the aye is moving along barrier islands in northern cuba. it's actually intensified over the past few hour, maximum sustained winds 160 miles per hour. back to a cat five. pressure, low, 924-millibars, mog west at 13 miles per hour. starting to make a jog up to the northwest. maximum wind gusts 195 miles per hour. this is a very big storm. this will have very widespread impact up the coast of florida. part of the reason it hasn't weakened yet, the water temperature, north of cuba, close to 90-degrees, overwhelming the interaction with land. it will likely weaken to a cat four hurricane. a strong cat four is close to a cat five making landfall sunday morning along the florida keys. they have issued mandatory evacuations and said there is nowhere safe in the keys. the storm search will cover the area. fort miers sunday evening and pushing north inland from the west coast. this shift has moved more to the west. again, this storm is the size of texas. it's having widespread impact across the peninsula. the storm search, a couple of days ago, nea

the aye is moving along barrier islands in northern cuba.ly intensified over the past few hour, maximum sustained winds 160 miles per hour. back to a cat five. pressure, low, 924-millibars, mog west at 13 miles per hour. starting to make a jog up to the northwest. maximum wind gusts 195 miles per hour. this is a very big storm. this will have very widespread impact up the coast of florida. part of the reason it hasn't weakened yet, the water temperature, north of cuba, close to 90-degrees, overwhelming the interaction with land. it will likely weaken to a cat four hurricane. a strong cat four is close to a cat five making landfall sunday morning along the florida keys. they have issued mandatory evacuations and said there is nowhere safe in the keys. the storm search will cover the area. fort miers sunday evening and pushing north inland from the west coast. this shift has moved more to the west. again, this storm is the size of texas. it's having widespread impact across the peninsula. the storm search, a couple of days ago, near miami. it

it is a complex picture across northern cuba. irma made la ndfall across northern cuba. and run along that northern coastline for the best pa rt that northern coastline for the best part of the day and a half, before heading out to sea, and brought similar devastation to what we have seen elsewhere in the caribbean. i'm in old havana, the crumbling colonial heart of the city. bits of masonry are falling as we speak, so the winds have not completely finished. trees have been felled, and so on. and obviously, bringing down power lines, in a country that already has creaking infrastructure, the tourist infrastructure has been damaged cleverly, we understand, in the east of the island. —— damaged further. we wait to see what the full picture is but many resorts will have lots of work to do to get up will have lots of work to do to get up and running and tourism has now become the motor of the economy here in cuba. i can now talk to sophie long about how the travel industry is helping holiday—makers. there are people stuck in the caribbean not happy with the level of support

>> would have thought so because it just made landfall in northern cuba. somehow it became a category 5 anyway. so it's so massive that does not seem to be causing a problem. if it were to go further south and go across the mountains of cuba, that would help, but that seems unlikely. >> this thing is a monster. topper and his team are tracking hurricane irma around the clock. you, can too. you really need to download the wusa9 app. >>> now we go to a horrific story out of prince george's county tonight, a accused of setting a pregnant woman on fire. our john henry was at the scene. >> reporter: it was in this apartment complex here behind me along elkwood lane in capitol heights where that woman was burned. neighbors tell me they still can't believe this incident happened. this is video when firefighters first got to the scene around 11:40 this morning. authorities got a call from a pregnant woman that a man set her on fire in her home. this neighbor saw the aftermath outside. >> and i started to smell the burning sensation of something burning. >> reporter

it's a come flex picture across northern cuba.ll in havana and ran through the coastline for really the best part ofa coastline for really the best part of a day and a half. then it headed out to sea and brought similar devastation as what we saw in the caribbean. i'm in the crumbling clonian heart of the city and bits of masonry are falling as we speak. the winds still haven't completely finished. trees have been felled and so on. finished. trees have been felled and so on. obviously bringing down power lines ina so on. obviously bringing down power lines in a country that already had creeking infrastructure, the tourism infrastructure is being damaged heavily, we understand, in the further eastern region of the island. so we await to see what the full picture is. a lot of resorts will have a lot of work to do to get up will have a lot of work to do to get up and running. the tourism is the motor of the economy here in cuba. hurricane irma causes destruction on the ground below, one team many the sky flies through the heart of th

northern leeward islands. virgin islands and british islands not much left there, as it made impact there. turks and caicos there. north of cubae landfall last night on the the extreme northern edges the higher terrain. cat gore five -- category five 190-mile an hour gusts. it's moving just like this, the latest track has it pushing over sugarloaf key in the for a keys. storm tracker 6 live showing the outer feeder bands working into southern florida. florida keys, florida straits. there's miami, all the rains pushing west into the southern florida area. barbuda 90, 95% of all the homes were destroyed or wiped out, even the trees were tripped of their leaves. this is the view in st. maartans, aerial photo. turks and caicos severe extensive damage done to this island chain. the runways were submerged. a lot of trees stripped. look at the damage. 50% of the damage are homes in this area received extensive damage there, as well. now, again, the hurricane is north of cuba, havana is situated right there. it will travel west for the next ten hours or so. make a right hand turn first landfall over sugarloaf key and the second landfa

that's because the eye, as you can see it, it's hard to make out, but right along that northern cuba coastline, see how close cuba is. the keys to cuba, you know if you stand at the tip of the keys, you see that sign that says it's just 90 miles away so the storm is not too far away from the u.s. coastline. take a look at the track the hurricane center has for it. as a 3 on the coast, pulling away as we get to the next few hours of the day, it should pull away and become a 4. moving across the keys as a 4, moving towards south florida as a 4 and thomas, as you mentioned, the change here is the west coast of florida, more directly impacted with a very bad storm surge, category 4-like winds. we've got a lot of people to get hunkered down and out of the way of this storm on florida's west coast. >> and sam, we were talking 24 hours ago and it was more a straight swath, straight up the peninsula out of the tracking. so it really was a 50/50 in terms of where this storm would go when it eventually makes land, but we know the east coast seems to have gotten more attention. now the west coas

moving along northern cuba. it is still powerful by all standards. hurricane force winds go out 75 miles from the center. you are seeing the outer feeder bands. center of the storm where the eye is located. now in terms of the path in that more westerly shift, here is what we are looking at over key west category 4 storm. and now what looks like it may pass directly over ft. myers sunday at 8:00 p.m. 130 miles per hour and move over tampa, 110, 120 miles per hour sometime late sunday night early monday morning. daytona beach getting battered as well. coming up at 11:0020 i will have specifics. >> now at this hour, it is eerie in miami. restaurants deserted. nbc bay area vianey arana continues our coverage. >> reporter: in a place known for its night life and beautiful beaches, this is what it looks like tonight. a ghost town. no music, no tourist. boarded up walls and windows and sandbags lining the streets. we are still seeing a patrol out here. if officially closed off the beach. >> feels really bad. you know, we live around 20 minutes from miami b

you can see the eye, it is still over northern cuba. it is right now, though, spinning its way over to the florida keys. the national weather service there says it's too late to travel out of the keys. almost 7 million people have evacuated from flood zones across the state. and we've seen it time and time again, it's not just people who need to take shelter during these storms but the animals too. joining me now, ron mcgill from zoo miami. ron, with a welcome to you, so i understand from reading background on this, you do not evacuate the animals, you guys shelter in place. maybe the birds, though, flamingos, we did see them being moved about. talk about that specifically. >> sure. you know, we do not evacuate animals off zoo grounds. evacuations would take place if storm surge or drowning, flooding was a concern. it's not a concern at our zoo at all. we're relatively inland and up high. the concern with our location is wind damage. animals, to move them off ground is so stressful to these animals that that potentially in and of itself

for almost two days hurricane irma crept along cuba's northern shore, thrashing everything in its pathllages to 5—star resorts. thousands of tourists remained trapped at the beach town of vadabero, tensions gradually rising as the chances of making it home weekly as the chances of making it home wee kly lu ke as the chances of making it home weekly luke morgan might. cuba's communist government is on an emergency footing, mobilising all the resources at its disposal. from the resources at its disposal. from the army to the state's security apparatus, every bureaucrat, every administrator has been drafted in but it is neighbours helping neighbours that will get cuba through this initial crisis. the long—term cleanup, though, will need international aid. will grant, bbc news, havana. and there's much more coverage of the hurricane on our website. you can get the latest live updates about the irma's path and hear more from those affected. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a bruising encounterfor the popein come: a bruising encounterfor the pope in columbia. he hits his head against

northern cuba, saturday, a cat 4. florida, the timetable saturday night into sunday, cat 4 and the earliest effect, monday night with showers and storms. the two models, the european and american, pretty close and in agreement. and we get in the 2:00 in the morning hour on saturday, further south, the european model and as we go towards florida, 6:00 p.m. on saturday, further south, the center there, and as we get closer for landfall early in the morning on sunday, there is the european model and there is the american model. this is a worse case scenario, and i am favoring a more westerly landfall. that is basically the everglades that would not ruin or hurt any lives but it for us, chilly tonight and the bus stop chance, 50s and 60s, clear, and great tomorrow, crisp for high school football for saturday and sunday, like an october weekend opposed to september. temps in the 50s to start tomorrow, 63 at 9:00 and up to 72 at 1:00 and just a few afternoon clouds and maybe a sprinkle west of town, not a huge deal. saturda

news" saturday morning is the latest on the massive powerful hurricane irma it made landfall in northern cubas its sights on florida. it regained hurricane status back to a cat four expected to hit the florida keys tomorrow morning and slam into the state's southwest coast. there was a masss. the governor florida said people have to ride out the storm at their own risk. long lines stretched for blocks as thousands look for "shelter me rescue of the week" from irma. there are more than 40 shelters open right now, seven are at capacity yesterday. boats are tied down in an effort to keep them from being blown away. irma ma-

but down the line, the concern turns to the bahamas, turks and caicos, northern cuba and the southeastern portion of florida. we're confident about a u.s. landfall, the most likely scenario being into the sunshine state of florida here. if that were the case, we're talking about devastating impacts, hurricane wind gusts, storm surge and flooding rains. >> justin, thank you. and president trump is now promising to revisit his decision to rescind the daca program if congress fails to come up with a solution. he gave congress six months to legalize daca. the obama-era policy undocumented children brought to the country by their children to work and live in the country. the announcement triggered anger and uncertainty, as well as fear for many who have no memory of the country where they were actually born. now the president left it up to the attorney general, jeff sessions, to deliver the news. >> it also denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of americans by allowing those same illegal aliens to take those jobs. to have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interests, we can

part again the eye of this hurricane might hit northern cuba evacuations are happening across the board there and then of course into the keys and up into the states now alex i'm sure a lot of people are wondering how many canadian. are perhaps occasionally a or perhaps a live in the caravan and in florida how are they fairing look right now with a lot of the canadian airlines a west jet air canada air tran's that they've sent dozens of extra planes into the caribbean and into florida to evacuate canadians that are down there on vacation or that live there and they've also added bigger planes to their repertoire of planes that they usually send down into that area think about how many canadians are down in florida each year but almost four million canadians that visit florida itself five hundred thousand properties in florida are actually owned by canadians and seven hundred thousand of those canadians but at least a month a year in florida so there's plenty of canadians down there including one of my friends actually just talked to her this afternoon she's in orlando s

coastal communities and tourist resorts in northern cuba have suffered widespread damage from the hurricanein the capital, havana, rescued dozens of residents in neighbourhoods flooded by huge waves. 0ur correspondent, will grant, is in havana. the streets of havana resemble canals after the hurricanes brought the storm surge over the sea wall at the end of the street, halycon. it brought all of the stormwater right here, three or four blocks away from the sea wall. people are beginning to emerge from their houses to check on their neighbours and begin the clean—up operation. people are coping as best as they can. people are thankful they avoided the loss of life seen in the caribbean. but the damage to property and livelihood has been huge. it hit the economy as hard as the coastline. she definitely hit it. for almost two days it crept up to the northern shore thrashing anything in its path from tiny fishing villages to five—star resorts. thousands of tourists remain trapped at beach towns. the chance of getting out quickly look ever more remote. the communist government of cuba is on emer

landfall, after delivering a staggering blow to northern cuba for much of the day. this is irma close up, seen from a hurricane hunter plane somewhat weakened by still a dangerous mass swirling toward florida. and this is what it looks like from the ground, the effects, the florida keys already taking a lashing from irma's outer bands, ahead of its anticipateed arifle sometime overnight. and here on florida's gulf coast, we, too, are bracing for a direct hit tomorrow. millions across this state have been urged to evacuate. many, though, meeting only long lines and frustration when they reach evacuation shelters. our team is on the move as irma tracks farther west, al roker is here in the ft. myers area and has the latest. al? >> reporter: lester, this is a category 3 storm right now, and we're talking about 125-mile-per-hour winds moving west-northwest at 9 miles per hour. it's a storm that is going to start gaining strength, now that it's out open and over the open waters of the florida straits. the water temperature anywhere from 85 to 90 degrees so we do expect s

first signs of the devastating hurricane it's been weakened to a category four storm while passing northern cuba but it's still one of the most powerful atlantic ocean hurricanes in recorded history officials are warning of a large scale catastrophe the stones been battering caribbean islands leaving a trail of devastation and has already claimed at least twenty lives. heads towards the southern u.s. coast panic stricken citizens have started to flee the state on mass to maine in state into state highways have been clogged with thousands of vehicles and gas stations that running out of fuel the traffic nightmare started on wednesday and since then has got even worse. the florida governor has warned people in a path to leave miami residents who are choosing to stay taken precautions to escape the damage including boarding up their windows marina has the latest six hundred sixty thousand people have been instructed to leave their homes in miami dade county that is the largest evacuation this county has ever seen a total of forty three shelters in miami dade will be open with enough collective spac

coastal communities and tourist resorts in northern cuba have suffered widespread damage. residents in neighbourhoods flooded by huge waves. the state—run newspaper described the storm surges as the highest ever seen in the city. a short while ago we heard from cuba correspondent will durant who brought us the latest from the storm cleared up in havana. the streets resemble canals at the moment after hurricane erma brought this storm surge over the sea wall, that you can see at the end of the street. but is havana's famous seafront boulevard, and it brought all of the water right to this point, 34 blocks away from the sea wall. people have been emerging to check on their neighbours and begin the clean—up operation. emergency services are already here, the red cross and military police, so quite a big state presence already. we saw them take away a body but we don't know the details of what happened. by know the details of what happened. by and large, there has not been the loss of life seen elsewhere in the caribbean, that much we do now. this has been very painful for cub

our top stories: hurricane irma hits the northern coast of cuba, tearing through towns and villages and knocking out communications. it's now heading for havana. even the places that were supposed to serve as safe havens are now feeling the impact. 6.3 million people have been ordered to leave their homes. a day of national mourning in mexico after the deadliest earthquake in 80 years. also in the programme: what lies at the bottom of this tomb? we'll have more on a 3,000 year old discovery in egypt. hello and welcome to world news today. hurricane irma is battering the northern coast of cuba, lashing towns and villages in its path with strong winds and heavy rain. many areas in the central region have lost power and flooding is expected as far west as the capital, havana. one million people, nearly a tenth of the population, have been evacuated. these pictures show the eye of the hurricane as seen from a plane flying over the storm. 0ur correspondent will grant is in havana with the latest on the situation. cu ba ns cubans had hoped they would avoid the worst of hurricane irma, but the

once it gets beyond puerto rico, it kisses northern cuba. it's a category 4, and we close in saturday night through sunday is the timing when effects would start to be felt in the keys or south florida, and that cone now includes everyone south of tampa. this is a huge storm that we need to pay attention to, but has two very different scenarios setting up. that powerful high in the atlantic, driving it west and that disturbance we highlighted with the red "l" up there, that will either push it on the west side, which would be horrific, because you have the northeast quadrant, that's like naples, and then the other side, still not good. we put a stationary front on here because that develops and we will be talking about inland flooding, eventually possibly making landfall along the coast up to georgia or south carolina. >> all that converging over florida. either scenario on either side of florida, very serious, particularly the west side because of that upper quadrant, that's to dangerous? >> reporter: right. the whole state on alert. >> tha

northern cuba saturday as a cat 4, but most of the high winds offshore and then again florida as a cat 4 and our area probably the earliest monday night into tuesday with just showers and storms. i want to show you the track again. it's still going to tarballs -- to buzz off to the west, northwest here, still a cat 5 early saturday morning and this all important turn to the t because of a ridge of high pressure to the north and the size i think this is about where it's going to turn. earlier they had it turning right on the east coast. in some respects that's good. it goes in the everglades. in some respects that's bad because a high wind and storm surge will be in the southern part of florida. with this track it weakens into middle tennessee that. means heavy rain for atlanta, severe weather for georgia and at least upstate south carolina through the weekend. 3-degree guarantee, hey, we did okay today thankfully. it was 76 for a high and it was actually 75, so one off and we'll go 76 again tomorrow. live look outside, 66 right now, dew point in the 40s. it's going to be a chilly next

northern cuba saturday cat 4 and florida saturday and sunday night cat 4. if it gets to us, the earliest would be monday night or tuesday with showers and storms. right now we don't see flooding, but a little change in track could affect things. 3-degree guarantee, i lowered it last night. it was 72. we'll go 76 tomorrow. right now 62, dew points upper 50s, still some light rain, but everything is moving out pretty quickly. on the day planner, then, look at the temperature downtown 58 tomorrow to start, 62 and then 68 by 11:00, 71 with increasing sun by afternoon. friday really nice, 76, about perfect for high school football, very nice saturday, cool, low 70s, about perf sunday is perfect, too hosting the eagles, 79 monday, see some high clouds coming in for irma and maybe some showers, maybe some thunderstorms on tuesday and then you know what? back ♪ do you want to do a monster check? yes. no monsters. ♪ how about the drawer? ♪ no monsters. nightly monster checks are how grant makes home his. and homegoods is what makes it all pos