>> first tonight at 10:00. hurricane irma is battering south florida with ferocious winds and fierce reigns as white caps are breaking on the streets of downtown miami. i'm joe walden in miami the latest straight ahead. >> as the hurricane continues its track up the state of flora residents hunkerring

to pass. >> understand we'll do everything we can to help you. >> we have team coverage tonight on hurricane irma. and we're going to take care of everybody. we'll spare no expense. federal government is here and state government here and local government is it here and we'll do everything we he we have great first respokeners and we'll do everything we can to take care of everybody. >> we begin with latest on hurricane irma category 2 storm. >> it made land fall in florida keys at category 4 past 9:00 this morning and made a second land fall battering marco eye land florida south of naples 3:35 this afternoon as a category 3. irma lost intensity as it continues to move across the state. >> right now more than 160,000 people are

florida and updated number more than 3 million people without power. >> in addition to hurricane conditions ef 0 tornado touched down in palm bay. hurricane irma is making way to tampa bay and will likely hit there in the next coming hours. parts of georgia, alabama, tennessee and mississippi also expected to feel the effects of irma. >> fox's joe walden is in miami joining us with more. >> monster hurricane irma sweeping through florida knocking out power to millions while creating rivers in the streets including here in downtown miami. it started as category 4 storm 400 miles wide packing 130 mile an hour winds and now airm is making move north and although weakened forecasters are still very concerned about the storm surge and warming some areas on main land could get up to 15 feet of water and official

to stay off the streets. >> my biggest concern is when people file heed a warning early from local government officials and then they make a last-minute deutsche try to get to shelter. >> i would say don't come out of your house until the sun is up and you can clearly see. >> over 100,000 people are taking refer uj in shelters. >> thank god we're alive and god gets us through the storm. >> spawning tornadoes one twister destroying mund reds of homes. >> this is big monster. but i think we're well coordinated president trump approving disaster declaration for florida making federal aid available for storm victims. >> it will cost a lot of machine. right now we're worried about lives not costs. >> brunt of hurricane irma appears to have passed through south florida. miami-dade schools are closed for foreseeable future and city officials are warning peopl

reporting in downtown miami, joe waldman, fox news. tonight we learned two florida law enforcement officers were killed early this morning deputy julie bridges she was on way home from helping at evacuation center and joseph ozmanned was headed into work when the two collided head on. it's unclear if weather was a factor in the crash. >> it seems no part of state of florida is untouched by this massive storm and problems will just continue into the night and into the morning. >> europe absolutely right are. not only that, lauren, but this storm is really going to start to give its impact to many other states across areas of the south and so we are really watching it closely. already parts of that area are feeling effects of this massive hurricane. let's take a look now at infrared satellite shot and show what you is it happening. one of the things going on is

that the certainty of circulation is leaning to the right now doesn't mean impact is less but there could be more happening in terms of central portion of state as well as into areas north a little more northeast. so definitely deeping a close eye on that. and other thing going on to the south is areas to the east they're starting to see drier air move in and that is actually a good things for areas to the south. it does not mean they will be out of the clear in terms of winds and high surf and all the danger that comes with all this including flooding. >> we're looking at category two hurricane right now winds 105 miles an hour moving north at 14 miles an hour an by the time it does move its way over tampa as we move to late hours of tonight and early tomorrow morning it will be category one. it will hold hurricane status right up until at least the early hours of tuesday, late monday night before it becomes remnant low pressure system. but its impact

far north as areas of kentucky and tennessee and georgia getting a big impact from it and as far as east as the carolinas and spaghetti models stay on track with it they're pretty much in agreement in terms of all of this and looking at plenty of rainfall with this high sure. dangerous winds they spread far and wide. i'll have more coming up on the conditions and just how we may or may not be impacked in a bit. lauren. thank you, gwen. a massive cleanup underway in cuba and several other caribbean countries devastated by hurricane irma while no deaths reported in cuba irma caused widespread damage. similar scene playing out in st. martin the island is divided france on one side and netherlands on the other and 7 owe% of homes were damaged or destroyed when irma came ashore as category 5 storm. >> hundreds are trapped on s st. martin and trying to get out. state department evacuated 120

1200 americans so far and hopes to get more out tom tomorrow. state department put out a tweet that says area evacuation from st. martin concluded for day and it's trying to continue those evacuation flights tomorrow but they're not confirmed yet. >> evacuations continue in virgin island this is showing members of navy and marine corps flying outpatients from st. thomas and st. john. navy says helicopters flew out 50 patients so far and delivered more than 17,000 pounds of food water as well as medical supplies to the virgin islands. >> and we're seeing incredible images of destruction from french caribbean island of s st. bart. french officials estimate hurricane irma caused close to a billion and half dollars damage to st. bart and s st. martin. authorities say this is biggest natural sdaingt to hit a french territory in 35 ye years. >> earlier today vice-president mike pence visited fema headquarters washington

fema employ anesthesia and as well as members of coastguard. president trump surprise keeping a close eye on the storm and offering all resources available to the state of florida. >> the people need to take this storm with great seriousness. it's a storm of historic and epic proportions. and the efforts of every level of our federal government are here to stand alongside state and local officials in the life saving mission and very son in recovery mission and very soon in the rebuilding. >> hurricane airm is also having impact on congress and the house will not vote on any legislation tomorrow. that's because so many mem members, of course, back in the home districts and they're unable to travel back to d.c. because of the hurricane. the house majority leaders has rescheduled the votes and they will take place likely on tuesday evening at the earliest. >> while millions of floridians evacuated and got out of harm's way others

to stay and ride out the storm. somewhere not in evacuation zones and others thought homes would be a safe place to stay put. >> evan lambert has been talking to folks that decided to stay behind and they shared picture and video with us. hey, evan. >> maureen i've been talking to several families that decided to stay. they've all been describing a scary situation as eye of of hurricane irma moved up florida west coast and talking with some of my family members that live north of miami. further from center of the storm but as you've seen the whole state is feeling major impacts. we'll work our way from south to north. this is video from my cousins in boca raton florida north of ft. lauderdale you can see how strong irma winds were in outer bands and this video is from earlier this arm. gusts sending rain pounding across the porch. now to naples things went from bad to worse. you can tell the eye went right over that city. the palms bare

those gusting winds and finally for the myers this video is from 20 minutes inland. it's hard to believe this is not right on the gulf of mexico but the water you you see here is supposed to be still lake. jen stacey shared this us with she lived in florida more than a decade and said she never seen anything like this be before. >> this is inland lake not the gulf of mexico. this is normally a flat, flat, look tat now. these are huge waves coming you cannot see but we've seen two different boats sink across from us. the dock over there completely broken off going down this lake. >> i lived down here almost 11 years and been through a couple tropical storms and never seen anything like this unprecedented. please pray for florida. >> and to let you know the people that shared this video with us tell us they are safe. now irma taking aim at the tampa bay area it weakened and forecast to arrive there

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crews are on the scene working to dig a hole in the front yard of this house to cut the gas off. i'm told due to the hoarding conditions found inside the meter to shut off the gas is basically inaccessible and that's why the gas line has to now be cut from the outside. unfortunately, one man is dead and another taken to a nearby hospital. and this fire started just after 4:00 this evening. fire crews got a call that someone was trapped inside this burning house and when they arrived they found smoke coming from all three floors and 31-year-old man who lives at this house off dan bury road ed met crews at the front door. he luckily managed to escape the fire but told firefighters his friend was still trapped inside. that resident was taken to a local hospital with both smoke inhalation and minor burns and investigators eventually discovered a man's body in the basement of this house. and now the fire is out. but crews say the crowd

conditions they found inside this homemade the fire fight much more difficult. >> specifically in basement, there were what they described as hoarding conditions where there was lots of boxes and materials and stuff like that piled up. which made it difficult for them to get in and search. it also added to the fire load. there was a slim possibility that there could have been some kind of i don't know if it was ammunition or something like that in the home. so far we have not located anything like that in the h home. >> reporter: we did see fire and explosives. investigators on scene earlier this afternoon were checking that home for any ammunition for explosive material inside. however as you heard anone was found. the cause of the fire has not been determined yet and there into update on the man taken to the hospital and no identification of the man who died. we're live in bethesda,

hemphill, "fox5 local news". tonight this man is in custody in connection with a fatal shooting that happened saturday night in fred fredericksburg. cortez antonio mills is charged with second degree murder 26-year-old antoineet anne beverly was found dead in a car on palmer street. mills is held without bond tonight. the search continues for a pregnant teacher missing from montgomery county. laura wallen was last heard from on text message september 4. police say she sent a tro troubling message to a family member. she then failed to show up to first day of school at wild lake high school on tuesday. and her car was later found in howard county. not far from the school. the 31-year-old is four months pregnant. and the man accused of setting his pregnant girlfriend on fire inside of her maryland home on friday night is is being extradited to prince george county. police say la quinn phillip

girlfriend and lit her on fire and they delivered the victim's baby early. both remain in the hospital tonight. phillips is charged with attempted murder. and we continue to monitor the latest on hurricane irma as it slaxz the sunshine state tonight. now making way to tampa bay as category 2 storm it hit marco island south of naples as category 3. more than 160,000 people are in shelters across the state and tonight more than 3 million are without power. >> some floridians managed to escape the wrath before heading to georgia. two tour friingts venezuela got to experience southern hospitality. >> we were just passing here and we just seen you guys were giving food for the people who were leaving miami. >> so we come and grab sandwiches we'll try it. >> they look

having a good time. >> volunteers said georgia provided food to more than 2,000 evacuees. a much weaked irma is expected to hit georgia sometime tomorrow. >> and mother nature always has incredible way of acting and sometimes things like this happen especially with hurricanes this is called storm surge storm sucks up all water from ocean and forcibly spits it out. people nearby are told not to venture to suddenly dry land because ocean water will eventually come roaring back. a man did step out on dry land in the barack obama and took in the bahamas and took this of where the ocean would have been. >> an a scene around tampa bay this morning before hurricane irma comes ashore tonight disappearing water left some manatees stranded in the murky ocean floor. two men tried to carry them to deeper water they kond and called for help and eventually some good samaritan stopped by

manatees safely out to sea. >> it's eary to see the water recede like that and know it's coming back. and coming back in full force. >> those poor manatees glad they were safely taken back to some water their natural habitat. >> they're about to see more water in the area unfortunately. >> hurricane irma is still hammering florida tonight. >> live to miami to check in on the latest as residents continue to shelter in place. stay with ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor

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>> the bad weather continuing all over the world in northern italy five are dead after storm of whipped and rain. five were found in a flooded basement and they're all believed to be from the same family across the is they of levorno cars and streets covered in

rome. weather officials on standby bracing for more to come. >> meanwhile funeral services took place in mexico today for some of the 90 victims killed by thursday night major earthquake. it was.1 magnitude quake in parts of country dealing with hundreds of after shocks including some with magnitude of 4.5 or greater. teams of of soldiers and police have fanned out across the hardest hit areas and are looking for anyone who still may be trapped in the collapsed buildings. and mexico also reporting two deaths tu to hurricane katia. >> north korea marking important milestone this weekend and it's 69th birthday earlier today country state run television showed video of leader hosting a massive celebration to congratulation nuclear scientists and technicians. they helped engineer the sixth largest test. a screen on stage showed is video of technicians looking at se

results. >> in england manchester area iriana reopened for the first time this weekend following deadly terrorist attack that happened in may. thousands attended a charity concert held to remember the 22 people killed in the attack during an arian agrand a show. >> and we want to turn back to hurricane irma coverage. florida continuing to be ud pounded by this storm. it is now a category 2. worst of it far from over. the entire state touched by this. >> that's rite, let's check back now with fox's joe w waldman live in miami we spoke roughly two hours ago joel you were in knee deep water and whipped was coming in hard looks like you're still in water how are things now? >> reporter: lauren, marina i have a pond frog rubbing againt my leg they are incredibly heavy good reason not to be out during a hurricane. this is tow truck driver who is trying to get

giving us the peace sign. but i'll tell you what there's a curfew in miami-dade county from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and that's a private business. technically he should not be out here and we're seeing more and more tourists coming out to take photos. this is a once in a life hurricane. again, not advisable and looks hypocritical and necessary precautions and keeping ourselves safe and we're not sure if everyone is aware of how to handle themselves within the sure kane and definitely not a good idea to be out here. the two things that everyone worried about storm surge and wind. and man oh, man did we get that in miami. interesting yesterday for forecasters were saying the storm is headed west and there was kind of a collective sigh of relief in miami and when you look at a lot of devastation and damage on tv guess what, a lot happened here in miami. two cranes collaps

two cranes and we were woken up 8 a.m. this morning with bang bang bang on front door told by security to retreat to a shelter within the hotel. there's a ballroom. so we all went there and asked why we were being shuttled there they said there's a hurricane you idiot and beyond that there were windows breaking and so they said get out of dom and head to sh shelter. we said sure. so that has been the story here. this is end result. we're now waiting for the southern bands of hurricane irma to pass through. our producer who is astute with radar telling us it should be happening any time coming from south to north. you can see the current of the water moving in that direction now. so we expect to get blasted at least one more time. >> we heard there was possibly another crane you were talking about that a third crane maybe collapsing it's difficult to take those down it takes two weeks which is why they were not taken down before the storm there was not time. when you

see pieces of debris and large windows from tall buildings falling down which is another reason why people are told not to be walking a round outside and i guess that would be the concern with the winds. is that something you're anticipating is southern band starts to come your way. >> yeah, this will fill up with water again and not to sound hypocritical people should not number water. we were told that this is not electrified obviously or we would not be standing in it. they're dealing with power issues. there's no reason to be out here. again there's a curfew in place. also miami-dade county schools superintendent came out and said look we're canceling school for foreseeable future. roads are impassible around the county and last thing eye miami international airport for anyone looking to get away won't be able to at least until tuesday when limited flights start. >> across the state nearly

million people without power. live tonight in downtown mi miami. >> stay safe, joel. >> our coverage of irma con didn't tonight. >> how local companies are stepping up to help with cleanup efforts in under day tonight. stay with us

>> just take a look at this thing back with the latest own hurricane irma. >> florida battered by the massive hurricane that could affect the entire sunshine state with strong winds and storm surge and winds of up to 130 miles an hour knocking out power to three million people and toppling huge construction cranes in downtown miami and ft. lauderdale and the storm surge expected to be 15 neat

some areas. >> this is life-threatening situation. remember in south west florida storm surge comes after the strongest wins. do not think winds are over of when the storm slows down. >> six an a half million residents have been ordered to evacuate and it's one of the largest emergency vactions in american history. over 127,000 people taking refuge in more than 500 shelt areas cross the state and federal government pledging to send full resources to help florida and other states hit by irma. >> and we've just been updated there's more now than 3.3 million people without power in the state of florida. that number expected to rise of course in the coming days. >> power crews from both pep could coand bge in our region headed down to florida now. they'll help restore power once the storm is over. >> joining us by phone linda foya pour bge you said crews could make it down tomorrow or tuesday. what's the first order of business once they make

>> good an the first thing they need to do once they get down there is connect with the utilities we're supporting which in this case is florida power and light. so once they connect with them what usually happens is each of our crews is paid with a crew that is from the area that we're supporting so they can go together and help with the restoration. that's typically how it works. but at the end of the day we're following the lead of the utility that we're supporting which in this case is florida power and light. >> a massive job ahead. 3.3 million people. is there a priority where you need to start? >> yeah, that's going to really depend on the impact you know i envision there will be parts of the electric distribution system that will have to be completely rebuilt because you'll have a lot of downed polls and downed wires and downed trees and what usually happens

have to remove the debris to get it off of the equipment that's been damaged and then repair that equipment or replace it and again, we'll be following the lead of fpl but what we'll be doing typically is restoring service or making repairs to equipment that can restore service to the largest number of customers that's usually how it works. but, again we with will follow fpl. >> linda foy with pge and we wish you the best of luck in florida. >> thank you. >> some welcomed news to folks there that there are crews coming in from out of state. >> absolutely, 3.million people that is a lot of homes. >> you were saying when you lived through -- lived through -- >> hurricane wilma right in 2005, twelve years ago. ten days without power was a long, long time. miami international airports were shut down. you didn't have a way to get out. it was drive out of florida and stay and suck it up. it's a lot of h

it's hot down there now it's 87. i talked to my parents who lost power over this hurricane they were going to bed with no powder they had to crack the window it was windy but hot inside the house. that's one example of millions i'm sure they're going through the same tonight. >> got the lines at the grocery stores and food starts to spoil it's no if you remember. >> hopefully all these power companies can get down there and try to start working back up. i was listening to some folks talking about the power grids that's one thing they look at first to make sure large power grids did not lose powder and start with suburban homes and make things somewhat better than they are currently. this is going to be a long affair for the state of florida, right. >> not only florida. we'll see this system move its way more north as well and so we have a the love states impacted as a result of this hurricane. it is a massive storm. and its reach will be far and wide. and already, that has started to happen. as we can seat outer bands really starting to impact many areas including

areas on the east coast adds charleston is already seeing flooding. take a look here. this will actually pick up speed and it's going to start to move the way north over the next 24 hours or so and faster than it's moving now which is roughly about 14 miles an hour as it heads way through to north. category two storm winds 105 miles an hour and an update coming in at 11:00. new advisory. we'll see what the changes are with that as that becomes available us to. in the meantime, tampa this will go over tampa as category one hurricane. hold hurricane status up until late monday night to early tuesday before it becomes rel nant low pressure system and look at the cone of uncertainty and this is area that will get the biggest impact across this area however it's even without on the exterior of this cone of impact other areas get impacted as well and storm happens to be massive. and the models have been pretty much in agreement with the tra

the center of circulation has started to move a little bit leaning a little to the east now. so, that's another thing that bears watching. we're seeing drier air coming into the lower southern eastern portion of this system as well right now. so that's another interesting factor. but, as it moves its way through take a look at rain that will be with it. also equals producing tornadoes is another factor here and stretching to tuesday and parts of tennessee and kentucky, georgia also gets hit hard with this and then a hot of this rain movesit way off north and northeast as well. tornao watchings and warnings in effect and already reports of of that activity tropical and hurricane storm force warnings and watches as the storm surge continues to move its way through and in some areas expect it to be 15 pete feet more more dangerous storm surge and that's one of the main killers in a hurricane. impact will be widespread. as i mentioned tna

that's tonight. the model is in agreement winds will increase moving north as well. take a look at rainfall totals expected for some areas here. we're talking isolated amounts for keys of up to 25" of rainfall and elsewhere up to 20. tennessee, mississippi, alabama, georgia, also looking at fair oment of rainfall. >> as we look at what will be happening for us at home quite a different story. we won't have to deal with this e have to deal with sunshine and that's good news. pleasant day to start the w week. however as the week progresses remnants of what was irma starting to move its way towards us. we have quite a few days of rainfall to deal with and warming up. temperatures will be moving through into the low 0s before this week is over. so get ready for that. some change is always on our 7 day forecast. back to you . >> and tough start to the regular season for the redskins. burgandy and gold hosting philadelphia eagles today at fedex field and kirk cousin comp

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she is keeping her son's memory alive. >> all right and using technology to stay connected even through a hurricane. we'll show you the app that is helping link rescuers with victims from the storms. >> we'll be right back. .

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>> we're continuing to monitor the latest on hurricane irma as it slams the sunshine state tonight. it's now making its way to tampa as a category two storm. monster storm made land fall in florida keys as category four hurricane past nine this morning and made a second land fall south of naples around 3:45 this afternoon at category 3 storm. more than 160,000 people are in shelters across florida and more than 3 million people are without power. >> and all of our nation's

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>> we continue to monitor later on hurricane airm as it continues to batter florida tonight. it's making its way to a tampa bay area. it hit marco island florida souchbl naples 3:35 this afternoon as category three storm. more than 160,000 people are in shelters across south florida and 3 million without power tonight. >> during the hurricane harvey disaster in houston communication between rescuers and flood victims was khe khechinging and thanks to app by texas based company getting word out was easier. fox's casey clearborn has the story. >> rising water eight adults three dogs one child and one special needs. >> if you played with walky talkyes as a kid it's same idea you push the button and talk and they hear you as you're talking. >> ceo of austin based app

zehlo technology that played a big part in helping rescuers get the job done in houston in midst of aftermath. >> there's a big footprint outside of the united states. houston the new users wentz up by 20. this is week over week. it exploded. >> on august 28 louisiana cajun navy posted on facebook if you need rescue or want to help rescue the best source of communication is zello walky talky app. they encouraged people to download type in texas search and rescue and find it close buy. moore said it began in russia in 2005 and what became zello gained traction in 2011. >> in africa it's crowd source 911 system. they built this ground upset of volunteers. >> hello. >> as moore mentioned it's look a walkie talky and you can talk in groups in live channels one

not and for zello when disaster strikes a two way radio style app can be an effective tool. >> you need a network, cell or wifi. but zello works in 2 g network works when nothing else would. >> there is elderly man of 500 east 18th street corner of 18 and austin. >> but stories you hear they will live as canoe pulls up into somebody's apartment you hear the kids they're sitting on counter with the dog and they've been crying and they clear you know and you hear the boat driver is ecstatic. >> moore emphasizes zello is a tool not solution it's volunteers on the ground doing the real work. >> tools like zello it was a glue that held other technologies together. make it possible for citizens to participate and help in a way they could not before. we're thrilled, satisfied to be part of that. >> i

fox news. >> interesting technology. >> yeah it's good maybe that can help people in florida as well. >> you need cellular data and wifi and they said 2 g in case cell service is bad you can try to get out and hope someone it listening, we hope you get 911 access too. >> you could hear the people on the way to you. >> there's a way to communicate if you can that way. >> all right. we'll be right back.

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flamingos at bush gardens where they were ushered in single file to safety right before the wovt of the storm is to come in the next couple hours here. stay with us we're back after this with, of course, more news on hurricane irma. >> news at 11 begins now. >> we need everybody's pra prayers. we're going to take care of everybody and spare no exp expense. the federal government is h here. the state government is here. the local government is here. we're going to do everything we can. we have great first res responders. we're going to do everything we can to take care of everybody. >> it's a category 2 packing 105 mile an hour winds. >> it made land fall in the keys past 9 this morning and made a second land fall battering marco island florida south of naples 3:35 as a category

irma lost intensity as it continues to move across the states of florida. >> right now more than 160,000 people are in shelters across florida and more than 3 million people are without electricity. >> and in addition to sure cape conditions ef 0 tornado touched down in palm bay. hurricane irma is making the way to tampa bay area and parts of georgia, alabama, tennessee and mississippi expected to feel the effects of irma. >> fox's joe waldman is in miami with more. >> monster hurricane irma sweeping through florida. knocking out power to millions while creating rivers in the streets including here in downtown miami. >> it started out as a category four storm 400 miles wide packing 130 mile an hour winds. and now irma is 345eubging move norm and although weakened forecasters

very concerned about the storm surge and warning some areas on main land could get up to 15 feet of water. officials are urging residents to stay off the streets. >> my biggest concern is when people file heed a warning early from government officials and mack a lasts minute deutsche goat shelter. >> i would say don't come out of your house until the sun is up and you can clearly see. >> over 1300,000 people are taking refuge in more than 500 shelt areas cross the state. >> thank god we are still alive and god gets us through the storm. >> irma spawning tornadoes throughout florida. one twister destroying mobile homes hundreds of miles away from atlantic coast. >> bad news is that this is is some big monday stevrment but i think we're well coordinated president trump approving a disaster declaration for florida making federal aid available for storm victims. >> and it's going to cost a lot of money. rights now we're worried about lives not costs. >> brunt of hurricane irma