martin. there were sustained winds of 185 miles per hour. officials say irma brought flooding and destroyed a number of buildings there. >> and here is what it looks like from the inside of a plane. hurricane hunters flew into the eye to get a better look. you can see the drastic difference between the raging storm to the calm in the center. of course, the information gathered from that flight is used to help measure the intensity of the hurricane. >> let's head to doug in the storm center to tell us what is the latest on its path. >> one of the flights found lower pressure and that means the storm has strengthened since the last advisory. take a look at this advisory. current pressure down to 914. the winds still at 185 moving just to the north and east of puerto rico. very good news for the island of puerto rico. they are going to see rain. yes, they are going to see some wind but will not s

some of the islands, however, we are getting incredible pictures and news now just saw something on twitter that 90% of the buildings are gone in barbuda. this is going to continue to move in towards portions of the atlantic. the latest advisory has winds at 185 miles per hour moving west northwest at 16. here is the latest track. i will not stop this as much for you. i will go through more later. coming close to cuba on saturday and then it makes almost a turn due north. this is incredibly critical. is it just offshore or just inland or back towards the west? right now they have it at 145 miles per hour category 4 hurricane. this is something we will be watching extremely close. amelia has what is going on with our weather. we are watching the rain in

a rainy day. when we are looking at social media starting to see images coming out of the islands it is absolutely tragic what you are seeing. here i am tracking moderate rain heading towards leesburg. it continues to be raining for your evening. this rain sticks around until about midnightism along with it these cool temperatures low to mid 60s by 11:00. tomorrow the weather having a low impact on your thursday. you can leave the umbrella at home. at the bus stop a little bit cool for the kids but nice lunch outdoors. it is refreshing and finally dry. after school activities looking amazing. temperatures tomorrow running about ten degrees below normal from where we should normally be. >> more on that and more on irma. i will break it down a little bit more. we have new information. i will let you know how it will effect our weather here. we will stick with you. some members of the elite urban search and rescue team

victims of harvey. now they just had a few hours to spend with family before duties called them south again. news 4 was in chantilly as 80 members of the virginia task force one packed up and headed out. the team includes swift water rescue specialists and k-9 units. they will stage in mobile, alabama until local authorities know where they will be needed best. lots of folks in florida aren't taking chances. some have already made it out of town and into our area. meg they are hoping for the best as they wade out the storm away from home. megan will bring you their stories coming up later on news 4 at 5:00. >> we have more on the search for the local teacher who has gone missing and she is 4 months pregna pregnant. her family says they were worried when she failed to show up for the first day of school. his father said when he went to her apartment alarms went

worried about her safety. >> tore our world apart. it's like a tv drama that you wish you could shut off but you can't. >> we are also hearing from the woman's sister. pat collins is live with a story you only see on news 4 this evening. >> reporter: where is laura? her family wants to know. police want to know. we begin our story now with her sister. >> i miss her so much. this is like an alternate universi universe we are living in. >> reporter: she fears something may be terribly wrong. >> we just want her home. we love her so much. this has been a nightmare. >> reporter: her sister 31-year-old laura

award winning teacher, when laura didn't show up to teach yesterday the level of worry intensified. >> it's every parent's worse nightmare. >> reporter: you think someone is responsible for her disappearance? >> i do. >> reporter: laura lives alone in this condo. she was seen alive and well here monday morning. laura is 4 months pregnant. her family says she is excited about the baby. she posted the sonogram on her refrigerator. >> that obviously puts an enormous amount of worry on us because she is out there somewhere and she has a baby. so that's a really scary thing. >> reporter: on monday her family said they got a troubling text from laura. they tried texting her back, no response. they tried calling her, no answer. her father came to her apartment, went inside. the lights were all

there were dirty dishes in the sink but no sign of laura. montgomery county police are on the case. >> we are reaching out to, of course, family, friends, co workers, neighbors and also other strategies i don't want to get into at this time. >> reporter: also missing laura's car. it's a 2011 black ford escape maryland tags m 522473. that's m 522473. if you see that escape, if you have seen laura, call police now. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. it was the start of a deadly two-day shooting spree in the maryland suburbs. never before seen video now of a teenager running for her life across the parking lot at high point high school feet away

confronting herl mother. the girl escaped and tried to get help. moments later the girl's step father opened fire killing her mother. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins was in court to learn the suspect's fate. >> reporter: tordil pulled into this drive way at high point high school and changed a number of lives beginning a shooting and killing spree that lasted for two days. we heard the emotional testimony from his step daughters and other victims who were touched by this disaster. the judge said he deserved no mercy. may 5, 2016 the first 911 call from high point high school comes from a student. you hear what sounds like gunshots and

played in court we see tordil walk up to the car of his wife. seconds later her daughter comes out of high point high school and drops her bag and runs towards the car. prosecutors say the mother yelled grace run, run and she did back into the school and she did where she called 911. >> my mom is in danger. -- >> reporter: gladys blinked her lights and honked her horn trying to get attention of anyone. a father on his way to a son's baseball game stopped. tordil fired at lancaster when he tried to help. he turns the gun on his wife, walks away and goes back to shoot her again, killing her. she was shot six times. the next day tordil will go on a

county killing two people and injuring two others before he was captured. >> mr. tordil is a ruthless man who is obsessed with himself. he is evil and he is a killer. >> he was sentenced to four life sentences. he got two in prince george's county. tracee wilkins, back to you all in studio. what a disturbing county. we remember that day that he terrified multiple communities. for a second day demonstra e demonstrators marched downtown blasting the decision to end daca. today's protesters brought a mock statue to the justice department and depicts jeff sessions dressed as a confederate soldier. the group tore the statue

in a similar fashion. in the meantime more than a dozen states are trying to challenge president trump's decision. 15 states and the district of columbia are suing to block this move to end daca. that challenge also includes virginia. when asked about it today the president said he had no second thoughts on his kith. house speaker paul ryan suggested that a bill involving daca could potentially be linked with border security. democrats say they want fast action to bring the dream act to the floor for a vote. >> if a clean dream act does not come to the floor we are prepared to attach it until it passes. >> protects them from deportation. stained glass windows honoring confederacy are coming down at the national cathedral. news 4 broke the story a few weeks ago

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. irma pommeling the islands in the caribbean while florida braces for impact. this is a scene at a costco in jacksonville where folks are lined up. some kept an eye on the forecast and decided it is best to get out of town. megan fitsgerald talked to families who flew into reagan national airport this afternoon. >> reporte >> getting away from the storm, visiting family. >> it is a little worrying. all you can do is prepare. >> reporter: prepare frg what could be a catastrophic storm tracking towards florida means getting out of town for a lot of folks and leaving everything behind. >> yeah. my entire life. we just bought a new home. >> guys, we got it. we should probably go to the rental car. >> reporter: shannon and her husband and two sons understand the

it all. >> we saw the hurricane increasing in intensity and decided to evacuate. >> reporter: they just landed at reagan national airport but shann shannon says it is hard not to think about the life they built. >> documents that if we have to restart this is it. >> reporter: she backed up pass ports, marriage certificates and other vital documents to prepare for the worst. >> these are things i never want to lose. >> reporter: she and her family realize they are lucky to have made it out. others still in florida are filling up sand bags and getting needed supplies ahead of the storm. but however floridians prepare for what could come everyone is hoping for the best. >> take your life and protect it first. >> reporter: reporting at reagan national airport, news 4.

$7.9 billion relief package for hurricane harvey. but new additions could complicate things when it gets to the senate. at a white house meeting congressional leaders agreed to tack on a three-month debt limit increase and government funding package to the house bill which means some conservative members may be less likely to support it. lawmakers have to act quickly or fema will be running out of money by the end of this week. after a ten-day march from charlottesville, activists have arrived in d.c. erika gonzalez has been with the group today and joins us live at the memorial. >> reporter: so this was, in fact, the spot where this was the culmination of the march. demonstrators have continued after standing here in this area what you are seeing are now students, tourists at the outside of the memorial.

to cap off the very emotional ten-day journey that they had. i can tell you they started to make their way. they told us they are going to march by the white house. we are going to try to show you the best pictures that we can here and try to catch up with them to show you where they are right now. these images we are showing you are when they are coming down independence avenue right outside the ml k memorial. this is 100 plus mile journey. this was divided about ten days about 17 miles a day. this is on the heels of the very violent and deadly protest in the city of charlottesville. you had some people that were picking up in different legs in this trip and other people like this woman that you will hear from now who have been on the journey since day one. >> being raised in georgia where i saw many awful things similar to what happened in charlottesville. so it's connecte.

we are all connected. i think that in this moment while people have different life experiences the root cause of a lot of suffering that people are experiencing is the white supremacy we saw manifested in charlottesville. >> reporter: this group continues to be on the move. we will try to catch up with them and leave things for you live outside the memorial. send things back into the dry studio this afternoon. >> a rough couple of days for them marching in this rain. they are dedicated and they have a purpose. thank you. in news 4 your health, could a scratch and sniff test one day predict who might get parkinson's disease? it could be coming. this is interesting. >> hard to believe the things falling out of our magazines could have a purpose like this. a study just published in the journal of neurology has found a simple smell test might be able to predict who could be at risk for developing parkinson's disease up to ten years before ag

treatment earlier for this chronic and progressive movement disorder. that could delay their symptoms and improve the patient's quality of life. researchers followed up to 2,500 people over ten years both men and women, black and white. the average age is 75. the scratch and sniff tests they took involves stuff that is pretty easy to identify by smell, odors like lemon, gasoline, soap and onion. participants were asked to correctly identify the odors and then were graded on how many they got right. older adults with a poorer sense of smell were more likely to develop parkinson's. people in the poor sense of smell group were five times as likely to develop the disease later on. men seem to be more susceptible. more than a million people in this country are living with parkinson's disease. men more likely to face this diagnosis than women. this is just the first step. there is more study needed. i

journal of neurology and there is so much going on when it comes to degenerative brain diseases the link between alzheimer's and sleep which we reported on just a while ago. this just adds to some of the exciting research that is underway about the brain. >> fascinating. >> it is exciting. and we need it badly. good to see they are making progress. >> what an innovative way to -- >> it's not intrusive, not invasive. >> thanks. d.c. launches a new initiative to deal with missing teenagers. why what seems like a modest change could make a huge difference. and florida possibly the east coast in the path of irma. doug is back in just a fe w

. a lot of people here, seeing people leave florida for washington. a lot of us have family down there. some of them are riding it out like my folks. >> your folks, our makeup woman's parents. our news directors parents. everyone is a little upset. >> doug is scaring us. >> i will be talking about what i'm telling my family so you can tell yours. first off, let's start off with what is going on here today. if you have plans, a lot of

year, a lot of them cancelled. look at the rainfall. that rainfall in through parts of northern virginia and maryland. just about everybody seeing rain. enhanced rainfall meaning moderate to heavier rain continues to come through. you see the wider picture big-time thunderstorms. if you know somebody towards ocean city they are getting hammered. for us it is just the rain and is it is a cool rain. afternoon temperatures low 60s. we go down towards san juan, puerto rico. you can see the outline of puerto rico. this is the eye of irma. a well define eye. anytime you see thunderstorms around the eye and a big eye like that you know you have yourself an incredibly strong hurricane. these are outer rain bands that will give hurricane force winds. you can see them on the coast of puerto rico. we did see devastation into parts of those caribbean

okay and can get their lives back together. this storm making its way to the north of puerto rico. and then making its way -- we have two other hurricanes in the atlantic. we have jose right now behind irma. we also have in the gulf of mexico katia. katia will head into mexico. we will not see jose. it will be called what we say a fish storm. irma already effecting land. winds 185 miles per hour. it has been strengthening over the past six hours on the track moving towards the bahamas. turks and caicos 15 to 20 foot storm surge. and then making its way towards florida and watch this b line right into portions of south florida. the cone of certainty nearly 500 miles wide east

west into the gulf of mexico. where does this go exactly? the national hurricane center brings it to south florida at 145 miles per hour category 4 storm and towards the jacksonville area. what am i telling my family? right now i am saying get your house prepared. you have plenty of water and you have plenty of food for days. waiting until tomorrow to evacuate. my brother lives in miami. i think we will know enough you can say you have to leave the miami area and get away from the coast and head towards possibly the west coast depending on where the storm goes or farther north maybe towards the laorlan area. where does it go after it goes into parts of south florida? i mentioned jacksonville and up towards our region. but this is just a rain event for us. we are not expecting high winds. we are not expecting any kind of severe weather

look at this forecast for us. thursday through monday absolutely beautiful. temperatures only in the 70s. really nice weather tuesday and wednesday when we are tracking the rain and it will just be rain from irma. much more on this at 5:45. it may look like just another bed coming up i will tell you why these new beds represent hope for thousands of teens in our area. >> reporter: at the washington national cathedral. a major decision about what to

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you're watching news 4 at 5:00. now at 5:30 we are keeping a close eye on irma now the most powerful atlantic hurricane ever and the second most powerful storm to make landfall. this category 5 hurricane has winds up to 185 miles per hour and is raging through the caribbean. >> the path is still a bit difficult to predict. models are suggesting the storm could hit south florida this weekend. people have been leaving early. the last flight out of key west was earlier this afternoon. we have an update on a story. today the washington national cathedral began removing four stained glass windows that honor

war. the cathedral called them an obstacle to the church's teaching. tom sherwood joins us now with more. >> there was a time when these windows were welcome but now it is time for them to go. >> reporter: confederate windows now shrouded in netting work men busy covering the windows and removing them to storage. news 4 reported the windows likely would come down prompted by the clash in charlottesville. >> because these windows have become an obstacle to the work that we do, to our calling to be a house of prayer to all people and to be a place of welcome for everyone. >> reporter: the cathedral will store the windows and may place on public view in a way different. >> leadership will decide how

use them as educational tools. >> reporter: installed in 1953 a gift from the united daughters of the confederacy. ply wood will go up until the cathedral decides of a replacement. mixed responses. >> i have been here for too many years. >> they need to stay up because they represent our history and our history represents our evolution to where we are today. >> i think it is really visionary for the cathedral to look at ways of repositioning them and presenting in a way that will tell the whole story. >> it is important to establish context so that you are not venrating people but just reminding yourself of your own history. >> a year ago after the church massacre in charleston, the cathedral removed two tiny confederate flags. >> it says it will continue hosting conversations in the commy.

last year and they also removed two tiny flags fraumtd windows and now this is a major decision to change them completely. >> thank you. a confederate flag that has become a point of contention along one of the busiest highways will likely stay where it is. a number of people showed up to the board of supervisors meeting to protest this giant confederate flag. it is posted on private property along side interstate 95. local reports despite complaints the supervisors say federal laws prohibit them from limiting flags. a scheme to make a quick buck often starts with someone thinking this is a good idea and ends with that someone behind bars. a man who stole medical equipment from the nih found that out the hard way. it is a story the news 4 i-team reported first and here is scott macfarlane with an update.

deign. he worked at the nih in the medical arts division. court records say he not only stole medical research equipment on the job, they say he sold the equipment online. 400 items stolen all together, some resold costing about $75,000. he admitted convincing co workers to buy extra equipment. he pleaded guilty to the federal charge and the judge ordered him serve six months behind bars in federal prison. he tells news 4 he will pay back what he owes the government. back to you. thank you. new at 5:00, a legal fight is now underway to stop had billing of proposed purple line along the georgetown branch trail. today a group of residents asked a judge for a temporary restraining order. the popular biking and walking trail connects bethesda and

the petition asks for the trail to remain open and no trees be cut down. now, the purple line is expected to open in 2022. ahead at 6:00 we will explain what a judge asked organizers today to give him before he can make a decision. this was a story that grabbed national headlines. remember those reports of the missing teenagers in the district and all the questions about whether the city was doing enough to find them and help them? today news 4 got to see new shelter space created for teenagers who run away and help for their families. mark segraves shows us how one young run away is now getting ready for college. >> reporter: even on a rainy day when seana evans looks out her classroom window she sees a bright future. ♪ >> it's a

>> reporter: at 16 years old she is a senior looking at colleges with the help of one of her counselors. a year ago she was like hundreds of other teens in d.c. who had run away from home. >> my life just went down hill. i stopped going to school. >> reporter: evans wound up staying here at the sasha bruce house, a safe place for teens when they had nowhere else to go. >> a lot of young people and a lot of families in our city that are struggling feel very alone. >> reporter: after increased reporting of missing children mayor bowser launched a task frs. now we are seeing the changes including additional numbers of beds in shelters for run away kids. >> the beds represent a lot of hope that we are here to support you and we are providing comfort and ready to work with you and your family together so that you can go back home

families reunited is by providing better support services like counseling for kids and their parents. >> i have never been helped this much. i like it because i feel like i can do something with my life. >> reporter: as for why she wanted to share her story. >> a lot of people out there that need to hear people like me talking and letting them know it is okay. >> reporter: mark segraves, news 4. a major shift that could change where you go shopping. why gap says it is closing hundreds of stores and where it is putting a renewed focus. allegations of excessive force by police and the nfl

> >> reporter: david culver coming to you from just outside fort lauderdale, florida. wanted to show you what folks here are doing. putting all this ply wood in for the window of his home. he has 20 all together for all the windows inside his house. some preparations getting underway. we passed a couple of gas stations and seen the tweets online. folks obviously lining up a good ways to get gas.

this is interesting as we look at the home depot parking lot. do you see blue lights shining and the gentleman here directing? that is police right there. police are down here to keep things calm, to keep things smooth, make sure people don't get too anxious and too upset as they are going after the limited supplies that remain. we are down here for the days, potentially week, potentially longer to cover what the impact will be. we will stay out of the way of being the news and hopefully not getting ourselves hurt. we will stay safe down here. we will be mindful of it but will bring you the reports and keep things focussed on how folks are preparing for hurricane irma. >> david culver. an nfl player is accusing the police in las vegas of racial profiling and threatening to shoot him. michael bennett was in vegas

last month to see the mayweather/mcgregor fight. he ran and at some point an officer ordered him to get on the ground. ben lt said the officer cursed at him and put a gun to his head. he says it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. the police department is looking into bennett's claim and bennett may file a lawsuit. >> hurricane irma already impacting your wallet. when we come back the changes you will see next time you head to the grocery store. >> susan hogan on the

born and raised incian, dr. rrural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away.

as hurricane irma barrels towards the u.s., prepare to pay more for your morning glass of oj with florida in the cross hair of this monster storm industry experts tell us it could be catastrophic. florida is the world's second producer of orange juice. the citrus industry in florida employs 45,000 people. and as we go to weather we want to let you know that the death toll is rising in the island in the caribbean. the death toll has risen to three. hurricane irma went over the island with powerful winds. >> looking at some of the data coming out of the area, the last known wind gust was 155 miles per hour before the gauge broke. that was when the eye of the storm was making its way over the small island.

strong. just to the north of puerto rico. puerto rico not going to get in on the eye wall. the eye wall is right here. here is the eye of the storm. a very clearly defined eye and you see the thunderstorms wrapping around that eye. when you have that, this is where you have the 185 miles per hour winds right around the eye. the hurricane force winds only extend about 100 miles here. they don't make it their way all the way towards puerto rico. this band would not be surprised if we were seeing wind gusts over 70 miles per hour to 80 miles per hour in towards portions of puerto rico. very heavy rain and strong winds. the eye continuing to move up and away from puerto rico. very good news. you can see that movement to the north across the islands that we saw. we are seeing devastating pictures from them. as far as the track goes, not a lot has changed over the last 12 hours. we do

going to effect the u.s. katia will effect parts of mexico with heavy rain but will not go back into the gulf. irma 185 miles per hour winds with a category five hurricane moving west northwest at 16 and towards the bahamas as a devastating category 5 storm and in, towards and around cuba. the latest computer models yesterday were all kind of shifting to the east. today they are shifting back to the west right into south florida. this is interesting to see. it does bring it into the south florida region as a category 4. let's talk more about what the categories mean. amelia has a little more on what you can expect from different types of storms. >> so when we rate hurricanes on a category of 1 to 5 take a look at various wind speeds. category 1 has winds sustained 75 to 90 miles per hour. then a category 4 has winds anywhere from 130 to 156

irma is and has been for quite some time has winds over 157 miles per hour. so take a look at what this actually means. it just doesn't get a little bit worse with each category. it gets exponentually worst. a category 5 storm is 500 times more damaging with winds than category 1 storm. south florida could have a direct hit potentially with a category 4 hurricane and that would be 250 times worse than a category 1 storm. that means sustained winds greater than 130 miles per hour potentially around parts of south florida and we are looking at the keys and miami. that is going to change as we move on with time. >> the exact track will change. this is the path of uncertainty. the cone of uncertainty comes smaller here. it is about 500 miles to the north and about 150 to 200 miles around the

after jacksonville moved up towards our region. we are not expecting this storm to be very strong at all when it gets here just dealing with rain as we track irma for our region next tuesday and wednesday. the next five days here absolutely beautiful. temperatures below average in the 70s. lots of sunshine. much more on irma and its track coming up at 6:00. thanks. the first day of school is in the books for the kids in prince george's county. some spent their first day in a new high school. all of the students at the high school, they are getting a new laptop because the textbooks are digital. our molette green was in the community early this morning. dad sent kids off with high fives and words of encouragement. each father taking the father health department pledge vowing to be a great example for their kids. we are seeing it right there. how sweet is that? >> put that on my facebook page.

go dads. there are few things worse than getting a call saying your college aged child is being taken to the emergency room. now imagine getting that call but the doctors and nurses won't tell you anything about your child's condition. our consumer reporter susan hogan is working with the one thing you can do to make sure it doesn't happen to you. >> reporter: as her daughter heads back to college she will rest a little easier knowing her daughter has signed a medical authorization form. it's a simple yet significant document saying it's okay for doctors and nurses to share her daughter's medical information with her in an emergency. >> if they are 18 they are considered adults, but i want her to be in the proper medical hands and i want to have a say in that. >> the privacy rule of the health insurance accountability act says once a child is legally an adult at the age of 18 parents have no more right t

information than they would to the information of a stranger on the street. >> it doesn't even matter whether your child is on your health insurance or if you are paying the bills. >> reporter: health experts at consumer reports say signing a simple document could help smooth things over. >> if there is an emergency it helps eliminate ambiguity. >> reporter: you can find many versions online there isn't one document. they typically specify who can be given the medical information. the type of information that can be shared and the applicable dates blmpt ksome hospitals and college medical centers have their own forms. if you know where your child will likely get health care you might want toask. >> reporter: thinking about the unthinkable might help you better handle a crisis. consumer reports says the best

carry that form tucked into a wallet or backpack. during an emergency a parent forwarding a scanned copy may be enough to persuade a doctor or hospital to release the information. two more popular retailers closing stores, gap and banana republic plan to close about 200 locations over the next three years. we don't know yet if any are in our area. the company says it will instead focus on growing in brands old navy and athletica. it plans to open about 270 of those stores. here we go, folks. we are just four days away from the redskins season opener. carol maloney is live for us in ashburn. first game has never come easy for jay gruden or kirk suz cous >> reporter: it's been a long time and the guys right now are describing the feeling here, the calm before the storm. they want t

come sunday they will try to do something they haven't done in a long time. do you remember the last time you won a season opener? >> that's bad. i don't know. i really don't. >> reporter: redskins do know their history against sunday's opponent. they scored a five-game winning streak over the eagles, a stat that means nothing now. >> it really doesn't matter. it has no bearing on what is going to happen sunday. so it's a fun stat to throw around, but talking about playing the game sunday has nothing to do with it. >> reporter: a new year comes with new found optimism and a challenge to count down while keeping emotions in check. >> trying to find a way to stay calm, process, not get too excited or worked up. just be accurate and go through reads and not rush anything. that's always a challenge the first couple of weeks of the year i think you are finding your way. >> trying to b

energy as possibly can. running, raging, wild. can't wait for it. i know they are feeling the same way. ready to put a good product on the field. >> going to be a tough game. it always is. seems like all our games come down to the wire. going to be a tough game probably going down to little things maybe one possession. >> in case you are wondering like trent williams the last time the redskins won a season opener 2012 rg iii's debut. you are like it has been a long time. live from redskins park carol maloney, news 4 sports. >> that changes this sunday. we like that about you. we have to get that on my phone. >> we continue to follow breaking news. the

irma is now at three. >> officials on the island confirmed the additional death. the eye, by the way is just passing north of puerto rico. just ahead we

with hurricane irma churning away in the caribbean we now know that there is a very good chance that the storm co

florida this weekend. our sister station in miami has a look at people getting ready for a hit. >> reporter: sand bagging operations are well underway here in south florida reporting from miami beach there are plenty residents here and a mountain of sand, tons of sand being given away by cities down here in south florida. not just miami beach but other cities. north miami as well as city of fort lauderdale. this has been going on since yesterday. and the mayor here is recommending right now that everybody get out but people certainly want to secure their homes beforehand picking up ten bags per person here on miami beach and then they are placing these in vulnerable spots where people are living next to the ocean on some other water way. they are looking to protect their structures from the water and folk whose don't live on water ways, folks who are land locked are concerned about the

with hurricane irma and flood waters coming up from the storm drains and the sewers. certainly down here in south florida we are keeping a close eye on the forecast hoping hurricane irma steers away from our area. reporting from miami beach, news 4. news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> we are covering the most powerful hurricane ever measured in the atlantic ocean. mix of high winds and heavy rain proving catastrophic. >> one of the first caribbean islands to meet the eye of the storm, terrifying footage shows winds topping 150 miles per hour blasting that small island. one person who took shelter in a stairwell tweeted this is like a movie i never wanted to see. >> back here at home it has been raining all day and will continue to rain. for some of us this rain i

could come to us next week. >> we have two storms to track now and two meteorologists to track them. them. doug and amelia, what is the latest to show us? >> amelia will be talking about the rain we've got here coming up over the next couple of minutes. right now i want to get to irma and show you the latest with this storm moving to puerto rico. we have video first. this is one of the hurricane hunter airplanes. these guys are amazing. they fly through the center of the hurricane. yes, it is an extremely dangerous proposition for these guys. but the amount of turbulence is unprecedented in storms like this, but to this day, these guys have stayed safe. we've not had any krarkcrashes. just amazing out of the eye of the storm. that was a couple of days ago. the hurricane hunters going in there for us today. they have found lower pressure and continue to see the storm strengthening here. san juan puerto rico gd