you can see some big flashes there of light during the explosi explosion. 200 miles away in riviera beach it appears a power line fell on top of a car setting it on fire. heavy smoke and flames from the wreckage. irma has caused massive power outages all across florida. nearly 6 million customers are without power, and that number, we can see go up throughout the day. back to you. >> jessica, thank you. mike nicco is tracking irma. >> a quick update on our local weather. hey there, mike. >>> we'll take a look at what's going on. a very big eye becoming diffused just north of tampa. the live doppler radar out of tallahassee, jacksonville and tampa rolling right there. put it in motion it is still pushing up to the north and still over water enough that it's going to stay fairly strong for the next several hours. it's a category 1, moving north/northwest at 18 miles an hour. let's see where it ends up going just over albany and then columbus, georgia, and starts to head over to birmingham as it drops down to a tropical storm. rainfall will be the biggest issue moving forward and the winds w