al roker is here with us in miami. i keep looking at this beautiful scenery thinking no way. >> this will be a lot different in about 48 hours, lester. this is a monster storm and it is not weakening very much. still a category 5 storm. let's show you what we've got right now. it is 40 miles south of grand turk island. 175-mile-per-hour winds moving west-northwest at 16. all right, so next up, turks and caicos tonight. 175-mile-per-hour winds. the bahamas tomorrow, 150-mile-per-hour winds with storm surges up to 20 feet, then we move on into saturday, late saturday night, early sunday morning. south florida gets it up to 130-mile-per-hour winds, a storm surge of five to ten feet, and 8 to 16 inches of rain. the storm surge is one of the things that kills the most people and causes the most problems. with this wind it has nowhere to go, it builds up and rushing inland. because this storm is so huge we could actually see simultaneous storm surges is on both coasts of florida. >> we've gotten used to over the last several

al roker is here with brand-new details. "nightly news" from florida begins right now. >>> hurricane irma. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from miami beach. >>> good evening. the iconic miami beach on a late summer evening virtually empty tonight as florida braces for impact with hurricane irma. at this point a bit over 36 hours before landfall, a mall westward shift in irma's track may make little difference at this point. the reality is florida has no place to hide. let me show you why. the storm is far wider than this long narrow state, so virtually everyone is likely to feel irma's punch albeit at varying intensities. it's also gut check time for those who have held off evacuating. road traffic is heavy and flights out are canceled or booked solid. every new image and casualty figure coming out of the battered caribbean underscores why this powerful storm is so feared. as we start to feel the first winds ahead of the approaching storm we want to get our latest from our team on the ground her

al roker is here. it's about 115 miles now from the keys.us through the timing in the next 24 hours. >> well it has slowed down, it's moving west-northwest at 9. it's got 125-mile-per-hour winds, and the path of this storm it's going to come onto the keys sometime tomorrow morning around 8:00 a.m. or so, then it's going to continue and make its way into this area sometime around noon, 2:00, and maybe even later than that, into the early evening hours, and then continue throughout the rest of the state of florida, and by monday, and tuesday, it gets into georgia. still as a category 1 storm, lester. >> remarkable. >> yes, it really is, but the storm surge is really what we're most worried about. >> they also worry about that dirty side. will that hit this western coast of florida? >> yes. it's going to hit it really hard, the southwest, but the east coast of florida isn't out of the woods either. they could see on the return flow of that as it moves past, they're going to get some storm surge, not as bad as here, but they're going to get it a

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our team is there, and al roker is tracking the danger. while in mexico, a race against time after that powerful earthquake. first responders and volunteers digging to rescue survivors in the rubble, including children trapped when their school collapsed. the death toll soaring into the hundreds from the quake that leveled buildings and sparked explosions. tonight we're live from both disaster zones. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, as we come on the air on the west coast. horrific images of destruction and misery are coming out of mexico and puerto rico tonight framing much of this newscast this evening. two major natural disasters still unfolding and impacting millions living here outside the disaster zone. families anxious to know the fates of loved ones. in a few moments we'll take you to earthquake-stricken mexico city where rescuers are intently listening for sounds of life in their desperate search for survivors. but first to

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we're joined here by al roker who is tracking the storm. what's the latest? and is the u.s.east coast in jeopardy? >> it's still up in the air right now. maria is a category 2 but will probably intensify. it's moving northwest at 12, with 110-mile-per-hour winds. the dominican republic tomorrow gets about 75 miles per hour. 4 to 6 feet of surge, 8 to 16 inches of rain. turks and caicos may be the next really big devastated area with 125-mile-per-hour winds, a storm surge of 9 to 12 feet and 9 to 16 inches. and then it continues up into the atlantic by monday afternoon. we put the ensemble model into play. you see those spaghetti strands we call. and basically for the most part they keep it off the coast, but you can see there's some disagreement on the western side of this. so lester, right now we still can't give you a definitive answer whether this thing stays off shore or not. >> we'll keep watching. al roker, thanks very much. >>> let's turn though that other major disaster still unfolding at this hour. in central mexico, hundreds are dead, thousands are still missing af

roker? >> i would do the same thing.h of a change, still category 5, 15 miles east of st. maarten, 185 mile per hour winds, moving west-northwest 16 miles per hour. what we can expect over the next several days, puerto rico tonight, the winds about 50 to 75 miles per hour on shore because it's a little further north, 3 to 5 foot storm surge, 5 to 10 inch rainfall. as you get towards the turks and caicos, a storm surge of 20 feet, winds of up to 175 miles per hour, 16 inches of rain. cuba, is looks like they are go going to stay to the north, but the bahamas 125 to 150 mile per hour winds with that 20 foot storm surge. then we get into florida, the track, the impact still uncertain, we will continue to refine this as we go along. that's what's going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> and if it stays on that current track then we are expecting impacts here remnants from that next tuesday and wednesday. right now we're just seeing rain with a frontal system, that front is going to

al roker told us so today. craig melvin is up next. >> al roker is standing by.d afternoon to you. craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. we are watching very closely hurricane irma. the most powerful atlantic storm in recorded history. miami bracing for a direct blow. irma showing her fury as she made her first landfall overnight on the island of st. maarten. >> there's a new and seems to be record-breaking hurricane heading right toward florida and puerto rico. and other places. we'll see what happens. we'll know in a very short period of time. but it looks like it could be something that will be not good, believe me. not good. >> a powerful category 5 storm with winds of 185 miles per hour continues to move east. it is

al roker with the "today" show joins us now.ep contamination you oufr. >> this is rough. puerto rico hasn't had a direct hit of a hurricane since 199 #. of course, everybody rurs hugo from 1989. two storms now, hurricane jose still a category 1. but the one we are watching is maria right now. this storm is really starting to get something going here. steven, if you could hit the button, this doesn't seem to be working right now. basically as we look at where maria is -- oh, steven if you would hit the button on the computer, because it's not moving. category 5 -- low tech there. when they moved the big monitor from over there to over here something went loose. >> this is not the "today" show. >> not the "today" show, ladies and gentlemen. anyway it's nice to be here. 80 miles southeast of st. croix. 165 miles per hour winds moving west-northwest at 10 miles per hour. here's the track. thursday or should say wd it makes its way into puerto rico as a category 4, maybe 5 storm with 150 miles per hour winds. continues on sunday betw

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al roker of the today show. thank you so much. nbc ace gabe gutierrez is in miami at the airport for us. take us there. what's it been like? >> as you can see behind me, it's a bit of good news to report. the chaotic scenes that we saw earlier have cleared out. there's just a few travelers that are still here waiting to get on those last minute flights or trying to figure out where they're going to spend the night. as we've been reporting throughout the day, there's been a lot of confusion here. earlier today and yesterday as so many flights were canceled. more than 800 flights canceled into and out of miami international airport. many of those people were tourists or international travelers that don't have family here in miami. cruise ship passengers as well. now trying to figure out how to get home. and there's been chaos in air travel because some of the logistics of these planes. now the planes are starting to wind-down. the last few flooits are expected in the next few hours. we're told by airport officials that they will not

al roker told us so today. craig melvin is up next. >> al roker is standing by. good afternoon to you. craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. we are watching very closely hurricane irma. the most powerful atlantic storm in recorded history. miami bracing for a direct blow. irma showing her fury as she made her first landfall overnight on the island of st. maarten. >> there's a new and seems to be record-breaking hurricane heading right toward florida and puerto rico. and other places. we'll see what happens. we'll know in a very short period of time. but it looks like it could be something that will be not good, believe me. not good. >> a powerful category 5 storm with winds of 185 miles per hour continues to move east. it is likely to hit florida by the end of the week. a more immediate threat, though, is to the caribbean islands, including the virgin islands, and puerto rico. high winds are tearing through the eastern half of puerto rico right now. we'll get to our team of nbc correspondents who are in irma's path, in puerto rico, in florida, in j

al roker joins us. >> thank you so much. as we look it is still now making its way through the caribbean and its current location is 95 miles east of punta cana, the dominican republic. it's got 115 mile-per-hour winds. still a category 3, moving a little fast erfaster, 12 miles hour. the width extends out 300 miles from the center. you can still see plenty of wind. this is on the back side of the syst system. so storm surge in this southwestern corner of puerto rico, this area, is very possible. not out of the woods yet. espanola will see heavy winds moving past and the caicos and turks, a little gradient around there. we'll watch that and it pushes on through friday. so the impacts we look at, dominican republic lucks out. winds 75 miles per hour. eight inches of rain or more but the turks and caicos, could have more devastation, real serious problems, with strong winds up to 125 miles per hour, 10 to 15-foot waves, and up to a foot of rain and storm surge brutal. again, we look for this to stay offshore in the united stat

al roker is here, where is it headed? >> it's going to be running parallel to the u.s. coast. it's 640 miles south of cape hatteras, 75-miles-per-hour winds moving northwest at 10. cape hat truss is within that cone of uncertainty or at least the effects of it. we'll see dangerous surf this weekend, monday we're looking for rain and wind in the north carolina outer banks. it continues up and within the cone of uncertainty, coastal new jersey, new york, boston, tropical storm winds near shore potential for coastal flooding down to a tropical storm. but it's got plenty of warm water to start to really intensify but as it gets closer, lester, to the northeast colder water so it may weaken. we'll have to continue to watch this right through the weekend. >> thank you. >>> five days after hurricane irma smashed into florida, utility companies say they have restored power to almost 80% of homes and businesses that lost it, officials say almost 2 million are still without electricity. we learned that another person died and at least seven were injured when carbon monoxide from generat

let's bring in al roker now who is tracking all these storms. let's start with maria. >> the most dangerous one out there now, it is currently, lester, category 4 storm, 130 miles per hour storms. it is moving north at 10. if we look at the track of this thing, it's going to come through the lesser antilles then on to the virgin islands. puerto rico has not seen a direct hit since 1998 with 150 mile per hour winds. 6 to 9 foot storm surge, 18 inches of rain or more. continuing on into the turks and caicos with more strong storms, category 4, 130 mile per hour winds, a devastating storm surge. now to jose, which is close to the u.s., but the good news is won't make land fall, but really strong winds from the del mar peninsula to the cape cod islands. we're looking at surf that will be anywhere from 10 to 20 feet and rainfall, lester, from nan ta -- nantucket, flooding a possibility. but we are most concerned about puerto rico and maria. this could be devastating for those ieltds. >> and lots of time left in hurricane season. al, thanks very much.

. >> nbc's al roker is in tampa. we've seen bands roll through there. what we've been waiting for could be happening as we speak, hurricane irma hitting the keys. >> we're looking at about 15 miles from landfall in the keys. and once that happens, we are talking about the first time two category 4 storms will have hit the united states in the same season. we've never had two category 4 storms in the same season as it is. so it's impressive. so we're watching, it has its forward movement at 8 miles an hour. 100 miles an hour winds so it's a.4. and then that storm surge is going to set up in southwest earn florida from fort myers, naples. we're talking 10 to 15 feet of storm surge it continues up the cost. and because it's so large it will affect the east coast of florida. so for those folks who focus on the eye, don't do that. look at the cone of uncertainty when you see that track. it will affect both coasts as it makes it way up the coast, chris. >> that's the concern, we've been talking to officials, we heard it and i mentioned it earlier and we were

we want to take you to miami where al roker explains the impact it will have on the states. >> reporter're here in south beach in miami beach, florida. right up. we're in an evacuation situation here. as we watch irma make its way towards south florida, one of the largest evacuations ever in the miami-dade county area and we are really prepared for this system to come on shore. we're looking at storm surges of anywhere from 7 to 10 feet. 10 to 12 inches of rain. right now a category 4 storm. but that does not mean people should be less vigilant because this could reintensify and could be a natural cycling of things. even if it's just a category 4 storm, this in a sense is more dangerous than andrew. andrew was a much more compact storm. this storm in circumference with twice as large as andrew was. so the potential for damage and destruction is unimaginable. in fact, the national weather service down here is saying that people may not be able to get where they live, for weeks or even months. it's still a dangerous volatile situation and we continue to track it here in south florida and

let's get the latest in the path of the storm from al roker. it's going to be a long night where we are. >> it certainly is, category 2 storm. we don't want people to focus on that because that is still a category that can cause a lot of damage. as we look and show you exactly where it is, currently it's 25 miles south-southeast of ft. myers, florida. 110-mile-per-hour winds moving north a little faster at 14 miles per hour. the path of this system brings it up into tampa tonight with 85-mile-per-hour winds or more around 2:00 a.m., continues up past tallahassee tomorrow afternoon with 65-mile-per-hour winds and then continues on into the south, and making its way into parts of kentucky, and tennessee, as we move on into wednesday. we've also got a storm surge that we have to deal with, stretching from tampa bay, five to eight feet, captiva may see ten feet here in the southwestern part of florida. 15 feet of storm surge miami beach still could pick up a couple more feet and that storm surge stretches all the way up to the georgia/south carolin

let's bring in al roker now who is tracking all these storms. let's start with maria. >> the most dangerous one out there right now. it's currently a category 4 storm. 130-mile-per-hour winds and moving northed a ten. as we look at the track of this thing it will come through the lesser antilles, then the virgin islands, puerto rico hasn't seen a direct hit since 1998. with 150-mile-per-hour winds, 6 to 9-foot storm surge, 18 inches of rain or more. continuing on into the turks and caicos with more strong storms. category 4. 130-mile-per-hour winds. a devastating storm surge. now to jose, which is close to the u.s. but the good news is won't make landfall but really strong winds from the delmarva peninsula to the cape cod islands. we're looking at surf from 10 to 20 feet and rainfall, lester, from nantucket on into eastern long island anywhere from 5 to 7 inches of rain. flooding is a possibility. but we are most concerned about puerto [000:04:59;00] this could be devastating for those islands. >> lots of time left in hurricane season. >> yep. >

so they've taken a major, major hit there. >> al roker, thanks so much. thank you for all of that incredible information. the coverage has just been amazing. and right in the middle of it, nbc's gabe gutierrez. in the milddle of san juan, gab, what are you seeing now? >> reporter: hi, andrea. we've seen torrential rain and howe howling winds. i can say in the last half hour, the rains have calmed a bit. we, of course, have taken shelter, though, for the past several hours. there is a concrete wall next to me so we've avoided the worst of the winds for the past several hours, at least, andrea. but as we've been reporting, san juan's mayor offering a dire assessment of what this city is going through. they've seen roofs blow off from buildings. we, from our vantage point a little earlier this morning, we're seven floors up, saw this pounding wind and debris strewn all across the street, power lines down. we also satisfy pieces of building being torn off. our hotel had several panels blown off and also some of the floors have taken on water. so this is somet

>> al roker in ft. more than 5.5 million florida residents were told to evacuate. a large majority of them heeding the warning. lester holt is in miami beach with the latest on where irma is and how florida is preparing. lester, it looks like conditions are getting a bit worse by you there. >> reporter: yeah. they are deteriorating by the minute. we have gotten frequent rain bands, and the winds continue to pick up. in the last hour they've recorded up to 60-mile-an-hour gusts here. we've heard al and others talk about the shift to the west of the storm. officials fear that people may hear that and think they're safe on this side of florida. they are not. again, the width of the storm so broad, this entire state is at risk. this is what's florida. irma tore into cuba overnight as a category-5 hurricane. 155 mile-per-hour winds battering the island's northern coast. the monster storm slamming the bahamas, as well. storm surges there could reach a devastating 20 feet. irma has left a trail of death and de

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the "today" show's al roker on our show right now. >>> the u.s.gin islands are getting ready for a second major hit, al just said, st. thomas, st. john, main focus for fema efforts after hurricane irma decimated the land and left both islands almost entirely without power. the congresswoman of the u.s. virgin islands delegates joins me now. congresswoman, thank you for keeping us close to you about the things you've been doing. you've been to the virgin islands twice in the last two weeks? >> i went down, was on all three of the islands. spent quite a bit of time on st. thomas and st. john, you saw, the ones most decimated, was able to be in touchky your colleague stephanie while down there and got to see her on the island of st. john. maria will be touching down, as you said, touching down in the virgin island in the next 24 hours. what we're really concerned with right now is that maria is a very strong hurricane and it's going to be passing south of the island of st. croix. st. croix has really been the base camp now for a lot of the relief eff

the great al roker in miami beach. you are the veteran, sir. you're laughing because you have a good heart, but you have a mental image now of everything you've covered. where's this fit? >> reporter: well, i got to tell you, chris, this storm is -- i mean, okay, let's take a look at hurricane andrew. hurricane andrew was about 400 miles across, give or take. this thing at its biggest was 650 miles across. hurricane andrew went east to west in four hours across florida. this thing is going to come in, wherever it comes in, and it's probably going to run along the spine of florida for about 24 hours plus. it's so large. it's larger than the width of the state of florida, not including the peninsula. so we're going to see storm surge on both sides. there are storm surge warnings on both sides. right now -- and people could get hung up with the idea, oh, it's not a category 5. well, guess what, it's a strong category 4. it's only two miles below what would be a category 5. and between where it is now, where it's battering the bahamas, it'll skirt

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joining me now al roker is in ft. myers, florida, which is where this thing for the moment is headed. al, tell us what the latest says. >> reporter: i'll tell you what's interesting, ali, right now, i mean, this is a beautiful day. we were in miami are lester holt and last night when we got the 11:00 briefing that it was going to look like it was really going to stay west we decided to get in our cars and drive out here. and that's where we are now. and i think lester's on his way as well. but as you mentioned, we do have a big change coming in the forecast. the 11:00 national hurricane center briefing just in and it's now a category 3 storm, 125-mile-per-hour winds. it's 175 miles south of key west. but here's the deal, do not things are getting better, it's weakening. it's been over cuba, over land now, for the last 12 hours. so it's been cut off from its energy source. it hit cuba as a category 5 storm. we had video just in that showed all these roofs off in cuba. and now it's going to go back out onto open waters.

roker? >> let's see what we have for you starting off on today.seattle. 100 in medford. 95 in salt lake. temperatures will start to kl down later this week. as we move east, temperatures really ki lly chilly. everybody from 10 to 20 degrees in the mid plains where it will be drier and milder and eventually cooler. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. more hazy sunshine, milder temperatures and high humidity around the bay area as you head out the door. temperatures today heading up to 85 degrees in san jose, 79 in oakland, 88 in concord this afternoon. palo alto, 82. low 70s for half moon bay, napa a high of 85 degrees. through the week, humidity drops and our temperatures continue on like this, a little bit closer to normal for this time of year. >> and that's your latest weather. got a cutie here. a couple of cuties. who is this? >> can you say olivia? >> close enough. where are you from? >> alabama. >> how old is riggs? >> he turned 1 on the fourth. >> get the weather anywhere you need it, go to the weather channel on cable. >> all ri

roker, thank you very much. latest weather. mr. lauer?to have jeff crisscross the country and collect donations. he's in dallas this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we wanted to help the victims of the hurricane. so many of you where better to kick this off than texas? all these people have woken up early to donate these items. all these people have woken up nice and early. i want to show you what's happening outside, as well. outside our doors, people are pulling in trucks. we take a live picture. and they are unloaded these trucks right now, with all of that bottled water. we've been seeing that all morning, as well. here's the thing. even if you can't get to dallas this morning, or any of our locations, don't worry. we have you covered there, as well. this morning, we're about to show you the new way that you can donate items from home. today, more than a week after harvey hit, the emergency shifts from a rescue effort to a rebuilding effort. and it's massive. officials calling it, one of the largest humanitaria

al roker is here with brand-new details."nightly news" from florida begins right now. >>> hurricane irma.

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roker. >> all right. as we look around the country, 71 degrees now mild start to a few clouds around. overal going to be a nice one out there. 66 in leesburg currently. 59 manassas. cooler spot, 69 clinton. 88 a high today. plenty sunshine through the aftern unseas warm. normal this tichl the year fall starts friday. it's not going to feel like fall. we in >>> and that's your latest weather, guys. >> all right al, thank you. >>> just ahead, we're going to have a lot more on hurricane maria, category 4 storm. it is pounding puerto rico right now. >>> but first on wednesday morning, this is "today" on nbc. ralpand i sponsoredralph northam, canthis adfor governor narrator: ed gillespie says dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph northam was an army doctor and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law requiring concussion standards for school sports. the smoking ban in restaurants. and dr. northam is working to connect veterans to good paying jobs in virginia. ed g

al roker for us there if in ft. myers. >>> florida's world-famous theme parks are shutting down ahead of irma. katy beck is outside of disney world with that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, yes, it is exceptionally rare for walt disney world to close its doors. this is only the fifth time since the resort opened in 1971 that they have done so. it is not just walt disney world. it is universal studios and sea world. they'll be closed sunday and monday while the worst of irma is headed through orlando. they simply say that park-goers are not safe under these conditions and feel it necessary to close the attractions. as for hotels in orlando, they remain open and full of evacuees. at this point disney has said if reservations need to be canceled or rescheduled, there will be no fees for that. but getting out of orlando could be tricky because the airports here are closing at 5:00 today and also will remain closed through the duration of the storm. perhaps the only silver lining for disney is

>> al roker in ft. myers, thanks. >>> more than 5.5 million florida residents were told to evacuate. a large majority of them heeding the warning. lester holt is in miami beach with the latest on where irma is and how florida is preparing. lester, it looks like conditions are getting a bit worse by you there. >> reporter: yeah. they are deteriorating by the minute. we have gotten frequent rain bands, and the winds continue to pick up. in the last hour they've recorded up to 60-mile-an-hour gusts here. we've heard al and others talk about the shift to the west of the storm. officials fear that people may hear that and think they're safe on this side of florida. they are not. again, the width of the storm so broad, this entire state is at risk. this is what's headed for florida. irma tore into cuba overnight as a category-5 hurricane. 155 mile-per-hour winds battering the island's northern coast. the monster storm slamming the bahamas, as well. storm surges there could reach a devastating 20 feet. irma ha