in new smyrna beach, florida, marcy gonzales, "abc 7 news" >>> well, talt for the weary. right after local rescuers returned home from hurricane harvey in texas. >> yeah, other members now of their team are headed to the path of hurricane irma in florida. "abc 7 news" reporter katie marzullo joins us live from menlo park with more. katie. >> reporter: ama, dan, take a look at this truck. it is one much ten vehicles leaving tonight. you can hear the engine running now, leaving for florida. all of that gear plus dozens of first responders all headed to hurricane number two. 60,000 pounds of gear was preparing to leave menlo park thursday night headed for florida and hurricane irma. 80 members of the search and rescue team are going. >> this is what we do. we sign up for this kind of stuff because we like to help. >> reporter: chris mosco is driving one of the trucks cross country. he got his deployment orders only a few hours after he returned from ten days in texas. he has no idea what awaits him in florida. >> since we've been on the road we haven't been able to keep on -

let's begin with abc news reporter marcy gonzales in new smyrna beach, florida. >> hi, dan, ama. at least one shelter in south florida is at capacity. people are taking the warning seriously, especially now after seeing what this storm is capable of. hurricane irma cutting a catastrophic path through the caribbean. >> how are we going to survive after this? >> the monstrous category five storm devastating st. martin, damaging nearly everything on the tiny island of barbuda. >> the entire country has been decimated. >> reporter: and leaving about half of puerto rico without power. >> we were praying the whole time. >> reporter: still hospitals there taking in some of the injured rescued from neighboring isorida for what the governor warns will likely be an historic disaster. >> remember hurricane andrew as one of the worst storms in the history of florida. this storm is much worse. >> reporter: from the gulf to atlantic coast, more than a million people in the sunshine state ordered to evacuate. >> i'm very scared so i'm trying to get as far north as possible. >> airports over cro

jonathan: marci gonzalez in new smyrna beach. michelle? michelle: we are hearing about the dangerous storm surge. the effort to fill sand bags or if they are deciding to stay and ride it out. while it is looking more likely that there will be a south florida landfall this weekend, no matter what, the entire state is on alert. stormwatch7's meteorologist josh knight is in boca raton with an update to the josh? josh: that is right. and they need to be. the entire cone is still encompassing the entire peninsula of florida. we could be looking at hurricane force winds by early sunday. tropical storm force winds as early as tomorrow morning in south florida. let me show you the latest cone. i still want to stress that people down here are looking at the whole cone. easy to get caught up looking at what the center line looks like. right now we have 155-mile-per-hour max winds, 185-mile-per-hour gusts around that eye wall. this storm is expected to start to continue to the northeast. and then start to make the turn north. this is when we start to

new smyrna beach. back for you. >> mole, thank you. and as hurrican irma continues its march towards florida, another storm in the atlantic is getting stronger. meteorologist mike nuclear joe here now with a closer look at both storm's paths. mike. >> both very scarey in their own right, kristen. hi, everybody. irma just increased five miles per hour up to about 155. it was down to 150 from 175 just 24 hours ago, but look what captured your eye there in the lower right part of your screen. jose, who is trying to match irma at least in wind speed now up to 150 miles per hour, but not nearly the size, and it's not going to hit same areas. we'll talk more about e jose as we get deeper into the forecast. right now we're looking at outer bands of irma, still not making it to florida, but they will, and when they do, boy, is it going to be dev state with the storm surge hitting hard sunday morning. look how if just runs right up the peninsula with damaging winds, dangerous life-threatening surf. flooding rains and then it heads towards atlan

live in new smyrna beach, florida. channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. >>> lets switch live now to cecily tynan in the "action news" weather center. you have the track of the storm? >> yes and this storm looks to head to south florida and the east coast. it's as big as systems get the size of texas and maintained its strength at a record amount of time and now head to the turks and caicos islands. the outer bands are beginning to interact with the large mountains over the dominican republic but has dropped to 175 miles per hour. it's a strong category five hurricane. and moving into warm waters and likely will not weaken much and the well defined eye bearing down on grand turk and you saw the damage on barbuda, and it could be worse on turks and caicos. this will likely wall oh that island chain. . we have the hurricane warning in effect from turks and caicos through the bahamas. the hurricane warnings are posted from south florida to key west. the watch means that hurricane conditions are expected in the next 48 hours and futu

in new smyrna beach, florida, marci gonzalez, abc7 news. doug: thank you. the florida coast of south florida flu the islands, it's all about irma. this powerful storm with sustained winds 175 miles per hour, gusts over 200 moving north/northwest at 16. drawing near the turks and caicos and bahamas and south florida. with the winds it's pretty spectacular. the effects here of how wide out the hurricane force winds have gone. 60 miles and the storm force, the tropical storm force winds past that. the spaghetti plots to give you possibility of the computer models where it will go. as we show you the model, you can't finesse the spot yet. because this is a wide possibility, already hurricane warnings through the bahamas, hurricane watch for south florida. and also a storm surge watch in that the official track which will be updated in 50 minutes still has the center line close to south florida moving north and perhaps coming inland. along the coast, we find brad bell and josh knight. josh, i hear it's a bit breezy there. josh: that is right, doug. it is getting

. >> 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 the caribbean most recently im

molly hunter is live in new smyrna beach. >> reporter: it's relatively quiet on the east coast but the waves are getting progressively bigger as we wait for irma. hurricane irma churned through the northern caribbean overnight devastating small islands. it's the strongest recorded storm to hit the atlantic. >> the worst time of my life. i would not want to see this again. >> irma stayed largely offshore in port week but saint martin and turks and caicos and the tiny island of barbuda taking direct hits. >> the entire country has been decimated. >> 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 go

so my friends that are up here in d-back, new smyrna beach, you're next with that heavy band. that's going to have significant power outages with it and the possibility of tornadoes. so you want to get to your safe place if you're volusia county and flagler county as that band heads north. and then we're going to continue to track the eye there in center of the storm. we were talking about the orlando area, lakeland. these are the areas who will be next to go through the really heavy stuff there in that northern portion that of eye, of what's left of the eye. it's still maintaining itself pretty good. the one thing i was noticing, brian, on the maps here was the up to the north here so, if we got i-4 here, here is hane city down toward wards through polk county. towards the eye of fort immediate, bowling green. look at this thunderstorm that still is with us here in the northern eye. this is intense convection. florida is very flat. the friction doesn't affect the storm as much as say areas that were hilly or mountainous. plus florida has been soaked with all this rain. this i

abc news reporter is in new smyrna beach, florida with the preparations under way there. >> reporter: irma tearing through the caribbean. the deadly category 5 storm 175 miles an hour winds leaving utter devastation from stat m. e martin to puerto rico. >> the entire country has been decimated. i have never seen anything like this before. >> reporter: now florida bracing for what governor rick scott warns could be more disasterous than the worst hurricane to ever hit the state. >> the storm is bigger, faster and stronger than hurricane andrew. >> reporter: mandatory evacuations are in place in low lying and coastal parts of south florida. everyone in the keys ordered out. >> if you stay and being irresponsib irresponsible, don't expect us to risk the lives of our first responders because of your irresponsibility. >> reporter: from the gulf to the atlantic coast, floridans heeding the warning. traffic stretching for miles. lines for gas in some places

she is in new smyrna beach so two hours north of where we are. what are you seeing today? are people heeding the evacuations? marci: josh, there are not mandatory evacuations here like there are where you are. some people are choosing to get out of town. i grew up in this area. i have friends who live here who decided to get out of town if they have small children who might be afraid of the storm or people living areas that are prone to flooding. no mandatory evacuations. but still, people take the threat of irma seriously. the lains for supplies -- lines for supplies are so long my dad went to lowe's 20 minutes from here and he waited seven hours to get plywood today. so it shows how seriously people are taking this. spending today boarding up the homes. loading up on supplies. trying to get fuel. there are the long gas lines everywhere. but not as bad here as you are seeing down there in south florida, josh. josh: that is what i was going to say. we have seen that. as sad as is it to see people waiting in the lines on the other hand i'm happy people are taking this so ma

marci gonzalez is live in new smyrna beach. this is a beach area that is south of daytona beach. north of the orlando area. marcy right now i know you are from the area. you are not in the southern tip which will be hit by a category five. what are you seeing now in terms of the report of the people running out of gas in the area. what has taken place in the last 24 hours. >> we are seeing 60% of the gas stations have run out of fuel. there are now 2.2 million people under evacuation order in florida and georgia. >> there is a picture of someone north of macon. it was bumper to bumper. one question, what do people who can't leave, news crews and important personnel, officials that have to stay around. how are you sheltering? what do you do to make sure you stay safe? >> we chose our location because we thought it was a safe place to be. this is not a mandatory evacuation zone. we stayed in the same he fell for hurricane matthew last year. so we know that is a safe place. to the south it's a concern for the crews to find a safe place to stay. one of our hotels because the hotel th

now arriving in the jacksonville area ocala to gainesville, flagler beach area, daytona beach, new smyrna. they're getting the wind off the water. and you still have a little storm surge to go. so almost the entire peninsula from the keys to jacksonville right now is getting the tropical storm force winds. where we still can get the hurricane gusts and we just had that gust to 70 at the atlanta international airport. it's almost up to hurricane, the hurricane gust. but not quite. this entire area of red is still where the power is either out or still going out and that's shifting north with the storm. now more power outages around tampa and the i-4 corridor. those people were watching and now not able to as much. here's what's left of the northern eye. gusts to 74. still at 64. now we're not going to get with the center of the storm almost heading towards in between orlando and tampa, we're not going to get those high gusts in tampa and the sarasota area. this is probably as high as you'll get in the 50 to 60, maybe at worse the 70-mile-per-hour range. no complaints from you on that. try

my district, we have daytona, new smyrna beach, ormond beach, those beaches, the bridges were closedt of the locals is to get people back to their property when safe to do so. some areas will be safer sooner than others. the problem with downtown jacksonville is they, that is not in my district but i got a lot of friends and constituents who worked there, they just ordered new evacuations of the downtown area because they are worried about the rivers flooding, they are fearing four to six feet of storm surge in that area and that will be difficult if that happens. it depends where you are. talk to the locals. what we are telling local officials, what we are hearing from constituency safety first but getting people back to their homes, it does with peace of mind and will make recovery go quicker. stuart: thank you very much. you very much. we are following two big stories, irma obviously, the vice president will speak later this hour at the united 93 memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. the dow industrials up 207 points regaining 22,000, we will be back. inal... inal... ...has grown

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new jersey. temperatures around 85 wilmington, just 80 in smyrna. >> that's your latest weather.> my dress has a hood. >> the cutest little thing. >> it's kind of weird, though, right? >> little red riding hood. >> who is the big bad wolf? i think we know. >>> can we go back to transit today? another bus pulling up outside of the studio. this one, team usa. we have the best golfers from the united states. guys like justin thomas, jordan spieth, phil mickelson, ricki fowler, charley hoffman, refusing to get off the bus. >> going to need duane reid. >>> now, a quick check of the subways. >> sat in traffic. >> weather on the 8s. >> the bus pulled up. >> you're so excited. it's adorable. >>> also ahead, why there's a raging battle between major cities. that's coming up. >>> and the very public display between prince harry and meghan markle. >>> and a true living legend, robert redford in studio 1a. talking about reuniting with jane fonda. >>> and dr. oz is going to teach us how to eat our way to a healthier you. >>> please go back to the bus. are they getting off of the bus? >> look,

it's 57 degrees in center city, but even in the suburbs in new jersey, worry zipping down to 47 in vineland, 49 in glassboro and 52 in smyrnaelaware, it's a cool start to the day but another nice one, below average, but lots of sunshine, 78 for your high. >> thank you. >>> breaking this morning, eight people are dead, including a second gunman after shooting in north texas, this went on inside of a home. police responded to reports of shots fired when the first officer arrived and went inside, the officer confronted the suspected shooter. investigators say the officer opened fire killing the suspect. two people were injured in the shooting, all of the victims are adults. >>> a driver struck and killed a 73-year-old man in the city's tacony center at torresdale and magee street, witnesses say the driver smashed no several parked cars before hitting the man. the driver then kept going leaving the victim in the street. >> we just protected him from the traffic, to make sure he wouldn't get hit. he looked in really bad shape. >> that person died. driver crashed about eight blocks away. police took that person into custody. >>>

the 50'ss in center city, but as you look in new jersey, new numbers, 49 browns mills, hammonton, 47 in vineland, 48 in glassboro and 51 in smyrna, delaware, dry with lots of sunshine today. >>> north korea says it will make the united states pay a heavy price if the yawed nations security council imposes new sanctionses against the country. the u.s. called for that vote boy the u.n. today, last tuesday, the u.s. drafted a resolution proposing the toughest ever u.n. sanctions on north korea, all oil and natural gas exports and a freeze on all foreign financial assets of the government and its leader, kim jong-un. >>> pope francis is recovering after a hard stop in the pope mobile left the pontiff with a black eye and a cut above his eye. pope francis hit his head against the pope mobile yesterday in columbia. he appeared to have been leaning out of a glass panel in front of him when the vehicle stopped and his face made contact with the barrier. the pope is fine and putting ice on his eye. >>> a new miss america has been crowned in atlantic city, here is the moment she found out she won >> your new miss america is ms. north dako

new jersey, 90 cape may, 82. not bad. and we're at 90 in wilmington. smyrna at 87. i know this will get mixed reviews.ome people don't want summer to come to an end. others ready for fall. sorry, you will have to wait one more week. then we are going to see much more fall like conditions. that's the next weekend. let's talk about this one. this sunday the eagles game. our home opener 88 degrees for kickoff at 1:00 p.m. 90 at 3:00. and by 5:00 p.m., 89 degrees. wearing eagles green looking at conditions. very nice for the game but hot for both the players and the fans to stay hydrated. key to enjoying the game. a look at radar and satellite. this is right now the view of hurricane maria, a category 2 hurricane. it has just downgraded this morning but, nonetheless, a powerful storm that we are watching. so the wind conditions, 110 miles an hour moving directly to the north at 9 miles an hour. it's doing what jose did, running parallel to the east coach. this is the latest track out from the national hurricane center through our sunday, through our monday, our tuesday, and wednesday early morning. a dire

new jersey, 88 for voor he's. looking at the -- voorheis. looking at the shore. upper 70s, low 80s to -- in atlantic city, smyrna the forecast high today. cooler the farther south you go in delaware. on the hour-by-hour, we're clear now. we are clear throughout the daytime hours. and then you see a spotty cloud action moving in by this evening. these are the outer cloud bands that will start to move on through tomorrow ahead of maria. remember maria is well to the south still. look at that cloud blanket building in by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. we will continue with the clouds as we go throughout the daytime hours tuesday. we could even see an isolated shower down near delaware or cape may county. as we go into your wednesday, check it out. yet again spot shower potential developing there over our shoreline. rest of russ likely to stay dry even on -- rest of us are likely to stay dry even on wednesday. we're leaving only an isolated chance of showers moving through. here's hurricane maria, thursday, friday, this thing will hook to the right. it is pushing right because a cold front and trough will push that dir

and new jersey, 82 in browns mills and cinnaminson and better along the coastline 77 in surf city and 75 in brigantine and 82 in fortescue and 82 right now in smyrna, delaware. these numbers are well above average once again and above what they were yesterday as well. feels like 91 in wilmington already with the dew point and 88 in wilmington and feels like 83 in atlantic city and 85 in reading and 90 in trenton. these heat indexes will rise up from here and feel like we are into the low 90s. today's forecast high is 88 degrees and normally in the low 70s. temperatures are a good 14 degrees above average and we are getting close to the record high of 91 set back in 1998 we are watching communities to see if some of the bank thermometers are saying. we see now hurricane maria sitting and spinning off the coast and the cloud cover is hitting new jersey, if you are east of the city of philadelphia you are getting more clouds than the lehigh valley. watching the cloud cover with a high risk of rip currents today and tomorrow as well. we have some threat of that once again today. we'll come inside in a second and show you a big change in the seven-day

new jersey, voorheis at 83. mid to upper 70s at the jersey shore. an isolated shower is possible in delaware, particularly southern delaware, i believe. 80 the temperature in smyrna. going to feel the effects of the cooler air if you are farther south. we'll look at the next four days. if you're not a fan of this warm weather, two more days of it. today, tomorrow, mid to upper 80s. then upper 70s thursday, and ah, by friday, it will feel like fall. mid 70s in philadelphia. an isolated shower tuesday or wednesday in delaware. isolated shower wednesday in parts of the jersey shore. and in allentown, the drop to 73 by friday. really going to feel some of the fall changes as we proceed into the next few days. hurricane maria, winds at 75 miles per hour. barely a category-1 hurricane. the track update looks to still stay to the east of the outer banks through wednesday. then a weekend with a tropical storm as it hooks right and moves out. it is hooking to the right because cooler air will dip in and push it out of the way. that brings us to fall. we'll talk about that with the ten day on 10 in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> prepare your tissues, why the flu is

smyrna, delaware. heading up to 73. normally this time of the year we would be in the low 80s. not today. >> neworning police shot a knife wielding man who breached security at the miami airport. it happened as travelers were trying to leave florida ahead of hurricane irma last night. authorities say the man snuck into the tarmac and tried to get back into the terminal through the ceiling. that's when officers confronted him and shot him. he was taken to the hospital in stable condition. >> philadelphia police officer was fired for fatally shooting a flee suspect in the back. officer ryan clearly violated the department policy several times during a confrontation with david jones back in june. he pulled over jones in hunting park while already transporting another suspect which should not have been done. during an initial struggle with jones who was armed, the officer's gun jammed. jones used that moment to flee. the officer shot jones twice as he ran away. he should have re reassessed and held fire. black lives matter matter which supported jones called this a good start. the police union had n