coast. there's the live picture, you see the winds picking up there. hollywood beach, florida, as the state of florida perhaps for the

impact of hurricane irma expected to make landfall sometime tomorrow morning. abc's stephanie ram mows live with the latest on the system. >> reporter: so many iconic miami spots are ghost towns, no traffic or people, so many homes boarded up as the deadly storm rages toward the coast. hurricane irma is inching closer and closer to south florida with winds with 106 miles per hour. the storm shifting further west. the eye of the storm with its sights on the florida keys and tampa. the national weather service tweeting this is as real as it gets. nowhere in the florida keys is safe. >> we are running out of time. the storm is almost here. if you're in an evacuation zone you need to go now. more than 5.6 million people have been asked to evacuate. many in low lying coastal areas. >> cars for miles.

>> reporter: as time runs out people are trying to escape the storm. traffic so bad on the three routes out of the of south florida, some abandoned their cars. those trying to get out by air finding themselves stuck. those who tried to get in hoping to get a last minute ticket stranded and bussed to shelters. >> we spent hours trying to find a flight. we have not slept. >> reporter: some are counting on their storm-resistant structures and staying put. >> we have electricity and we have hurricane proof house, it's a brand new built building with cement. >> reporter: here in miami we're starting to feel the outer rain bands of irma which is expected to reach south florida by tomorrow morning. reporting in miami, stephanie

ramos back to you. >> our team coverage of hurricane irma continues with meteorologist chris sowers who, of course, has been tracking the catastrophic storm. do we have a better direction in which irma is heading. >> reporter: we have a strong storm that could make two landfall it is in southern florida in the next 24 to 48 hours. first the keys and naples fort meyers beach area. it weakened it's down to a category four. maximum winds 130 miles per hour. it's interacting with the cuban coast. mountain terrain at 5 to ten thousand feet tripping the storm of some of it's energy. it's moving west it's encountering land it could weaken further before it makes the turn to the north over the florida keys and into the southwestern tip of florida. let's flip it over to storm tracker 6 live. here's a look at the outer edges

working through the florida straits and the florida keys. west palm beach seeing heavy feeder bands and torrential rains wind 50 to 60 miles per hour in south beach. later this evening, we could see tropical storm force winds affecting marco island and fort meyers and key west, 67 miles per hour. the storm makes the right hand turn and approaches southern florida by 5:00 a.m. key la are.largo, 75-mile an ho. the storm pulls away airntle. a little bit, the winds calm down sunday night into monday morning. we're talking about tropical storm force winds across southern florida. the winds are a big, big problem

with the storm. it should push over sugarloaf key tomorrow morning between 2 and 5:00 a.m., a secondary hit around naples fort meyers beach area during the first part of sunday afternoon. when i come back we'll have more on hurricane irma. >> thank you for the update. millions are trying to evacuate southern florida by air, train or car, but frustration is running high as man are running into long lines and delays. "action news" anchor brian taff is in florida and saw the problems trying to escape a hurricane firsthand. >> reporter: there's a sense of unease in fort lauderdale, florida, that's the sentiment shared by many back home who have relatives in south florida. some of the concern is being mitigated by the fact that the storm has a changing westward course that would take miami,

out of the bulz -- bulls eye. >> like a convoy, i don't know if you've ever driven in a convoy of military, but the one after the other. >> reporter: steve was just one in a seemingly endless stream of cars with a common destination out of irma's path. >> that's about a 600 home community about 400 homes have gone. >> reporter: from the moment we arrived the enorm the exodus was ominous. flight after flight delayed amid air traffic that clogged the skies. drone 6 shows the traffic on the ground. these lines not waiting for flights, but fuel. >> evacuation is mandatory. >> reporter: the rub to flee was

not self driven. mandatory evacuations underway in the southern most cities. a florida highway patrol officer told us so far so good. >> they have been in good spirits. we've had a few here and there, but for the most part everybody has been cooperative, we're trying to keep an orderly fashion to keep the traffic from backing out on the main line weep keeping that open. it's been successful, but there's been times when it has come close. >> reporter: amid the flow of the people out, a delaware county family was heading in. determined to take their vacation at disney. >> it's our first time at disney, we're hoping and praying for the best. >> i hope it's safe, and turns out all right and no damage where we are at. >> reporter: sad news for the family, disney world will shut down today at noon and it will be closed tomorrow and monday, possibly longer.

officials say it's a smart move businesses should not keep their doors open in the face of this catastrophic storm. in fort lauderdale, brian taff channel 6 "action news." for the latest on hurricane irma, be sure to download the 6abc app we'll alert you to updates as the storm progresses. we'll get an alert on the team of meteorologists it's a free download your for mobile device. "action news" will have the coverage of hurricane irma as it makes landfall in florida, coverage begins tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. on 6abc. we're tracking other news this morning, one person in custody after a police officer was shot in lehigh county overnight. "action news" was there and learned police were called to the 4700 block of main street in white hall township about 2:00 a.m. for an unknown reason. police say shots were fired at

the officer who responded to the scene. an officer was shot in the leg. the officer was taken to the hospital to be treated. the unidentified suspect was arrested without incident. this morning, police want to talk to people who might have witnessed a shooting in philadelphia's spring garden section thursday night. 38-year-olderald grandsall two men approached him and robbed him. they wanted to take his car, when he tried to stop them, he was shot twice in the face. no arrests have been made. troy gentry a member of montgomery gentry has died following a helicopter crash in medford, new jersey at 1:00 p.m. shortly after signaling distress. we learned 50-year-old gentry was pulled from the wreckage,

but died. the pilot was pronounced at the scene. the national transportation safety board is investigating the cause of the crash. 9:10 a.m., much more to come on "action news," saturday morning, a major storm is causing problems in mexico days after a massive earthquake. >> i'm rick williams this is pinky, one of the many dogs rescued from texas by the providence animal center and this week's "shelter me rescue of the week" winner. coming up you will meet pinky and his friends on "action news." a beautiful day around the delaware and lehigh valleys, all the temperatures in the low to mid 70s. i'll have the details plus, the latest on hurricane irma when we come right back.

>> rescue efforts continue in mexico following an 8.1 magnitude earthquake that killed 61 people thursday. strong wind and rain is making it difficult for crews there. katia hit mexico as a hurricane one -- category one hurricane. a caribbean helicopter tour company took to the sky to assess the damage, help with evacuations and check on residents. you can see the destruction left behind there. they found a landscape littered with debris from the thousands of homes an businesses ripped a

part. 4 of the 22 deaths across the caribbean were in the british virgin islands. irma is grabbing the headlines. she is not the only storm in the atlantic. this is what hurricane jose looks like from the international space station 250 miles above the ocean. nasa says jose is a category 3 when they shot these images. it is now a category 4, but will not threaten the u.s. mainland. chris sowers tracking the forecast watching irma right now, i guess tomorrow morning it is expected to make landfall. >> reporter: we're seeing the outer edges work across southern florida now, the bulk of it comes in first thing tomorrow morning and goes up the western side of the peninsula the rest of the day. irma, a category 4 storm has maximum stained winds of 130 miles per hour it has weakened over the past 12 hours

because of the interaction with the cuban coast. the terrain the hills, the mountains are 5 to 10,000 feet. we would like the storm to hug the coast a little bit longer before it makes the right hand turn and weaks more. the pressure is 937 mill -- millibars, moving to the west, gusts 170 to 190 miles per hour range. storm tracker 6 live showing the outer edges, what we've noticed over the last few hours, we're seeing the eye, and the eye wall interact with the land, we're seeing drier air work in on the north side that's beginning to weaken the storm a little bit. eventually as the storm makes the rnld -- right hand turn it will move into the warm waters of the florida straits where we have current temperatures in the

low 90s. that's pouring gasoline on the fire. it will use that and strengthen again. how much is the big question, at this point. you can see the florida keys and right in through here, this is the everglades national park southern florida seeing the heavier rain. latest moving to the west at 12, moving 125 miles per hour south of miami florida. i had should move over key whoas and sugarloaf key as a category four. sunday afternoon, fort meyers beach it will gradually start to weaken as it stays over the peninsula of florida as a category three monday morning. eventually it goes into places like georgia and tennessee. the spaghetti plots are coming together. we have a couple of lines that are well off the coast, this

would be a great sign because it would take naples and fort meyers beach out of the of worst part of the hurricane. the wynfield is massive. we have tropical storm force winds that extend 2 miles from the center of circulation. hurricane force winds 75 miles per hour. in places like fort meyers and naples and everglades national park, the keys getting battered at that point. miami 50 to 08 miles per hour. the storm surge will be tremendous for southwestern florida. 9 to 1 feet -- 12 feet for naples and 6 to 9 feet for the florida keys. the farther north you go into tampa, certify -- sarasota, you could see storm surge ever

6 feet. rainfall total 6 to 1 inches. the storm surge 6 to 10 feet. severe and extensive damage is expected overnight tonight into tomorrow. back home, everything is nice and quiet. sun and clouds, 71 in reading, millville, 74, philadelphia, 73. cape may, 71 degrees. steady as she goes, nice stuff this weekend, 73 today. sunday, 74. monday, 78. the remnant rains approach the area tuesday into wednesday, nothing too significant, showers on wednesday, 74, thursday, 756 and friday, 78. >> street theater the fringe festival across the city of philadelphia. there's more than 100 opportunities to take part in

like dance, theater and music and visual arts at a dozen locations underway right now through the 24th. you can head to chester county for the 32nd annual mushroom festival. kennett square known as the mushroom capitol of the world, happening today and tomorrow rain or shine route 1 south union street, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. be sure to check out the fried mushroom eating contest. that sounds good. don't forget say hi to katherine scott she'll be out there. we'll be back after this

>> so glad you stayed with us, 921 in technically speaking manufacturing issues may complicate apple's new rollout of the iphone. "wall street journal" reporting production glitches have led to a setback of a month.

the production snafus were related to the organic light and diode screen and fingerprint scanner. rick williams meets animals displaced by the massive storm hurricane harvey, being held by providence animal shelter in delaware county. >> these pitbulls were in water for three to four days. >> reporter: these images show the devastation left my harvey. providence animal shelter in delaware county got the call for help to transport and take in 37 dogs and cats straight out of the impact zone. >> all these pets that we took were in shelters prior to hurricane. either their shelter became a place they could not stay because it was not habitable. or the shelter was needed to house displaced pets.

>> reporter: with the help of the community they acquired a van and load it with everything and set off into the night. >> it was overwhelming for all of us. >> reporter: but the exchange went smoothly. after sitting in a crate for 20 hours, everybody would be cranky, but they were nice. they gave the animals food water and walks and transferred them to knew crates. a palm that will be up for adoption soon. >> it was surrendered 10 to 12 years old. >> they say katie perry, a female about a year old. >> or check out cooper from the flooded shelter in texas. >> away in the van on the bed. he was good the whole way. >> reporter: this is pinky another texas baby rescued by the providence animal center a

chihuahua blend with lots of love. if you're interested in helping any of the animals you met today visit the providence website. if you have a story you want to share go to our social media pages using the #shelter me. rick williams channel 6 "action news." z2e3tz z5yz

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the saturday morning, 9:26 a.m., 60 degrees, sky6 live hd over center city a beautiful start to the weekend. meteorologist chris sowers says

prepare for 70s the next several days. sports now, the eagles season opener is tomorrow. the team says we're ready. the eagles take on the redskins in washington. they have won five straight against the philadelphia eagles, but four of the five have been by a touchdown or less. carson wentz is excited to use his brand new weapons, tory smith for his speed and wide receiver alshawn scref free for his -- jeffreys for his size and his hands. saints sent the long snap her for the physical, they discovered a heart condition he has an aortic aneurysm. it will require surgery. 3-2 phillies in the third, bases load, they misplay a fly ball turns out to be inside the

park grand slam. the fightin' phils lose 11-10. there's much more to come on "action news," saturday morning, a look at the problems facing those trying to escape florida before hurricane irma arrives. a man was arrested for allegedly trying to take two children from a day care in delaware. plus, another look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with meteorologist chris sowers when "action news" saturday at 9:00 a.m. comes right back. ah, dinner.

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dunkin' donuts. this is coffee. florida is bracing for fierce wind and storm surge after hurricane irma tore through cuba. cars were thrown every which way and buildings turned inside out. this morning, 5.6 million people in florida ordered to evacuate. florida's governor is not mincing words he says get to safety. >> i love my family, i don't want to lose it, you love your family don't lose yours, either. >> many have found themselves stuck in traffic that stretches

for miles. at the pumps gas stations are running out of gas. atms are running dry. for those in miami dade county 43 shelters are open. chris sowers has more on the path of hurricane irma. it will make landfall tomorrow morning. >> reporter: it will not have the power when it moved over the leeward islands and the turks and caicos. when you look at the gulf of mexico and the carribean and atlantic waters, it was the second strongest storm of all times 185 miles per hour. the only storm stronger than that since the satellite era was hurricane alan. barbuda, 90, 95% of all the homes were destroyed and acrossd over saint martins. it is estimated that the damage

was 100 millions dollars to the two islands. it ran west over the turks t. entire airport all the runways under water. you can see all the trees are stripped because of the powerful winds. now the storm is approaching the coast of southern florida. it is weakened a little bit with winds 130 miles per hour. we're expecting it to make two landfall one around sugarloaf key and once west of naples getting into the fort meyers area. the storm surge will be ten foot plus, in west palm beach miami they could see a storm surge of 5 feet above the normal high tide. storm travels through florida, sunday through sunday night. the wynfield is massive like this, as the storm is sitting here, you're picking up the wind and seeing a 3 to 6-foot storm

surge. the wrap around, the winds shift out of the west, they are seeing 3 to 6 feet in the tampa area. eventually it heads into georgia as we head into monday afternoon. more specifically what to expect, the florida keys over the next 12 to 24 hours, actually this is the naples area. winds 95 to 125 miles per hour. rainfall total 6 to 12 inches. storm surge a wall of water heading inland of at least 9 to 12 feet. >> thank you for the update. 9:33 a.m. some of florida's evacuees have flown here into philadelphia. the final flight from orlando arrived at 9:30 p.m. last night. getting out of the storm's path is not as easy as getting on to a plane. dann cuellar spoke to the evacuees about the problems they faced. >> it was chaotic. >> everybody was trying to get out. people were starting to feel the

push. >> everybody is worried. >> reporter: trying to escape the wrath of hurricane irma has been a massive exodus which is unlike anything many have been traveled through. i've been traveling to orlando for ten years and never seen anything like this before. >> i rebooked 8:00 a.m. in the morning, i got a new flight. >> reporter: do you feel lucky? >> absolutely. >> reporter: james and laura arrived in florida from london for a week of vacation, but ended scrambling to get out of there. >> we had flights, but they were canceled. we had to take the train. >> reporter: they ended up camping the last train from miami. >> took 30 hours to get here. >> reporter: of all places they booked a train to paoli just to get out of florida. >> we didn't know what to do

or, korea, it was -- or what to do, it was scary. >> because of my age my son insisted i come home. >> reporter: rose anne's family urge her to come here for her 60 sister's 60th birthday. >> many are escaping the wrath of hurricane irma and hoping and praying for the best. dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the national guard unit from cape may are on the way to florida to help with the relief efforts there. 253rd transportation company left yesterday morning. chopper 6 hd over head as the

convoy drove over the delaware memorial bridge. the guardsmen are not sure where they will be helping out but ready to complete the mission. brian taff is in fort lauderdale florida we'll have live reports throughout the weekend as hurricane irma bears down on the sunshine state. we're tracking hurricane irma in the 6abc app we'll alert you to any updates as the storm progresses. you can get the latest from our team of meteorologists on any possible impact to our area. the 6abc app is a free download your for mobile device. one man is dead after he was set on fire in the city's overbrook park section. police are searching for the killer. firefighters were called to the 7500 block of overbrook avenue at 3:45 a.m. for the report of the fire. crews say they found the victim's body in the basement of the home. so far no word on his name or motive for the yiem. from our delaware newsroom,

police arrested a man accused of trying to take two infants from a newark day care. 47-year-old calvin davis forced his way into the happy kids academy on old baltimore pike. here's the man police arrested. they say he got into a confrontation with two employees. he picked up two babies and attempted to walk out the door with them. the employees stopped the man from taking the children. the owner of the day care spoke exclusively to 6abc where we are protecting her identity she said herb employees are heros. >> they stood in front of him, they wouldn't let him take anybody out of here. i called them the heros of the day or the heros of the life. >> police arrested davis a short time later they confirmed to "action news" that he was arrested earlier this week for entering albert jones elementary

school in christiana and making threatening comments. there was a disturbing find outside a catholic school in delaware county. more than two dozen bags containing fentanyl were found in the parking lot of saint saint bernadette in this directional hill. parents made the discovery not students. police have a suspect, but they have not said who it is or what led them to that particular person. happening later today, down the shore annual miss america show me your shoes parade will stroll down the atlantic city boardwalk. it is the last time the contestants greet the public before the final night of competition tomorrow night at boardwalk hall. the show me your shoes parade gets started at 5:00 p.m. you can see who takes the coveted crown during the finale tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. you can watch it right here on 6abc. coming up next on "action news" saturday morning at

9:00 a.m. temple university looking to turn around the season. you'll hear from the team this s week's temple football playbook that's next.

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cullen. ♪ >> reporter: welcome to another addition of temple football playbook along coach jeff cullen. coach the season opener did not go the way you expected, you lose at notre dame. >> we started a lot crowning guys on defense -- young guys on defense, some first year starters. the really good players we had got us early. we misfit runs we did in the first quarter. we got them settled down, second quarter, third quarter, nine minutes into the 4th quarter there was good football being played both sides of the ball. >> all summer you were focused on this game. now you have to focus on villanova next week. how do you get past the loss. >> reporter: it was never about notre dame it was about us, how

we prepare, how we work, the things we use, the fundamentals we use, that's the focus in everything we do always helps. we respect every opponent and get ready for the neck -- next game. we spoke to your players ready to move on. >> it was embarrassing what happened saturday we're coming in watching film and get more details and we should be good. >> as bad as the game looked last week where is the confidence level. >> we came out and competed deterrently at a high level. >> you mentioned about defense, notre dame racked up 600 yards total offense, i know you're a defensive minded coach that had to hurt a little bit. >> it did, over80% of their yard an age -- yardage came with 17 plays. we have to fix that, in the same

plays that hurt us in the 4th quarter and you watch the second and the third and the beginning of the 4th. kids were listening once they settled into the game it was a pretty good result. >> let's here from the defensive players. >> it's little stuff, we have to get back to our brand of football, temple football. >> we're definitely looking forward to saturday getting out there and show what we can do how good the defense is. >> last week was a big step for us, i know we lost, but there were a lot of inexperienced guys including myself that got the first chance to play. getting the first game out of the way and the jitters out of the of the way getting back to winning the game. >> even though you were getting beat you guys played tough. >> reporter: mike jones had the interception that almost went for a pick 6.

next series, sharif causes a fumble. those kinds of things they fought until the end. as you watch for lapses of effort didn't see that one bit. the effort was there and i was proud of the guys the way they played. >> one thing the coach that is done gotten to temple keeping the team tough minded. >> reporter: since taking the head coach job in december, coach collins has made his presence know. tough mindedness you see it in the field and practice and in the facility. let's say he is one who practices what he preachers. >> bring it. tag it and go. let's go! >> in practice i'm high energy i'm intense i'm flying around, i'm making sure everybody is

performed at a high level and everything is having energy and juice. >> it's crazy, it's very like exhausting you run everywhere, it's very different like everyone is practicing at once. >> going into this is different it's very fast paced, a lot of people are involved with these kinds of practices. it's not just one or two, it's everybody. >> reporter: one thing is clear, coach collins is a players coach. >> he knows how to switch it on and off. when he speaks you listen to him. he gives you advice, you want to take what he says to heart, he has your best interest in mind. >> if you've done something wrong, he is honest his connection with the players the respect we have for him and the respect he has for us is amazing. it will go far for the season.

>> the thing i'm most excited is walking out the locker room with them. it's me being around them and walking out with them going to play whoever it is, i'm going to be with ply guys taking to the field to play a football game it doesn't get more special than that. >> we've been saying mayhem is coming, today it's arrives in philadelphia. for temple football playbook, i'm morgan as i back to you. >> looking at the quarterback, he is going to be the quarterback for villanova. >> absolutely, he changed the cadence of the game. he was bringing unique blitzes and get the protection set and get the ball released. i was proud of him for that. >> with logan he did not turn

the ball over. >> reporter: that was a positive we didn't get enough on defense, but we only gave up one, it happened to be on a forced down stop. i was proud of ball security. >> let's hear from the temple crowning quarterback logan. >> it felt good to play, i have great guys around me to rally behind. offensively we performed well. we have to be better as a team going into next week. >> stick around we'll talk about villanova's opponent a tough opponent last week we got cheese steaks for coach collins this weekend it's he had -- ed foley, stick around for that. ♪

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>> we're back on temple football playbook alongside coach collins, i'm ducis rogers. you have villanova an spf team,

their top ten ranked in the spf. how dangerous are they? >> reporter: you turn on the tape you know they are a good opponent. the quarterback is a lefty. play makers all over the field, big offensive line. they do things we might not see the rest of the season, our unique blitz packages an unique coverage in front. the secondary they have good players, probably one of the best safeties in the country, number four. we have a healthy respect for them. our players the second the game was over, notre dame, leon johnson came up to me he said villanova. >> this is the home opener, what kind of at do you expect down there. >> reporter: first time i've been to an eagles game, i'm excited about itment i heard about the fly in where we come into the stadium, the fans are

there, the bands i'm excited for them, to be around them in the host stadium. >> last week we took a ride to get cheese steaks this week we go with coach ed foley. >> are you ready? >> ready. >> nothing wrong with that, terrific. >> you've been here under four different administrations that's hard to do are you that likeable a guy? >> absolutely not. i love it here, i definitely wouldn't want to go anywhere else. you can't get a good cheese steak anywhere else, either. >> you can actually have future meat in a cheese steak. if you can't get the full flavor of the cheese and the bread then it's hard. the best thing about philadelphia no matter what sandwich you get is the bread, which we all know.

>> i feel like we're writing the ten commandments of cheese steak today. i got my family, and my food, i got my football football. that's be makes the pick everyday. >> seeing that stuff makes me hungry. as the new coach they bring in a new staff. ed foley is a holdover you kept him why. >> i was able to to be here for the bowl prep i heard what a good coach he was and great recruiter, it was obviously he needed to be on the staff for could not could not -- he is a great edition to the staff. they brought continuity to frome coaching staff to the new one. >> what kind of personality does he have?

he is temple tough, jersey tough, works hard, coaches the kids hard, but loves them harder. temple taking on villanova this afternoon at the linc. coach thank you for joining us. thanks for watching temple football playbook we'll see you next week. >> all right so glad you stayed

with us, a final check of the forecast with meteorologist chris sowers. >> reporter: looks like a gorgeous weekend for the delaware and lehigh valley. fall-like temperatures crisp in the morning, comfortable by afternoon. sun and clouds, 73.

mostly sunny tomorrow, 74. monday looks good, 78. some of the remnant rains from irma coming in tuesday night into wednesday. >> folks i would like to remind you that jack hanna's "wild countdown" is next on channel 6. we're back tomorrow morning at 35:30 a.m. as we track irma. the wind are being felt already in naples florida. we'll have complete coverage on the storm from brian taff. we'll be on early tomorrow 35:30 a.m. as we track the latest from hurricane irma. for chris sowers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day.

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