the florida keys, lake okeechobee and florida bay.atch is in effect for north of jupiter inlet to sebastian inlet north of bonita beach to ana marie island. rainfall is forecast to be 8 to 12 inches with isolated areas receiving up to 20 inches of rain. based on what we now know the majority of florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and life-threatening winds. we can expect this along the entire east cost and the entire west coast. the florida keys should be prepared to start feeling the effects of this storm tomorrow morning. evacuations. i've offered school bus to aid in evacuations statewide. multiple counties have accepted these buses. any counties with the need to buses to evacuate residents request buses right now. we will quickly run out of good weather to evacuate. if you're told to evacuate, leave, get out quickly. the roads will fill up quickly so you need to go. i'm a dad and i'm a grandfather. i love my family. i can't imagine life without them. do not put yourself or your fam lice life atfamily'

florida straits getting into the florida keys. it will make a right-hand side turn shortly, probably win the next 12 hours or so, which would put the worst part of the had -- hurricane on the western tip of florida notion the eastern tip. a tremendous storm surge expected in that part of florida. marathon, key west, key largo seeing heavy rains. the latest traffic moving west/northwest 12 miles per hour. it will make the right hand turn shortly. around the naples area or marko island. this area here landfall expected tomorrow morning between 2 and 5:00 a.m. as a category four storm with winds 150 miles per hour as the storm moves over land getting close to tampa, it weakens dramatically as it loses its fuel source which is the warm waters of the atlantic and the gulf. tuesday and wednesday it weakens into a tropical storm or tropical low. we're seeing good concensus between the forecast models. we have a couple of outliers which brings it over the gulf which will be good news for people in southern florida but terrible news for th

if there is no real good news here for florida. >> jon: meanwhile, folks in south florida are eating the warning to head to safety. they are facing crowded roads and long lines for gas as more than half a million people in the miami-dade area are told to evacuate. what are the conditions like no now? >> still more than 36 hours out, conditions here are already beginning to kick up, we are seeing some wind gusts of 20 miles an hour, there is very different mood in south florida. in previous storms people would be sticking it out, writing it out but there is real palpable fear here. people who have not left in previous storms are leaving, there is fear because of what people have seen already from the storm. a death toll that right now stands at 23 but continues to rise throughout the day and the utter destruction it has already caused in the caribbean, making some islands uninhabitable. people are afraid of the storm does indeed hit south florida as a category 4, they know what that means, they have been through it in the past. it could mean downed tree lines, downed power lines, roof

florida. once again as a category 5 there. all this while florida braces for what lies ahead to the next 48 hours. tough 48 hours. and survivors in the caribbean are adding up the damage left behind. the number is big. at this hour, hurricane irma is barreling down on cuba as a category 5 storm, with ferocious 160-mile-an-hour winds. the massive storm's path shifted west as it regained some strength, now charting a course expected to churn through the florida keys, before hitting naples, ft. myers and florida's east coast expected to be batters by this storm, the size of texas almost. the big question is how the storm's path through cuba may impact its course and whether the storm will weaken at all before reaching the keys. florida's governor is urging those on the state's west coast to be prepared to head to a local shelter if they do not evacuate by noon local time, saying not following evacuation orders could cost you your life. 23 people have died so far in connection with the storm that

this is the state of florida. and this is irma superimposed around it. >> 360, 370 miles wide. >> at least. >> some saying the size of texas or wyominwyoming. huge. >> it is. the eyewall is where we have the strongest winds. the northeast quadrant we would have damaging and strong winds typically with the hurricane because of the narrow size, the florida peninsula. pretty much everyone is dealing with something with this storm. that's part of the problem because this is the wind field as a category 4 potentially coming on shore in flat keys. potentially again along the southwest coast of florida. those hurricane-force winds, 74 miles per hour greater extending eastward. >> i want to ask you this last question. you say this is -- if you slice it into a pie, this upper right-hand part is the worst part. >> typically this is worst. the worst really is where the eyewall is. that's going to be, you know, to be determined whether the eyewall itself or -- it makes its way on land like it's doing to cuba now. >> does this

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, estero, florida. >>> this is kerry sanders in naples, florida. today alligator alley, the main road connecting west to east in florida, with a rush towards miami, many on the west coast who thought they were safe now scrambling to get out. >> we really don't know what to do. it's stressful. >> reporter: michael carr lives in ft. myers. >> i'm frightened to hell because i don't think this house is going to hold up. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott warning the water surge could reach the tops of homes. >> this is a life-threatening situation. remember, the storm surge comes after the wind. do not think the storm is over when the wind slows down. >> reporter: everglades city, the fishing village south of naples, could find itself swamped by a 12-foot storm surge, same flooding threat on marco, an island about the same size as manhattan. michael callahan decided not to evacuate. >> we're prepared for a storm surge unless it gets up to the third floor. >> reporter: today, lowering hurricane shutters, confident they will protect his family. 13

myers, florida. this is on florida's southwest coast. the governor is warning everyone who stayed in their homes and their shelters to just stay inside. prepare for the worst. there are reports of flooding in miami and ft. pierce, on the other side of florida, on the east coast. meteorologists say ten inches of rain fell in just four hours. this as irma continues to barrel its way toward florida. >> all right, now let's switch gears for a bit and talk about our local forecast. current conditions is where we'll start. temperature of 55 degrees, the reading in philadelphia. 49 this morning in allentown. yet again, very lucky to say this, knowing what's happening in florida. we have a beautiful day ahead. we'll go from 52 in wilmington to this afternoon, some mid 70s. 52 as well the temperature in atlantic city. and our water temperature sits at 70 just outside atlantic city. on our radar and satellite view, a clear picture overhead. no rain, no cloud coverage to track. we'll see that when sunrise hits, but really, this is a nice start to o

hurk force winds are hitting the florida keys. more than a quarter million homes and businesses in florida have lost power. outages are in the miami area. that's where authorities ordered 600,000 people to evacuate. in total, officials have told about 7 million people to get out of florida and georgia. many major cities in florida are now ghost towns as residents and tourists heeded the warnings or checked into more than 300 shelters across the state. up until the last minute, frightened residents attempted to get to safety. >> nobody is giving any information. we have to get the word out, you're going to come in. we need to know. >> life threatening storm surge is as high as 15 feet. predicted in areas all along florida's west coast. this morning, utility workers from our area are heading to florida to help out with power problems. randy is live in new jersey where dozens of employee said will leave in the next few hours. >> about 7:00 a.m., 154 local employees from pse&g will be gearing up their trucks and heading south to lake

and florida bay. right now the national hurricane center is reporting that hurricane irma remains a dangerous and life threatening category 5 storm with winds of 175 miles per hour. basically what we know now florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and life threatening winds. we can expect -- and we can expect this all along the east coast. the florida keys should be prepared to start feeling the effects of this storm as early as tomorrow night. and look at the size of this storm. it is wider than our entire state and could cause major and life threatening impacts from coast-to-coast. regardless of which coast you live on, be prepared to evacuate. on the west coast cannot be complacent. the west coast will still have hurricane conditions. remember hurricane andrew is when the worst storms in the history of florida. this is much worse and more devastating on its current path. irma has already caused multiple fatalities in the caribbean. this storm is powerful and deadly. we ar

part of florida.ring the state south all the way up to north, even into georgia. so we will have all of the angles covered for you. of course, if you want to help victims of hurricane irma or harvey, we have some of the web sites that we're going to list up on your screen now. we'll have the red cross, obviously, the salvation army. there are many ways you can donate. we also heard of ways you can help rescue pets too, so there's many facets that you can help. leland: yeah. and right now as we have heard, especially for folks florida south and those in key west, bill nelson telling us there's about 10,000 people still in the florida keys. it's too late, and now people down there need our thoughts and our prayers as irma bears down. as irma leaves cuba and heads north, could very easily intensify in the straits of florida with that warm gulf water. and even as we heard from the national hurricane center, they don't know yet, does irma make those two landfalls, or does it stay a little bit off the shore

related deaths already in florida. one man died when his truck stormed into a tree in marathon near the florida keys. strong winds thrashed boats around violently in miami like they were children's toys. >>> stephanie ramos in miami with the latest on irma. >> reporter: hurricane irma is roaring into florida. we're seeing some side way rain, you can see behind me the trees being pushed and slammed by very strong and intense winds and this is just the beginning. the day florida has been anticipating is here. >> my gosh. wow. >> reporter: in south florida, trees are down, streets are flooding. >> you can really start to feel the wind and rain coming down. i'm getting blown away here. you know what? we're going to send it back to you, it's getting a little dangerous >> the state put on notice. >> this is not a storm to mess with. >> i can hear the how long, i can just he imagine the amount devastation that's taking place. >> reporter: the storm tearing itself away from northern coast and head towards key west before movin

montego bay, jamaica, miami and jacksonville, florida. but as you said, we were able to talk to some lucky passengers who arrived here in philly from tampa. this was what they had to say. >> when we took off, everybody kind of applauded on the plane. they knew we were, like, the last flight out. that was kind of -- a little scary. >> supposed to be in cuba for two days. stayed for one day. said we were going back. a day early. >> reporter: some vacations had to be cut short. everybody was just trying to get out of irma's path. and there was a sense of relief to touch down here in philadelphia as the board indicates with all of these canceled flights. folk who have not left florida, for example, there's no chance that they're going to get on a flight now. reporting live from philadelphia's international airport, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >>> take a look at this. hundreds of people lined up outside this shelter in lee county, florida. many people brought their belongings and their pets. saying they stood in line for hours to get in

florida vegetables, there will be no florida vegetables, fresh vegetables in november. those green beans that many of you are eating on thanksgiving will not come from florida this year. we'll have to make up the gap from foreign producers because that crop is gone entirely. so i don't mean to leave any of them out. i'm just telling you the hit to agriculture was extraordinary, and unfortunately for agriculture -- and it's not mean-spirited why this happens, but there is not a lot of agriculture near major metropolitan centers, meaning there is not as much media coverage. i'm not here to beat up the media. in fact, i thank the media and i have done so because a lot of the work they did on the national networks and the local news is what got so many people motivated to get up and go out of harm's way. but there aren't a lot of camera crews stationed live from a citrus grove, so the power gets back on and the schools reopen and people forget that these farmers, most of whom, by the way, are not wealthy landowners from the movies. some of these are fourth generation grower

three storm related now in florida.ore than 1 million people were without power in florida, crews are headed down south to help get the lights back on >>> chris sowers, irma not over yet >> just beginning, let's take one last look on the infrasatellite shot. looks like marco island seeing the worst now as the hurricane wall starting to get closer and closer, seeing winds of 130 miles per hour, gusting as much as 160 miles per hour, that will continue on its journey to the northwest hugging the west coast of the state of florida of later tonight is when tampa gets poundeded. for us back home, 74, mostly sunny today, monday 78 with a combination of sun and clouds, and there could be remnant rains coming in tuesday into wednesday, but nothing heavy right now >> we now join gma's coverage of irma >> for gray hall, chris sowers and the entire action news team, i'm nydia han have a great sunday. not get too comfortable with this idea that flooding isn't an issue because you are seeing the water go away right now. the water is

the devastation in the florida keys, i was watching those people in the florida keys, they may get cutit would not surprise me if some of these bridges out there got washed over. that's how severe this could be. that's what happened in 1935 with the labor day hurricane. we are looking at wind gusts up to 150, 175 miles an hour. some might blow away before. same kind of thing may happen in naples, bonita springs, where this makes a final landfall. the eye on the eastern side. move up the coast. west palm beach, late sunday or sunday night. tampa, orlando, across daytona beach -- wind gusts up to 100 miles an hour. very late sunday night into monday morning. monday afternoon, up to jacksonville, st. augustine, gainesville. probably 80 miles an hour to 10. then, gus late monday to monday night and up into atlanta where i think atlanta could get a hurricane gust for its wind. when i look at charleston, charleston is going to get strong northeast winds tomorrow but the maximum cost on monday may only be 56-60 miles an hour. >> sean: my friend, sheriff mike scott works for the county down th

and florida state. back to you in new york. >> lester holt there with quite the ominous sky behind you at miami beach. a virtual ghost town. thank you. >>> as irma shifts slightly west, some residents who thought they would be spared from the storm's worst are now planning for catastrophe. kristen dahlgren is in in ft. myers with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. to give you an idea of how attitudes here have changed, yesterday during the day i saw people out on their boats, out on the beach. i went to a shelter last night, it doesn't open until 10:00 this morning, there were already people lined up to get in. along florida's west coast, there is new urgency. what many thought was a miss has models shifting this way. >> we're not as far away from the center as we had originally thought. >> reporter: grace and frank scrambling to finish prep on santa bell island. >> my family wants us out totally, but it is a little difficult to do right now. traffic, airlines are booked up. >> reporter: off

florida. we've seen some changes. previously, we were looking at this being a category 4 going over some warm water, perhaps jumping up to a category 5. our latest model says it stays account 4. still, a massive storm when you run along the ground. here we are, even the latest model is shifting this a little bit farther off to the west. we are looking at this being a western side of florida running up the gulf coast instead of the east coast. when will it be making landfall? sunday morning. i think conditions are going to start to deteriorate as early as tomorrow morning. you should start to notice that tomorrow, even though it won't make landfall until sunday morning. you see the storm throughout the entire day sunday and into early monday running up to the state of florida into georgia 40 monday afternoon. things will be all clear. notice -- if it stays a categorr some warm water in this is a very powerful system, the sum of those wins still around 150 miles an hour. when you get that much w

hurricane florida prime to hit florida as a massive category 4.the ground ready to track the deadly storm as it sets to pummel that state. pete: joining us from key largo is storm chaser and extraordinary meteorologist for accuweather reed timmer. what is your battle plan at this moment? everyone else is headed in the other direction. what are your plans. >> we already have some claws out here. can you see lightning behind me. frequent lightning in the first outer bands of hurricane irma. it is actually pretty windy out here. can i seat channel right through the island. the water is already rushing in there. there is already high water levels. there is still time to get out of the path of this thing. absolutely worse case scenario for the florida keys. right now why are torn between covering the storm and concrete bunker like shelter in key west or going back to the mainland and following it up to the coast. it also looks like that storm surge near naples, possibly even further north than that is going to be devastating as well. abby: the keys is

, but all around florida. ? bonnie, quickly, when you're talking about double landfall here, for those people out there that don't necessarily know, what does that mean? i happen it means in two places, but does that mean it makes landfall in the keys and goes back out to water and makes landfall again? >> the storm is very large. even if the storm center passes through key west, it will be felt in south florida, as well. and landfall has a technical definition. it's when the center of the eye of the hurricane passes over any land. so it could be a small barrier island, just a tiny piece of lapped, but that's when we would officially call landfall. but this is the area we're concentrating on for the most dangerous wind and storm surge. >> and we're going to go live back to southern florida just after this commercial break. everyone stay with us. >>> welcome back been 7:41 europe time palm beach, florida, with daybreak we're getting a better look at the storm surge. it is the proverb i can't tellal calm before th

moving toward florida. still a category 4. i wouldn't be surprised if we see an update to that at 11:00. maximum winds 130 miles per hour as of the 8:00 a.m. advisory and moving toward the west-northwest around 12 miles per hour. let's take a look at the latest track again the keys in the eye of the storm as you head into the overnight into sunday morning, maybe regaining strength here. the waters are still very warm. even though the hurricane is weakening now it may regain some of that intensity and then this is the big change to the track that westward shift potential landfall somewhere from ft. myers, naples up towards tampa, that would be tomorrow afternoon, or sunday night even into monday, and then eventually weakening as it moves to the southeast as a tropical storm, picking up outer bands moving into south florida, torrential downpours, marathon winds gusting over 30 miles per hour and the keys feeling the effects in terms of the winds. this say large hurricane, we've talked about the massive size.

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it's clear in florida, clear in southwest florida down along naples and fort myers.get about ocala, a lot of people fondling onto that thing and all heading north. the good news is there's a little bit more time before it makes landfall. yesterday, 60 miles an hour. last night and this morning, 40 miles per hour. now the storm has slowed to 12 miles an hour. it's about to make its turn to the north. stay with fox news channel for continuing updates. a quick commercial breaks, and "special report with bret baier "special report with bret baier. " bill assumed his mayo was the best choice. assume nothing. just like the leading brand, kraft real mayo is made with high quality ingredients at a price you can feel good about no wonder kraft is so good. you for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends, three jobs... you're like nothing can replace brad. then liberty mutual calls... and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement™, we'll pay for a car t

out of florida. those were the questions folks were addressing a the airport. meanwhile, let's look at the path of the storm. bonnie schneider is back with us. >> ari, the storm center of irma, category five hurricane is interacting with the northern coast of cuba. but look at the size and the massiveness of this storm. in fact, you can even see some of those clouds getting closer to the border of florida. the storm is still a few hundred miles away. let's take a closer look at the eye and the eye wall. we watched eye wall replacement cycles. that allowed it to weaken and strengthen a bit. but right now, that eye is certainly interacting with the land across cuba. depending on how much interaction we see could really make a difference in terms of intensity, but fortunately not by much. i think we're still going to see a powerful hurricane as it works its way towards florida. the northerly turn is expected to happen tomorrow. right now it's about 300 miles to the southeast of miami florida. certainly

for now, we are in naples florida, brian taff, channel6 "action news." >> brian taff in florida.ht tonight, power outages are a big problem. as of now, 170,000 people in florida without power. several local power companies send crews to florida in the morning. psg are sending 150 crews to florida power and light. peco is sending 30 trucks to florida or perhaps georgia. those trucks are not alone. this convoy was spotted traveling this afternoon. >> president trump along with vice president pence and cabinet members were briefed on hurricane irma during a meeting in camp david. they discussed the storm's potential impact. >> hurricane irma is being addressed and officials are watching hurricane jose. today it brushed over barbuda where residents vacated to antigua because irma left them nowhere to take shelter. the navy sailed to st. thomas to evacuate people needing medical care. they'll be treated? st. croix. >> it's estimated there are thousands of americans trapped at st. martin. >> the "6abc" app will pass along updates. the "6abc" app is a free download for your mobile devic

to the west side of florida. so it really doesn't matter which side of florida you're on, east coast versus west coast, to determine who is going to have hurricane force winds and who won't. both sides are likely going to have that. we've heard about comparisons to andrew. i want to kind of break that down for you. this is andrew on the left, irma on the right. technically andrew is dppd toex to be stronger at landfall, 150 miles an hour compared to 165 with andrew. irma only spent four hours from one side to another. irma is expected to spend 30 hours over the entire state. that's going to cause heavy rain, storm surge, plus hours and hours of incredibly strong winds. >> allison chinchar, we'll come back to you. i know you're getting information all the time. i want to check in with our own brian todd in west palm beach where police are going door to door telling people to evacuate and evacuate now. brian, what have you been seeing there? >> reporter: wolf, there is a real scramble tonight to get people out of t

it is already hitting the florida keys in fa ct. already hitting the florida keys in fact. information and particular whether an analysis about the trajectory of hurricane irma and jose, another hurricane. we will pause now and let's take a look at the sport. chris froome is set to win cycling's vuelta a espana for the first time this afternoon and with it become only the third rider to win that and the tour de france in the same year. today's stage is largely a procession into madrid. having finished as runner—up on three occasions, froome called victory an incredible feeling. it is obviously moments like this now that makes all the sacrifices, all the time away from home, from my family, it is moments like these that make it all worth it. obviously it is emotional. it is such an incredible feeling. manchester city and manchester united are level on points at the top of the premier league. city's 5—0 thrashing of liverpool helped their goal difference but united remain above them despite the fact they could only draw 2—2 against stoke, a result that ended their perfect sta

people in florida are potentially in hurricane irma's path. everyone in florida potentially. the entire state, the whole cone, from tallahassee all the way over, they can't predict exactly just as the governor was saying. but the cone of uncertainty covers the entire thing. and the center, the eye of the storm, i think i said 25 miles an hour, i meant 25 miles wide. that's varying a little bit from time to time but it's 23 to 27 miles wide, right? so when it's that wide, that covers just the eyewall if it comes right up over the peninsula, it is half as wide as this. the eye could move over large swaths of the state. it could move to the east which would be fantastic if you're here and not if you're up here. if it goes over the land, you know, it's the water, that warm water, especially really warm water. that warm water is jet fuel. the warmer the water the stronger the hurricane. if it loses that source of water by going over the land, even for a short period, it's moving 16 miles an hour right now. that what they think it'll stay. at 16 miles an hour, it will be over land

that's putting the florida keys directly in its crosshairs. wesg winds. governor of florida sayi. nearly 6 million people are thn orders. overnight irma did come ashore n hour. already more than a dozen people across the caribbean have been killed by this monster a storm. have reporters across th state of florida well as the caribbean, covering all the angles of the story, from the evacuations the damage already done. begin with mariani beach. what's the latest? >> reporter: you just saw hopefully a patrol car behind morning long in every corner trying to tell people to evacuate. we've also seen people that are barrier island, this coastal i evacuation order for its 100,000 residents. been here since 6:00e morning. weather took a turn fo worse in the last half hour. is avenue, a street that usually would be bustling with tourists, people walking their dogs, headed to the beach. a ghost do. we've seen those people who have decided to evacuate. tell us th home. said i have booze at homel time. that's what officers around her. that's they're urging residents to do. want to show ye bo

battering south florida. the powerful storm has shifted and is now set to sweep up the state's west coast. irma knifed through the caribbean leaving death and destruction. many of the islands reduced to rubble. hurricane hunters scening us brand-new video of the eye of the storm from high in the air. >> announcer: news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> i want to show you a live look at south florida this evening. this is usually sunny isles beach. you can see the conditions are worsening as irma moves closer to the area. good evening, i'm erika gonzalez. we have two live reporters following irma's path in culver. we want to start with a closer look at irma's shift. a new track has come out as of 5:00, samara, is there any further shift in that or what are you seeing now with this? >> reporter: no major changes. however, i will say it's just shifted a few to the west meaning this could be more of a direct hit for areas like tampa and st. petersburg. show you where the storm is located. folks, the eyewall of t

safely out of florida. obviously it's not just air traffic that's an issue here today. take a look at some video, some incredible video showing the scene on the florida turnpike here today. you can see the northbound lanes absolutely jammed. the southbound side, though, you could put a bowling ball down those lanes. there was no one on those lanes save for us, save for first responders and police trying to get safely where they're going. obviously all those cars that are heading north need gas. and to that end we just launched drone6, a few minutes ago here where we are. we're at a rest stop in okeechobee florida, just about 115 miles north of the miami area. take a look at what we saw from this bird's eye perspective, a line of cars which goes back out to the highway, police officers trying to maintain an orderly process of getting gasoline and fuel to these cars which are then trying get out as quickly as they can. let's come on back out live here and i'm going to introduce you to lieutenant lester colter

the florida keys, no power.ave been seeing tropical storm force and hurricane force winds for the past four or five hours at least. all right. one of the things as i was standing here waiting to go on the air that i noticed is a cluster of thunderstorms, the part of the outer bands making its way to ken dnedy space cent. as irma was hugging the northern coast of cuba as a category 5, then 4, really must have been terribly battered. but now we're less than 70 miles south/southeast from key west, florida. wind gusts around miami of 60 miles an hour. fisher island, 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts. did you second guess yourself as to whether you should have left the east coast of florida? you probably were once the track started changing and it's still very frustrating to look at what's happening over the next 24 hours. so here it is. the eye is becoming very -- it's warbling a little bit. it's one of those perturbations when it doesn't follow that exact track. it just wiggles a little bit because it slow toed down a lot

this is the day florida has been anticipating. in south florida, we're seeing trees down, streets are flooded, not stopped raining since last night. and the state, you know, has been put on notice all week that this is not a storm to mess with. we've heard from the governor he said this is clearly a life-threatening situation. again, here in south florida, another major concern is a storm surge is one of the biggest concerns the water could rise significantly, pushed by the hurricane's wind. and also, something else to mention, the power, the power is out to hundreds of thousands of customers here in south florida and more than 75,000 people have flocked to shelters. right now, nearly 90% is under a hurricane warning, which is pretty astounding. nydia, gray? >> we talked more about those shelters, tens of thousands of people are hunkerring down. have been been able to visit and see how people are coping? >> reporter: not yet. a lot of the shelters haven't allowed media in at least where we're located in south florida but we do kno

this is what's headed for florida. irma tore into cuba overnight as a category-5 hurricane. 155 mile-per-hour winds battering the island's northern coast. the monster storm slamming the bahamas, as well. storm surges there could reach a devastating 20 feet. irma has left a trail of death and destruction through the caribbean. new pictures coming out of the virgin islands reveal catastrophic damage. it may take years to rebuild all that's gone. >> i can guarantee you that i don't know anyone in florida who's experienced what's about to hit south florida. >> reporter: in florida, it's time to get out of irma's way. governor rick scott spoke to us in the last hour. >> if you're in an evacuation zone, you've got to get out now. >> reporter: the rush to get out has created massive traffic jams. it's one of the largest evacuations in american history. about 5.5 million people ordered to leave. more than a quarter of the population of the entire state of florida. and getting gas proving a challenge. >> long lines. this is the

of miami, florida. winds 155 miles per hour. we'll see that turn today i think towards the north. let's take a look at the rain that's coming. heavy downpours through the florida keys and just towards miami. strong winds in marathon, up to 38 miles per hour. and in the bahamas, winds are churning at 36 miles per hour. if you're just joining us, we have a hurricane watch as far west as tallahassee, florida, as far west as jacksonville, florida. pretty much all of florida is under some sort of advisory right now. not vicing when you have a category 4 major hurricane getting close to florida. things have changed with the track since yesterday morning. hugging more of the west coast of florida, so a double landfall is possible along the florida keys perhaps early sunday morning and then again sunday afternoon near naples. sth a possibility in terms of exactly where it will pinpoint and we'll see the eye pass over. the national hurricane center mentioned one of the reasons that the forecast is difficult to m

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here in florida. and i'm in miami. we've just heard from the governor, rick scott, once again over the last couple of hours, delivering this dire warning for people, if you live in south florida, in an evacuation zone, time is running out for you. we've got the latest tracking for hurricane irma, which continues to charge toward the sunshine state as a category 3 hurricane but let's not let that determination fool you. it's been downgraded but irma could still gain strength before it strikes the u.s. coming up in just a few hours, here in miami, we're already starting to see weather conditions sthat have deteriorated over the past hours as outer bands of rain have moved in. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so, irma's devastating force flattened several caribbean islands, killing 23 people. the destructive high winds and the storm surge pounding cuba today and of course the state of florida is now stranger to hurricanes. 40% of hurricanes hitting the u.s. between 1851 and 2010, they slammed into florida's coast. that's

he drove from florida city down to the florida keys.ding out the storm and you've seen some major flooding along highway 1 there, gadi. >> reporter: yeah, savannah, matt, can you guys hear me? we lost one of our mics. can you hear me okay? >> we hear you. >> reporter: we've got a backup mic hiding it in here. our equipment is getting kind of soaked. right now we're on the tip of the florida keys. this right here is key laurg rg. we're starting to see the debris being swept over here. we're kind of taking shelter behind this brick building here, this brick gas station. this is what it's looking like. these awnings right here are starting to rock. if you take a look, if they fall, they're going to fall that way, but they're getting pounded by these hurricane-force winds where it's safe right behind the building. but this right here is the one. that is the south dixie highway. that's the way that we came in. we were actually just coming to check out the south dixie highway to see if it was still passable for emergency crews. hold on real f

here's the florida straits and the florida keys. the outer feeder bands starting to see heavy drenching downpours, havana, as far southwest as there, picking up good rainfall totals already. the center of circulation is situated right here. it's expected to make a track something like this. it will turn to the right here over the next 6 to ten hours. taking a look at the water temperatures, this is part of the fuel why the storm is so powerful. we have ocean temperatures in the low 80s and 90s. this creates sensible and latent heat. the storm maintains its fuel and keeps its strength. a big reason why the storm is so hefty because of the warm ocean temperatures. we have no chicer at all -- no sheering at all taking place. we have it hitting the florida keys and a second hit around the naples area. we'll see a tremendous amount of storm surge or wall of water as it comes ashore here. eastern side the peninsula, storm surge expected west palm beach into miami. it's bad on the western side of the peninsula from key west to naples. we c

it's now heading to florida. >> marci gonzalez in new smyrna beach florida for us with the very latest. >> reporter: traffic backed up for miles. >> going to jersey. >> reporter: with more than a million people in florida ordered to evacuate ahead of hurricane irma. >> this storm is wider than our entire state. it is expected to cause major and life-threatening impacts from coast to coast. >> reporter: in west miami lines for gas wrapping around city blocks even as far north as gainsville gas buddy reporting nearly 60 percent of gas stations are sold out. florida highway patrol escorting fuel tankers into evacuation zones in a rush to replenish supplies. >> most of the gas stations we've been to all day have no gas. >> reporter: airports crowded with evacuees rushing to catch the last flights out of south florida including tourists forced to leave their beach front hotels. >> everybody is evacuating. everybody has to go. >> reporter: are you planning to ride the storm out at the airport. >> if need be. this is where i'll be. >> reporter: after seeing the devastating impact of irma in t

and all the people of florida.wo nuclear power plants in the direct path of this massive storm. 9 million people may lose power. joining us now, chief of communications, rob gould is with us. when you go back to the last hurricane, there was a lot of damage to the nuclear site. and i guess my main question is, this is such an important issue. how safe are those sites? are they able to sustain 160 mile-per-hour winds on the coast? >> yes, sean. let me set the record straight. there really was no damage to the site at all. turkey point, which is run homestead for little just south of miami, the actual nuclear facility itself was not damaged. the eye of it stored went right overhead. a cat 5 storm hurricane andrew in there was no damage to the nuclear facilities. nuclear facilities are the strongest in the world as far as construction. if you think about the way they are structured, we are talking about 6'6" concrete surrounding the entirety you have redundancy upon of the reactor. redundancy upon redundancy after tha

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florida is tough. florida is resilient. florida is unbreakable.ve to stay together and help each other. florida is an amazing melting pot of loving people and i'm proud to be governor of this great state. [ speaking in spanish ] [ speaking in spanish ] >>> and joining me now by phone is the former commandant of the u.s. coast guard, who directed the federal response to hurricanes katrina and rita. tell me whether you believe that they are on track in terms of the emergency response and fema and what they have done so far, from what you can tell. >> andrea, there is extraordinary efforts going on with the governor in the state of florida. you heard craig fugate earlier. this is a very, very tough situation. people really need to pay attention to the governor. i think the real issue here is increasing complexity of these events and the additional coordination it takes to be responsive to the amount of people, the amount of infrastructure and the breadth of the environment when these things occur. >> and at this stage, what message can you deliver? y

very different picture in florida. krystal klei is keeping track of hurricane irma and watching our weekend weather as well. >> yeah, and that's where we'll start. radar and satellite view looking over hurricane irma. you can now see remember radar only stretches out a certain distance, so the radar we are picking up now starting to see the actual eye of irma as will rides right along cuba's coastline. and throughout today it will continue riding cuba's coastline, but it's also turning west/northwest. if it continues in that direction, it will move right up that western coast of florida by tomorrow and into the workweek. so you have the rain bands that are now extended through the keys and even clipping that southern most tip of florida. some of the heaviest rain will continue pounding them over the next several days where they could see a foot of rain or even more over the southern half of the entire state. here is the latest details. 155-mile-per-hour winds, moving to the west/northwest. you can see just massive insi

florida is tough, florida is resilient, florida is unbreakable. let's stay together and help each other. you can follow my twitter account for life-safety messaging and updates in english and spanish. florida is an amazing melting pot of loving people and i'm proud to be governor of this state. [ speaking in spanish ] >> okay, everyone. we've been listening to florida governor rick scott. this is a man on a mission. he has basically given the same directive to florida residents all day today. about two and a half hours ago he was in sarasota county. he has made his way north from that state. he's amended some of the details such as the storm surge. sarasota county, he was telling folks there they could expect 6 to 12 feet of a storm surge possible. now he's talking about those folks in orange county and he said tampa, you're looking at 5 to 8 feet. that would correspond with what we believe to be the direction of this hurricane right now, hurricane irma, as it makes its way slowly but surely away from the coast of cuba and through those warm water

from the florida keys around the caribbean.his is the scene live in miami, described asa the scene live in miami, described as a ghost town, as the storm approaches. cuba was battered overnight. there's been "significa nt damage" and the recovery process is now beginning. in other news: officials in mexico say at least 90 people are now known to have died in thursday's earthquake. tony blair calls for tougher immigration rules numbers without the need for brexit. sir mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. after battering its way through the caribbean, hurricane irma — currently a category four storm — has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds up to 130 mph. the hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. it engulfed villages, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. the eye of the storm has now reached the florida keys, bringing extreme winds that are expected to last for the next f

striking the southeastern portion of florida, the homestead area in florida.so what we're basically going to be watching from here on out is the forecast become a cat 5 before striking the florida keys across the florida keys. that would be saturday night and sunday morning. if it does intensify, it would be in a rare group of storms. we're looking at 8 to 10 inches of rain, a storm surge that's going to be a whole lot of cities and homes under a little bit of water. it's going to be a mess out there. and 0 mile an hour winds as it makes landfall. it doesn't look like it's losing steam at all. somewhere around 340 to 344 miles for miami, but at this point, expected to curve in and go right on up the tip of florida. maybe even around the southwest side towards naples and into that area. look at the spaghetti models right up the middle of florida. that cone has shifted westward. a few of them take it further out. here's the big bend area or into the panhandle a at this point. nonetheless, the entire florida peninsula is in play. here is the european model. the m

meyers, florida. those people not necessarily having the resources that some people have, the younger folks have, people that are able drive themselves and their families out of the area. how are you handling those people? >> we are moving people around with public transportation and in our region, we have the lead tram. they have been running 24/7. obviously, they're not paying -- checking fares, we're in full emergency management operation. so we are providing transportation that way. there are numerous volunteers that are providing transportation and we are moving citizens in that way? mayor, if i can ask you quickly, is there anything in your initial assessment before this hurricane makes landfall that you and officials there in the county and the city feel that they need that they may not be getting? are you getting enough support right now? i know there was some concern last week because of hurricane harvey, some of the fema resources on the federal level have been diverted there. is it now maki

if you live in the florida keys you should leave the florida keys.nforcement is being evacuated out of the florida keys. if something happens to you there it is likely no one will be able to help you. large portions of miami dade county, those near the coast are also under mandatory evacuation orders and we strongly encourage everyone to follow these orders being issued by local governments. it is not against the law to violate a mandatory evacuation order, but it can put your life at risk. so, wolf, this is very scary. i was 12 years old during hurricane andrew. i lived in a part of town that didn't get hit hard. a large part of my district bore the brunt of that storm and the devastation was historic in nature. this could be worse. >> that is what everybody is suggesting. when will the window be closed for evacuations? when is it too late? >> we expect to have tropical storm forced winds here by noon on saturday. really tomorrow is the last day, perhaps saturday morning early if people want toleave at 6:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. after 8:00 a.m. i would sa