so bahamas is a pretty large area, geographically.bahamas that are under hurricane-forced winds and otheres are not. right now the tropical storm continue throughout most of the island but as far as the hurricane is concerned, their now moving across, just close of sheba. >> basil dean joining us there on the line. appreciate you taking the time to speak with us on cnn. of course we'll be thinking of yourself and everyone in the bahamas. you are watching cnn in our continued coverage of hurricane irma. we are in miami and we got 24 hours before it is felt. this what we're seeing now, the rains and waters being much choppier and lightning, this is the beginning. much more after our short break. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time... stay with me, mr. parker. ...saving time when it matters most. stay with me, mrs. parker. that's the power of and. ♪ ♪ what would you do if

he is in the bahamas.ell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: what we're seeing is that the sea is -- the sea level is rising, and the winds are coming in and starting to pick up. the wind in particular is the main source of concern here in the bahamas. we're talking about gusts of 175 miles per hour. these are winds that can blow away any sort of building that can move into the island where you don't have buildings -- buildings are hard concrete as you may have in the inland of the united states. the people of the bahamas are telling us that the main source of concern are the wind gusts. they're taking particular precautions against it. we see most of the windows in nassau have been boarded with metal boards or wood en boards. some trees have been chopped down. as much as they can be used by tropical storms -- these people are worried. these -- this is something they've never experienced before. >> this is big, powerful. those winds are devastating, no question. thank you very much for that from the bahama

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next week - much cooler by next weekend - tracking maria; near the turks & caicos and southeastern bahamas today today: partly to mostly cloudy and warm. highs: 83-87 winds: n 5-10 mph t lows: 56-64 winds: n 5 mph saturday: mostly sunny. still very warm. highs: 85-88 winds: n 5-10 mph now to a horrific crime. police say high school classmates kidnapped and raped frederick. john gonzalez is live with what parents need to know as they send their children off to school this morning. tracking hurricane maria - and a live right now. you can see the eye of the storm making popular vacation islands of turks and caicos right now. this as we're seeing new images of the devastation maria left behind in puerto rico. some communities are completely cut off - with trees toppled, wires down, and debris everywhere. at least 15 people are dead on the island of dominica-- but that number may grow. in puerto rico, maria dumped more than 30 inches of rain- triggering blackouts -- that could last for months. and maria is not over yet. we just got an update from the national hurricane center at the top of the

history and it is full speed heading straight for the turks and caicos and the bahamas. heather: after hammering puerto rico and the caribbean with unprecedented damage. rob: the eyes staring directly at florida forcing new evacuation orders this morning. janice dean is tracking this very impressive storm. >> reporter: pictures out of saint maarten are devastating, this is a category 5, we have josÉ and another hurricane in the gulf of mexico, and not going to affect the us so it is irma's game moving close to hispaniola, the worst of the wind and rain for puerto rico but they got battered by at least tropical storm force winds, some storm surge and heavy rainfall. future radar, puerto rico, the dominican republic into turks and caicos and the bahamas as a category 5 storm, very concerned for these low-lying islands. if it comes closer to cuba's that would be a better news story because it might weaken the storm a little bit. right now ahead of it is very warm -- warm water and not a lot of land. the latest track as of 5:00 am, remaining a category 5 storm as it moves th

bahamas will take a direct hit.rma is expected to m turn on saturday and where that turn happens will determine the specific impacts for the state of florida and those impacts could begin as early as saturday night or sunday morning. i'm meteorologist paul deanno for cbs news. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," expensive coverage of hurricane irma with our correspondents in southeast florida. >>> a deal promises to speed up passage of a $7.9 billion hurricane harvey relief bill. the agreement includes a short-term extension of government funding and an increased debt ceiling. that left many republicans angered. seth lemon has more. good morning, seth. >> good morning. more than that, the president overruled leaders of his own party to side with opposition and that's between the congression and the white house. during the day president trump was ready to deal. republicans, they lobbied for a long-term debt ceiling and government funding skpejs to go along with the harvey emergency funding. and now it's reported that at

it can be toward the bahamas or florida fees. the hurricane center has it at 140 miles an hour category 4 storm along the coast of florida then making its way up the coast line eventually coming toward our region most likely as a rain storm. we've got rain now. i'm tracking it and how it affects your morning compute. and the latest on irma i'm going to break it down for you in minute. >> so far, at least three deaths are being blamed on pushing irma, two people killed on the french islands of st. martin and saint batters, another died in barbuda, the island of about 700 people practical particularly wiped ou. officials are saying 95% of the structures there completely gone tonight. the you noticed nations say as many as 37 million people can be affected by the storm. the eye is north of puerto rico, the wind has flokd out power to nearly 900,000 people. fortunately the overall damage isn't as bad as it could have been. irma moving back into the atlantic. meanwhile the process of slowly evacuating potentially millions is under way

haiti and the bahamas. this is video showing the damage done to the island of barbuda. irma is the strongest storm ever recorded in the atlantic. right now it is still not clear how hard irma will hit the state of florida but officials there are not taking any chances. parts of miami have been ordered to evacuate starting this morning and evacuations are already underway in the florida keys. florida governor rick scott is urging people to take this storm seriously. . ( tiffany ) airlines have already cancelled thousands of flights for this weekend. the cancellations will affect flights to and from miami... fort lauderdale... west palm beach and orlando. back to you. ( mark ) and take a look at these new images of the hurricane just released by nasa. on the top of your screen are the satellite images and you can see just

thank you. >>> irma moving over the bahamas at this hour.c already left in ruins. hurricanes jose and katia also gaining strength. we're live in the bahamas next. we just got to take it one game at a time. next question. odell! can you repeat everything you just said? my livestream won't load. (blows whistle) technical foul! wrong sport. wrong network. see, you need unlimited on verizon. it's america's largest, most reliable 4g lte network. it won't let you down in places like this. even in the strike zone! it's the red zone. pretty sure it's the strike zone. here, use mine. all right. see you on the court, champ. heads up! (vo) when it really, really matters, you need the best network and the best unlimited. now plans start at $40 per line for four lines. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps mor

the center of this storm will cruise between the bahamas and cuba. early saturday morning there may be a touch and go with the coast of cuba. the models aren't sure whether the hurricane would bls and tou cuba or not. it may weaken a little bit, but probably not much. it makes a turn after that and heads right for florida. right now we have a 2:00 a.m. landfall in the central keys of a category 4 hurricane. 150-mile-per-hour winds. then the storm drives into south florida putting the eye some 70 miles across barreling up the middle of the state. that's the most destructive wind field of this storm, 70 miles wide through the middle of the state. >> explain the technological advances. when you talk about the rescission in the weather forecasting and i'm talking about my mom, who is watching at home, weather people always make us scared. in terms of technology, the information that you have now to predict this storm versus what you had even a year or five years ago and how important it is for us to listen to these warnings today. >> okay, satellites wer

in the next half hour, a full report from our reporters in the bahamas. also breaking right now, a powerful earthquake has struck offer the pacific coast of relimb nar measurements say the quake was magnitude 8. >> it was centered yauoffshore h the border of guatemala. but residents were shaken out of their beds. some have lost power. >> the national weather service says hazardous tsunami waves are possible for the entire central american coast. there are no major cities closest to where the quake was centered. >>> and president trump is not ruling out the possibility of war with north korea. the president said yesterday military action would certainly be an option but he would prior not going that route. he added that an attack by the u.s. would be a very sad day for north korea and refused to say if he would accept a scenario in which the north was contained without giving up its nuclear weapons. >>> democrats say donald trump jr.'s appearance before the senate judiciary leaves them with more questions than answers. he was grilled for hours behind close

what is the latest in the bahamas? well, in the bahamas, i can tell you about that, but i if irs want to tell you about what's happening in cuba bah uz that's here in our region. the point is that kauba is be a pounded by the fury of hurricane irma. the storm is expected to linger over cuba for a while with winds of 150 miles per hour. that is punishing and devastating. people there have been experiencing the force of the hurricane overnight with rain and thunder and torrential rain, i should say. what will be left in certain sections of that area once the storm has passed, it's anybody's guess. if you can base it on what's happened in other parts of the caribbean, it could be devastating. already 23 people have been killed as a result of this powerful storm. we had a lot of people down in the southern bahamas who found that they had to be evacuated for fear that they were going to be hit, and their area was indeed hit. one section, they say, it is so much damage there. they're not sure that people have much of anythin

next week - much cooler by next weekend - tracking maria; near the turks & caicos and southeastern bahamas today today: partly to mostly cloudy and warm. highs: 83-87 winds: n 5-10 mph tonight: mainly clear and comfortably cool. lows: 56-64 winds: n 5 mph saturday: mostly sunny. still very warm. highs: 85-88 winds: n 5-10 mph this morning-- we are getting a devastation in the carribean-- after taking a direct hit from hurricane maria. and it's clear that this recovery operation-- will last for months, or possible years. at least 15 people are dead on the island of dominica-- but that number may grow. in puerto rico, maria dumped more than 30 inches of rain- knocking out the island's electrical grid, leaving everyone in the dark. that could last for months. president trump says fema and other emergency responders are helping both u.s. territories begin the recovery process as for maria-- it is nearing turks and caicos right now, as a category 3 storm. more help is on the way. in the day ahead-- local red cross voun with emergency efforts in the caribbean. they are set to depart from fairfax

nick bryant, bbc news, the bahamas.d by a representative of the us department of customs and border protection. welcome to bbc news. tell us about the rescue effo rts news. tell us about the rescue efforts you have been involved in. thank you for having me. currently at customs, we are engaged in operations with our black hawk equipped with medical care, rescue capabilities, and essentially what we are doing as we are supporting ongoing relief and rescue efforts in the us virgin islands, as well on a limited basis as the british virgin islands. 50 who needed limited basis as the british virgin islands. so who needed to be rescued, and why? well, we have received a report of two british subjects on the island, which is pa rt subjects on the island, which is part of the british virgin islands. two females, one with massive head injuries and the other with minor head injuries. they were in an isolated pocket of the island where there was no assistance available, so we there was no assistance available, so we went in with a

so what we're taking a look here are the bahamas. crooked island, cat island, eleuthera, grand bahama. and here is the northern coast of cuba where. you see that red, including south florida, dade county, west palm county, brevard county, all the counties even over into collier, that's where we have hurricane warnings. they don't issue those just because it's convenient or because they want to frightening you on purpose, but it's for your safety. gas stations running out of gas. food is running short. so you could see some flooding. so you might ride it out. maybe lose your power. what are you going to do for gas? what are you going to do for electricity? these are the questions you need to ask yourself if you're planning to stay. all right. so we go through the forecast wind. this is the rpm. generally, it looks a lot different from our european model and our north american model. but it just let's you know what that wind field is going to be like this. is saturday overnight, european model. we have new data from the european model.

we're not going to go through the bahamas. probably the cone is going to keep it off of the mountainous areas of cuba. the far southern part would be there. this would be sunday morning. then we go up the coast and it stays over land. and that is going to be up in the northern portion perhaps of florida by some time on monday in the afternoon. then continuing on up into georgia. this is a new cone that is shifting further west. in my experience, with 48 hours out, the cone starts shifting west rarely does it adjust east. so this is very bad news for florida. it looks like it will be a direct hit. but we will keep you updated. anywhere in this cone, let's hope. just go to the weather page. you can open up the interactive radar there and click on the layers. you're watching it there on your. turn on the storm track or the tropical layers and you can see exactly the path that irma is expected to take. and where it is now. >> we're starting to see the pictures of the the damage that irma left behind in st. martin. i want to show y

. >> irma with wins of 150 miles per hour taking aim for the bahamas and cuba and tomorrow south florida. and here on the coast of florida, people are boarding up their houses and many houses are actually empty and people are heeding the call to get out of town. people are ordered to evacuate and stocking up on water and food. >> i am trying to get as north as possible. >> shelves wiped clean of bottled water. >> the storm is wider than our entire state and expected to cause major and life-threatening impacts from coast-to-coast. >> the florida governor warning everyone that can to get out now. remembering the last monster storm here 25 years ago. hurricane andrew is one of the worst storms in the history of florida. irma is more devastating on its current path. >> the governor emphasized they will not come rescue you in the middle of a storm. rescue crews stop when winds hit 40 miles per hour. and we expect winds three times that. back to you. >> thank you. >>> lets get the latest now on the hurricane's dangerous path. meteorologist, melissa magee, is tracking irma from the weather cent

hurricane irma is lashing cuba and the bahamas. right now after carving a path of destruction across the caribbean, killing at least 24 and leaving one island reduced to rubble. last chance. florida's governor warns this is the last chance or evacuate and get to shelter. a million people have been ordered to leave their homes. millions more are trying to flee on very crowded highways as emergencies extend up the east coast through georgia, the carolinas to virginia. >>> and left behind. officials warn that those who won't get out are putting their lives at risk and will be on their own once the storm hits. rescuers will not be able to answer calls for help. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news. the latest forecast is coming in for hurricane irma. it's now a category 4 with winds at 150 miles an hour and it's roaring toward florida. the monster storm which has already killed at least two dozen people and devastated entire islands is not finished with the caribbean. cuba and the bahamas are being ba

in the southern bahamas, southern bahamas pounded by irma over the last day. there may not be much for folks there to go back to when they have the opportunitying to n and assess -- opportunity to go in and assess the damage. here a hurricane warning remains in effect for northeast and central bahamas where i am. we're expecting tropical storm-force winds. we've had lightning and rain overnight. while people may say we haven't had the worst of it here, we're not out of the storm yet. back to you. >> the pictures are still devastating. thank you. >>> it almost seems hard to believe, but there's actually another major hurricane on the horizon. it could prove to be a double whammy for those just battered by irma. dylan is in palm beach monitoring hurricane jose. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. yes, hurricane jose is a huge concern for especially an island like bar duda. i'll show you the track in a second. here in palm beach, the ocean is getting much more churned up. this is a different frequent what we saw yesterday. the town itself is a vir

currently pausing in between the bahamas unknowns in cuba. destruction can already be seen on the tiny island of barbuda white brick through homes. presidents that have evacuated before the impact of yet another hurricane jose. i remember you can get all of the latest news on hurricane i'm and jose all weekend long on bbc world news and of course on a website. just to see what we're working on any time make sure to check out our facebook page. i'm nora trevally and. watching world news america. with the bbc news out. of vertical videos designed to occur in your lifestyle. so you can swipe your way. to the news of the day. and stay up to date with the latest headlines you can trust. download now from selected apps does. funding of this presentation is made possible by. the freemen foundation. and coal fuller foundation pursuing solutions for america's neglected me. planning a vacation escape that's relaxing inviting. and exciting. is a lot easier than you think. you can find it here in aruba. families couples and friends can all find their esc

it's all you can do. >> james joins us from the bahamas. we spoke with the prime minister of barbuda, extremely worried about hurricane jose, which may strike again after the island was nearly completely destroyed. >> reporter: jose is now a category 4, they're hoping to get the residents to antigua. which wasn't so badly hit. as for us in bahamas, we're waitiwai waiting to see what the storm brings. >> james, stay safe tonight. thank you. >>> the images are proof enough of the power of the hurricane. now forecast to hit as a category 5 in florida, a direct hit sunday morning. tonight, my interview with florida's governor rick scott. what most concerns him, and the new warning tonight. governor, thank you for doing this, i know you're incredibly busy. one of the things, governor, you had talked about, is the scope of hurricane andrew and that this hurricane is bigger. >> right, one thing that i've told people all along is on top of the fact that this is way bigger. i mean, this is bigger than our state, but you can have 5 to 10 feet of stor

nick bryant, bbc news, the bahamas.ose areas preparing for irma and there's much more coverage of the hurricane on our website. including a look at how dangerous irma is compared to other super storms which have caused havoc in the region in previous decades. just log on to bbc.com/news. mexico's president, enrique pena nieto, has declared a day of national mourning after a powerful earthquake which has killed more than 60 people. he was visiting oaxaca state, one of the worst hit. mr nieto said flags would fly at half mast, out of respect for the dead and bereaved. the quake struck late on thursday off the pacific coast, with a magnitude of 8.1. it was felt, as far north as mexico city, some 800 kilometres from the epicentre. the tremor is reported to have lasted about a minute, as sophie long reports. daylight revealed the destruction the most powerful quake to hit mexico in decades had delivered. in less than a minute, yucatan‘s town hall was reduced to rubble. at least 17 of its citizens were killed. translation: it

nick bryant, bbc news, the bahamas.warned the state's 20 million residents to prepare to evacuate. about 500,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes, and the highways out of the state are clogged with cars. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool reports from miami. they are now calling this one of the biggest mass evacuations in american history. the roads heading out of southern florida are clogged, fuel in short supply. today is the day to do the right thing for your family and get inland for safety. this storm is wider than our entire state, and is expected to cause major and life—threatening impacts from coast to coast. at miami's airport, people scramble for the last chance to get out by air. in one corner, we find a couple from liverpool. luke decided to bring megan here as a surprise. now, they are preparing to weather the storm of a lifetime. we spent two days trying to get out of here, so we've just sort of given up on the idea of getting out of here. our plan is to just wait in the airport until sunday, ‘ca

it's bound for the bahamas. the florida straits.ntually somewhere close to south florida if not into south florida directly. the latest track from the hurricane center at 5:00 shifted a little bit west. because of the hurricane warnings across the bahamas, the hurricane watch south florida and storm surge in interior florida. storm surge watch for possible surges five to ten feet. this is tough stuff possible. the big question is where will it go. nobody has the exact answer. the closer we get the more likely it is we will see the answer focus somewhere right near the southern tip of florida. the latest advisory has it shifted more to the west than earlier. don't follow the center line. the en

bahamas government first and foremost.o coordinate with regional entities. there was a question earlier about the caribbean disaster and we coordinate with them, but we also have a child to coordinate the entire u.s. government response. so, we coordinate with the department of state, department of defense and any other u.s. government agency that has been a role in the disaster response. then we work with un organizations and international ngos, nongovernmental organizations, local nongovernmental organizations to actually start implementing assistance. so far with the united states has done in terms of disaster response, we have released an initial amount of funds to enter the countries from which we have received a disaster declaration so we provided an initial amount of $100,000 to all four countries and usually that is channeled through the local red cross assistance in that country. what we've also done is we have dispatched to relief flights are arriving tomorrow, one in antigua and one into the bahamas. these are f

after battering turks and caicos, irma is headed next to the bahamas and cuba.s bracing for irma's wrath. the last cruise ship pulled out of the harbor yesterday. havana restaurants gassed up their cars and bought water and other supplies ahead of the storm. rain and wind from irma is expected to start hitting eastern cuba by this afternoon. >>> now to a legal development related to damage from hurricane harvey. >> first responders in texas have filed a lawsuit against a chemical company that has its u.s. headquarters in our area, in king of prussia. this is one of the massive fires that happened at the arkema plant in crawford, texas, following harvey. the lawsuit claims that first responders were not fully informed of the potential risks and suffered serious injuries. they're suing for at least $1 million. in a statement, arkema says, we reject any suggestion that we failed to warn of the danger from breathing the fires at our site or that we ever misled anyone. >>> today, mayor jim kenney will announce september as adult education month in philadelphia. the d

then a close call for puerto rico, and the bahamas.round here, odds of us getting a direct hit are fairly low. not good news. irma upgraded to a category 4. those hurricane warnings, antigua toward anguillo right now. let's show you what the paths on the hurricane track in the hurricane center. takes it very close to antigua here by wednesday morning. tuesday night into wednesday morning, they're going to get hit. anguilla, looks like it might go right over it. that would be pretty bad. then mainly skirting north of puerto rico here, by

they dent have a great handle on where this thing is going to go after the bahamas . the forecast to the bahamas i think is pretty good unfortunately because it's still a major hurricane and it's even forecast to get stronger. but by tomorrow into tuesday, wednesday i think we'll have a much better handle storm is going to do after she gets into the bahamas. whether there's going to be dramatic turn up the coast, whether it continues into florida. there's all those different variables out there so grait for us. we are the is it ad off with some clouds this maybe. maybe even a little l shower up north, but it has turned into in just become this beautiful afternoon and evening and the rest of the evening until the sun goes great and even after the sun goes down it looks great. major hurricane irma still a major, and the last a little bit of frames not representing very, very strong like it was, but the latest advisory did come out at 5:00 indicating that she is still a major hurricane and there's a out in it now. i think the plane left from bar bowed as. it's out in irm

this is the largest evacuation in the history of the bahamas. several islands are being evacuated, mandatory evacuations. they had some time to try to get out but 20 inches of rain already came down for places like dominican republic and puerto rico, still going to continue to come down through the bahamas. here's where it's tracking. this is the turn that we are all watching. this will determine whether or not it's going to hit florida directly or go just to the east of it. the spaghetti plots show it there. if a cold front comes down it could help push this storm into the atlantic. the models are looking like it's going straight for the carolina. coming up we'll have more on the local forecast in a bit. >>> now to our storm watch. the [ indiscernible ] will hold a meeting about the island of st. martin. it's a former dutch colony. aerial footage released by the defense ministry showed extensive damage to the island's airport and the dock and sea front areas. there are at least 10 deaths being blamed on the storm as it weaves through the caribb

but before florida, topper is saying irma will hammer the bahamas and the turks and caicos in the lane of the storm, topper, with the northwest quadrant with the highest wind. >>> yeah. it's actually the northeast one and it's really going to get hammered with waves over 40 feet just to the right of there. so, again, it's about 40 miles, and it will move eventually off to the west northwest. winds are still 175. look at the gusts, 217. that's, you know, for crying out loud. it will move off to the west and winds 150 afternoon. by saturday at 2:00, winds are 155, good enough for a category 4 and then makes a turn. i am more in the camp west of this. talked about that yesterday, the models were east, and i was standing my ground, not all the way to key west but to the west and making landfall in the everglades which would be worse for miami. if it goes to the south and the west of miami, then they get a bigger storm surge and higher winds as well. so by 2:00 on sunday, it's just moving out of miami as a category 4 with 130-mile per hour winds and then it could head into jacksonville. eac

the bahamas is starting to be blasted.tseeing this morning, from the relative safety of the balcony, watching the approaching storm. old imperial buildings that have stood for centuries in this former british colony are braced and shuttered, preparing for the worst. elton smith had onlyjust finished rebuilding his business from the last hurricane that caused such devastation less than a year ago. this is one of the worst storms in living memory, so you have to get as much together as you can and plan for the worst, hope for the best, you know. there are five low—lying islands in this archipelago which the authorities are particularly concerned about, which is why the government here has ordered the biggest evacuation in the history of the bahamas. but there are fears already for people who have stayed behind, people who have defied those evacuation orders, people who believe they can ride out this storm. in hurricane hit saint martin, this natural disaster has been exacerbated by the man—made problem of looting. which is w

nick bryant, bbc news, the bahamas. hurricane ian on our website, including a look at how dangerous it is compared to other super storms that have caused havoc in previous decades. just go to our website. pope francis has presided over an emotional act of reconciliation between victims of colombia's armed conflict and former fighters. speaking in villavicencio, one of the places worst affected by the five—decade conflict between government forces and the farc, the pope called for truth and justice for victims. our south america correspondent katy watson sent this report. villavicencio's cemetery tells the story of the country's conflict. of more than half a century of disappearances, murders and separation. when virginia was six, her mother went to fight with the farc. she was made to, she says, and she's given up ever seeing her again, but not her dad, who disappeared 13 years later. in among the tombs are unnamed graves, victims of the conflict. but even this would bring closure to virginia. she's optimistic about a p

this is tomorrow at 8:00 moving in towards the bahamas. lower bahamas which may see a storm surge of 15 to 20 feet. that is something that is going to be right from the weather service. 15 to 20 feet of water. that is ocean coming right over the islands. moving north of cuba most likely but still in the cone of uncertainty and then up towards the miami area as 145 miles per hour category 4 hurricane. i have a brother in miami and family in the fort myers area. i am telling them ge prepared. my brother is making sure his windows are covered and making sure they have plenty of water in case they stay. however, waiting until tomorrow to evacuate. we don't know where the storm is going to go. if it stays off the coast not as bad of an impact. inland it could be very bad. if that is the case they have to leave and that may mean tampa. i am telling them to go towards the west coast would be better off as far as that is concerned. i noticed the cone here. the cone is the entire state of florida and goes out into the bahamas and gulf. we don't kno

but also there's some being felt in bahamas.hat can you hear and give us a sense of what is happening on the ground where you are. >> reporter: what is happening right now we are experiencing torrential rain fall that irma has brought to so many other parts of the caribbean and until about half an hour ago when we were starting to see -- of course rainfall that brings further concern for the people of the bahamas given how flat and tiny this little. we are expecting up to 12 inches of rainfall and about up to 20 feet of sea rising and sea level rising. this could bring concern for the people especially in the southern most islands of the bahamas. we try to really fill in the burden of irma's passing, isa. >> yeah, of course and you've been talking about the rainfall and concerns over wind. one of my friends been talking about how powerful those winds have been in the bahamas. what is the government doing in terms of evacuation? how is the grand plan, how did that work out? because when we think about the storm searurge that we k

en las bahamas de 15 a 20 pies de altura.costera, cualquiera de la costa de la florida. la lluvia, habitualmente, puede inundar una calle. lo que deben hacer cuando se encuentran en una calle inundada, es no cruzarla. con la marejada ciclÓnica, hemos visto esos casi 5 pies de altura. las calles que se inundan habitualmente van aumentando de nivel. se pueden cubrir perfectamente los vehÍculos y pueden quedar atrapados dentro de ellos. si sube un poco mÁs la marea, llegamos al peor escenario que podrÍan ser esos 7,8 pies de altura. en las bahamas puede llegar a los 30 pies de altura. vamos elevando el nivel hasta prÁcticamente la tercera planta de estos edificios. nosotros nos quedaremos en 1 metro de agua. es importante evacuar las zonas maÑana para evitar las consecuencias de esa marejada ciclÓnica. jorge: eso explica el temor de tantas gentes y por quÉ las autoridades han ordenado estas evacuaciones. marÍa: hasta pronto. ♪ ♪ ♪ juez: una vez desahogadas todas las pruebas y escuchados todos los testimonios, encuentro al menor

it's bound for the bahamas. the florida straits. eventually somewhere close to south florida if not into south florida directly. the latest track from the hurricane center at 5:00 shifted a little bit west. because of the hurricane warnings across the bahamas, the hurricane watch south florida and storm surge in interior florida. storm surge watch for possible surges five to ten feet. this is tough stuff possible. the big question is where will it go. nobody has the exact answer. the closer we get the more likely it is we will see the answer focus somewhere right near the southern tip of florida. the latest advisory has it shifted more to the west than earlier. don't follow the center line. the en west of florida and could go east. right now the center of the guidance suggests that it may make landfall and come over the state. if it happens exactly like that, it mines the southern portion of florida, the entire state will be simultaneously under hurricane conditions. right now south florida is sunny and breezy. that is where we find

but the news today is irma has hit the southern bahamas. it is there right now and people are dealing with it the best they can. some 1,000 people were evacuated from that area. many of them brought to central bahamas, which is where we're standing. but no picnic here either. take a look at some of this. some people have tried to anchor these down. these food courts here. food carts here along the beach are really popular area. but homeowners are doing the same thing. i hope we've got some pictures where you can see homes are boarded up. people have been getting that food and the water that you talked about. but listen to what they say about how they're trying to be prepared. >> i'm sure that most behaahami. 95% of them, are taking this very serious. this could be the worst hurricane that the bahamas or the caribbean could ever experience. >> i'm very concerned and prepare like it's going to be a category 4. four days of food, two weeks worth of water. my generator is filled up. >> in fact, they say, this storm will be so powerful that thos

so this is going to make a big impact for the bahamas.omputer models and we're not seeing a ton of change eastward. we want to be eastward. we really want to go far, far, but that just doesn't seem to be in the cards. this purple outlet is the only one. notice how we also have some going farther to the south and then curving back off to the west. no where in florida is safe. it's going to be pretty daunting as we head through the next 24, 48 hours to see how this storm progresses closer and closer to florida. i'll have the updated computer model track coming up in just a little bit. ellen, good morning >>> >>reporter: allyson, pretty exciting stuff going on in the traffic world. we have a boat that is about to open up the woodrow wilson bridge. if you normally go on that bridge, know it is going to be closed. at 4:40 it should take off. it should get to the bridge about 4:45. you know this area. the woodrow wilson memorial bridge, bottom side of the beltway, we have a traffic lane camera on top of the bridge as well. this is pretty exciti

to fuel that system and unfortunately things go downhill late this weekend for florida as well as bahamas. tony, shawn, that's the lateet own irma and much more on our forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you sue. >> and search and rescue team and search and rescue teams are fweeing up to after math of hurricane irma. >> virginia task force two is in puerto rico as irma slams caribbean and lauren demarco spoke to members as the team helps to prepare. >> there are 28 search and rescue teams reporting for fema. maryland task force once is based out of this warehouse in rockville. they're geared up for irma. we spoke with virginia task force 2 based out of virginia beach. they've been sent to san juan and we spoke with them as hurricane irma was passing them to north. >> so conditions greatly improved in the last hour an we were met with i would say 45 to 50 mile an hour winds sustained and gusts but our basic location sustained well no real issues and we're on generator power and the island is that way without powder and we're with generator and team is ready to roll and we're waiting now fo

this morning, the wind is really picking up here in the bahamas but we think thankfully the bahamas isch of the rest of the caribbean got massively devastated. overnight irma's wrath pushing through the bahamas and cuba. hurricane jose bearing down and palm trees bend over with 160-mile-an-hour winds and these cars left like children's toys by irma. trees stripped bare. laura wilson's mother and stepfather were vacationing there when the hurricane hit. >> you're just hoping they survive it. >> reporter: no room on the planes and no way to get off the island, her parents taking shelter in one of the only bulges still stand. >> my mum said there was one person dead, one person with a massive head wound. >> reporter: an international task force now stepping in to help. these boats torn apart. the virgin islands left unrecognizable. turks and caicos and st. barts and st. john all ripped apart. 90% of homes in barbuda are gone, at least 22 dead in the caribbean. as hurricane jose follows closely, laura just wants her family back in i just say i love them and hope they come h >> reporter: we

let's hear more about the situation in the bahamas.dent nick bryant reports from the bahamas on preparations there. overnight this monster storm hit the turks and caicos and now it is starting to hit the bahamas as well. no longer category five, category four but it still packs winds of over 150mph and brings the storm surges 20 feet high. five low—lying islands here are particularly under threat which is why they've mounted the biggest evacuation operation in its history, hundreds brought here to the capital nassau. it seems especially cruel that they are being hit again, less than 12 months ago they were pulled by hurricane matthew. the prime minister will chair an emergency cobra meeting this afternoon to discuss the response to hurricane irma. the royal navy delivered aid and three flights took off this morning taking marines and engineers. another will leave raf brize norton later today, carrying troops and rations. it comes amid criticism that the uk hasn't responded quickly to the disaster. duncan kennedy reports from raf brize

we have hurricane warnings up for the bahamas and west palm beach florida down to ft. lauderdale and key largo and westward into naples. with irma 500 miles southeast of miami. and wind withes northwest at 14 miles per hour. and it continues the jog and goes north of cuba late tonight and expected to make lan fall in south florida into early sunday morning and there has been a little bit of a shift with the track, moving farther to the west. nonetheless when you look at the track you don't want to pay attention to the line but this entire cone of uncertainty as we head into the weekend and early sunday morning. it's not just the storm we are tracking as far as the wind and flooding but also an issue with the storm surge, as we look at future tracker 6 winds right now, early sunday morning, key largo, florida, winds gusting as high as 127 miles per hour. i'll put this into motion. 8:00 tomorrow morning, sunday morning wins as high as 127 miles per hour. miami, florida, could have winds gusting as 92 miles per hour. of course this is a storm that will bring a tremendous

they could deal way storm surge of more than 20 feet and then the southern bahamas if it avoids cuba great news for them but a catch 22 it won't be rip add part by the mountains of cuban the water temperatures in the upper 80s what is like jet fuel for the hurricanes. this likely won't weaken much. this is the latest. it keeps the storm as a cat five through turks and caicos north of cuba and once it moves through the southern bahamas, making the turn where and when is very important. a lot of people noticing the center saying it's going to hit miami. have you to look at the whole cone, we are looking at 175 miles of that kona cross. it could hit western florida or eastern florida, or hit the carolinas, we'll talk more about irma in the full accuweather forecast. >> thank you. meanwhile, 41 members of the pennsylvania task force are making their way south ahead of irma, they headed out on a bus from northeast philadelphia this morning. 19 people in the group are with the philadelphia fire department meeting up in alabama with other members of the task force sent to texas to help with