the city of daytona beach is incredibly quiet. around 5:00 p.m. friday for anyone in the low-lying area, anyone on the beach. and mobile homes, to vacate those. it is virtually empty here. the people who are left are being told to get out of the hotels on the beach by tomorrow morning, 11:00 a.m. all of the bridges between the beach and the mainland are set to close sometime sunday morning whenever the winds top 40 miles an hour. all these bridges will shut down. anyone who is still on the beach will have to stay on the beach until the storm passes through. the main bridge behind us, the international speedway bridge down the road from us that leads to the daytona international speedway which was supposed to host an event, as is every other major event including any city business. folks are being told to don't you put your trash out, because we are not taking it out. not until the storm is over. people are preparing for the storm in other ways. closing up windows filling up sandbags. that has been going on here. they will keep tho

as it turned out, the eye was starting to come right across daytona beach. we are definitely in the last two hours we have definitely noticed a very different scenario compared to earlier. it was sustained winds. my face was literally kind of pushed back from the wind. it was like standing in a wind tunnel. it was so strong. and now you can comfortable stand except for every now and then there's a gust. so things have changed here in daytona beach. i want to mention a couple of different things. during this event in the county next to us, brevard county, that has the nasa and cape canaveral, they said two tornados touched down. they are concerned about whether or not there is damage. there were 40 tornado warnings. very, very terrifying for anyone watching this come through their neighborhood. here, even with these winds, first responders did go out to make rescues. 20 to 25 people we understand because they were getting flooded. the most dangerous thing in these storms, the thing that kills more than anything else is floodwaters. chris? >> sara, thank you f

tell me what the spirit of cooperation is like in daytona. >> it's amazing. it is the kind of thing that warms your heart. there's people with dozens of stories. people buying water at publix and people getting four or five cases and when cases and when they run out, giving them a couple of cases. myself and my wife yesterday went to a friends house and helped her board up her windows. we didn't. we didn't even board up our own home. we didn't see the need. we didn't think it would get that bad blessed that it didn't. a lot of happy people on the east side of florida. a shame it has to go anyway. everyone has their own ax to chorus they jokingly say. you've got football teams from all over the country in central florida here in a couple months and they are looking at orlando and daytona, things like that. they are wondering if the savings going to be okay? i'm the east side of florida looks like we really caught a break. i mean really caught a break. you now have to wonder where is that going to crash through florida in the hope is in a place without a lot of

any sense of the damage so far to daytona beach? >> well, the damage is not as extreme as it could have been. tree lines, we do have some troubles and problems on our beachside, but overall, the damage is not as bad as it was say during matthew or storms of the past. so we're very fortunate. >> we had reports of emergency rescues in daytona beach early this morning. what are you hearing from police and fire? >> well, i think it was around 2:00 a.m. this morning they had to go out and rescue about 25 people from our downtown riverfront, one of our communities down there, and that was quite a dynamic scene and they showed their courage as they always do. they were prepared and did a great job rescuing those folks. no one was injured and everyone was brought in to safety. >> where did they take them? just shelters? >> yes. they took them to a shelter here in the city. >> all right. that's great. what is the biggest concern that you have right now, now that the storm is slowly moving away? >> that residents will not keep their guard up i

i want to go to sara sidnor on the east in daytona beach. n, sara, how is it where you are? there are stepped winds there are stronger. an derson i can't see you. >> yes, sorry, it was just one of those again probably the fourth transformer, this one was clearly closer because i don't know if we caught it on camera but really lit up the sky and kind of that eerie white blue light which is so distincttive, anybody who covered hurricanes has seen repeatedly. you don't hear a sound of an explosion but it just is that light. >> reporter: you had me worried. i'm glad you're okay. when it comes to power lines trees fall, transformers blow. what is important to tell you though is that there are 16,000 and that's from one company alone, the most workmen they have ever sent out to do the work after the hurricane hits, after these winds die down. 16,000 people from florida power and light alone many staying in this hotel including those who trim those trees and get to the power lines which is dangerous for the population. a-1a in daytona beach, you're

the beach and probing apart. natural disaster seems to always have tails. kpix5 explains how it happened. >> as hurricane irma began slamming daytona beach, hannah brown was in san joe say 3,000 miles away. >> i said can you get to a higher apartment with your neighbors or something? she said no, i can't get the door open. >> he had a chance to calm her and then decided to create a social media storm of her own. she was determined to get her friend rescued. >> i was just locked in my phone staring and tweeting everyone fast as possible and getting the message out on facebook and twitter, anybody who could possibly go there and help her get out. >> cristina herself was on facebook live sending out tweets for herself. >> she text me and they got me. she said they're there? some team came and got me. >> the daytona fire department tweeted to hannah, we were able to rescue your friend. her social media rescue efforts paid off. >> i didn't realize that right away. i thought one of these other people has gotten in touch and then i realized that's them letting me know they saw my tweet and are replying to it. >> chechias nothing but the f

all the way up to melbourne, daytona beach. because it's counter clockwise, the waters will come in in this direction in fort myers and naples, everglades city and tampa bay. that's the way the storm moves. at any rate, typically the strongest winds are on the right-hand side. that means miami-dade and the palm beaches. phil keating is in miami beech. slight changes, same idea. >> yeah. everybody in florida is going to get it, everybody in the peninsula of florida is dealing with this storm, probably experiencing hurricane force winds. it's a danger. we have covered these. the center does make an impact at least for the worst of the storm surge. but that also gives the indication that the others don't need to worry. that's not the case. everybody probably for the lower past of florida will experience major hurricane force winds, which will blow all kinds of trees down, all kinds of power outages across a wide swath. this is the radar. right there, over towards the bahamas. we've seen the bands get closer and closer. a couple thi

the first woman ever to win at the daytona speedway. today the once fearless speedster is in tears talking about the massage therapist who she says sexually assaulted her in this spa at the upscale philadelphia hotel in 2014. >> were you afraid. >> i was frozen on the table and he just continuing to -- to keep doing the same motion at the top of my leg where like this part of his hand was rubbing up on parts that should not be even close to being touched at all. >> the massage therapist jerome mcneal was never charged in the case. but just three weeks later, he was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting another woman at the same spa. he has pled not guilty. our producer tried to speak to him as he was leaving court. >> mr. mcneal, did you take advantage of women while giving them a massage. >> elaine is suing mcneal, lowe's and the spa for wrong doing. >> we wondered if a massage therapist charged with sexual assault would still be giving massages to unsuspecting woman? i decided to book a massage to find out. >> mark enters the hote

we're also hearing reports of a tornado touching down in the daytona area. and we saw how wide that area is. is there one area that's more vulnerable or could it be anywhere along that path? ? really it's the northeast quadrant of the storm. as you look to the eye, look to the northeast of it, and that's where you're seeing the severity of the wind and also the severity of the storms pushing through. so the tornado watch, no surprise in northeast portions of floorerida into georgia. and jacksonville in particular, they'll have to watch. there have been several bands with the sheets of rainfall pounding them one after another. likely going to see some damage in that area. >> that might be the surprising area right there, jacksonville, florida, they might end up getting the most rain. >>> and irma has already weakened significantly, but tampa was fearing a massive storm surge as the eye of the storm moved closer to that city. >> and we spoke with the mayor of tampa as he was starting to feel the impacts of the storm. >> the wind is picking up. the rain is incre

i was so relieved. >> reporter: the daytona beach fire department tweeted hannah, we were able to rescue your friend, an indication that her social media rescue effort paid off. >> i didn't realize it right away. i thought one of the other people must have gotten in touch or something. i realized that's them letting me know they saw my tweet, and they are replying to it. >> i don't know what to say. i'm blown away. >> reporter: christina said she is grateful but still in need. she has nothing but the few bags she was able to carry out. her house, her car, and everything else is gone. hannah has set up a gofundme page for her friend. >> everything was destroyed, and she doesn't have a lot of help. we need to show the real power of twitter, again, now, and try to help her out if we can. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> this bay area police officer busted an unlicensed hot dog vendor, and he took his money out of his wallet. we spoke to the vendor tonight to get his side of the story. >>> some hikers ran into trouble during high tide. tonight the bay area cave rescue. >>> in a few hour

things down to be mostly vacant except for those utility workers they have staged their trucks that the daytonapeedway. florida power and light there could be millions of people without power the next couple of days and those could last weeks there is a lot of power utility workers clearing trees and daytona international that handles half of the customers of the state have 5 million customers telling us 3.4 million of those will lose power so roughly 70%. millions of people who could be in the dark after this barrels through. >> in years past we regenerator northeast area four superstorm sandy now it is our turn we are pleased we could assemble the work force that continues to grow. >> as soon as though winds die down to the point so for what they think would be an extensive damage over the state. >> more than 185,000 without power in florida as hurricane irma is on the path toward the united states. >> we will be tracking this all night long and will be back with much more. . >> as we've mentioned the national weather service said the hurricane force winds gusting in the florida keys not expe

they were at the daytona speedway. we will have line restoration workers from every company in this country from states all over the country but also from canada coming to florida to help restore the lines. so in florida, unlike in houston where they're buried powerlines, in florida they are strung on poles. we have to restore the poles, restring the lines. the way that process works is they restore the plant and subplant, then line by line into each road and half by half. you can't hook up each half until the home is safe. you do not want to burn the house down. it's literally a joint effort from federal clearing to public and private partnerships to line restoration efforts that are partnered in the for-profit and regulated world all the way through the individual homeowners. reporter: how long will that take? mr. bossert: i would say be patient between re-entry and that process. we could have power down in homes for the coming weeks. now, i don't want to cause panic in florida. there are hospitals and nursing homes a

getting the message out on facebook and twitter. >> her friend got stuck in her apartment in daytona beach with the water rising all around her. she reached out to her best friend. both women took to social media for help. >> i realized right away they are letting me know they saw my tweet and they're actually responding to it. >> she lost everything except what she could pack in three bags. it wasn't just people who needed rescued. >> back in the bay area wet weather had people living near ramona were told to shelter in place after downed power lines. people say heavy winds caused problems. lightning like this caused some trouble around the bay area. >> lightning was the cause of fires. >> in fact, the weather service said overnight, 1200 lightning strike, 7,000 flashes. so a lot of flickering lights it looked like but it was actually lightning and cloud to cloud and cloud to ground. action packed night. it's not done edit. right now, it's calmer. we can see a little bit off the coast. about 10 miles offshore. there's a few lightning strikes there and then to the north of us. nothing

mike: daytona beach and surrounding areas preparing for the worst. we'll have a live report from daytona beach coming up. president trump getting briefed on the latest preparations for the storm. that's next. people would ask me in different countries that we traveled, what is your nationality and i would always answer hispanic. so when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. i'm everything. i'm from all nations. i would look at forms now and wonder what do i mark? because i'm everything. and i marked other. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com. live-streat the airport.e sport binge dvr'd shows while painting your toes. on demand laughs during long bubble baths. tv on every screen is awesome. the xfinity stream app. all your tv at home. the most on demand your entire dvr. top networks. and live sports on the go. included with xfinity tv. xfinity, the future of awesome. mike: president trump and vice president pence are keeping an eye on hurricane irma from camp david. president trump discussed the im

speedway where they had the daytona 500.ese were the first responders to get people's power back and first you have the guys who will trim the trees and the guys and women who will fix the lines and they are waiting the storm out alongside us looking out and trying to figure out what they're going to do. we know a couple of shelters are full here and we talked to authorities and we've been in touch with them and it's really become quite a windy storm, but the truth of the matter is this is nothing and we are more than 200 miles from where the eye when it was hitting naples and you saw those insane pictures. we are more than 200 miles away on the other coast and it gives you an idea of just how strong this is and lastly, fp & l says this is the largest workforce of florida power and light that its ever deployed because of irma. anderson? >> brian todd, we were talking about transformers exploding and we just while you were talking we may have seen me point off camera. you can just pan over here. this is the over toward the un

thank you for the glimpse of daytona. ions of floridians are waking up to the widespread damage from hurricane irma. of course it made land fall, the furthest southern part. it tore through the entire state. let's get the latest on the federal response and president trump's plans with department of homeland security acting secretary elaine duke. thank you so much for being with us. >> good morning, alison. before we start with that, i want to remind everyone that today is 9/11, the 16th anniversary of losing 3,000 americans to terrorism. allis just as they are helping with the hurricanes today, they were there then and we lost some of our beloved citizens. we will be out doing search and rescue and supporting governor scott as he begins to assess the damages in the state of florida. >> i know that yesterday president trump said that he planned to go to florida. do you know when and hopes to do there? >> well, it's important that we first focus on search and rescue, which we will be doing today with air and land assets. we

the state. todd: live from daytona beach if they think the east coast and did not get hit.rom one coast to the other coast of florida. todd: 53 minutes after the hour the crews are ready to rescue those from the monster storm you are watching fox and friends first. . . ♪ >> oh. heather: it is monday, september 11th, and this is a fox news alert. breaking overnight, hurricane irma battering florida bringing more wind, more rain and damage. todd: storm downgraded to a category 1. the danger is not over yet. heather: you are watching "fox & friends first" i'm heather childers. todd: i'm todd piro. it has left more than 4 million people without power. heather: we have fox news team coverage for you live all across the state. brian jenkins, janice dean. todd: we begin with jillian mele with emergency crews already to hit the ground running. good morning. jillian: good morning todd and heather. we moved over to davis island. we wanted to give a grand scope of what is going on it is raining right now. winds are picking up a little bit. i know it is dark out here but you can see de

strange story out of florida this morning where the mother of three children drove into the ocean on the daytona beach. test this is a statewide required monthly test of the emergency alert system originating from the pennsylvania emergency management agency harrisburg and it is only a test. we're plunged into darkness unable to process what is real and what is mercury's. autumn stringin realized this all too young was the summer after i turned eight she should not be alive and she knows it was the moment. that shattered trust. you know how do you know how to trust anybody after that. forced to confront a mystery beyond comprehension she spent decades haunted in search of answers in pursuit of peace when something like killing all six of her children. made sense enough to put the kids in the bronco and drive into the river i see it. gravels it again water flying and kids screaming and somehow she managed to dig it out to back out of that. and that's an incredible victory for somebody in that state of mind you know there are other mothers. autumn's mom did eventually die by suicide alone on a cou

i want to show you what they are doing to prepare for the storm with the daytona international speedway. across the state of florida for florida power & light which supplies a city to have for the state. it has 710 million customers florida power & light. 5 million customers and it says as many as 3.4 million could lose power. that is why it's staging all these utility trucks that go to clear the debris before it can be repaired. 20 different locations including those tracks at daytona international speedway. they told me why this is so important. >> in years past we were in the greater northeast area for super storm c&d. and now it's our turn. we been able to assemble this which continues to grow. >> earlier today we spent some time at the volusia county sheriff's office and the heavy armor for us including two and maps. the military armored vehicles that are used across the nation now, some controversy about that. but they also serve a purpose and high water rescues in dangerous situations where people can't get out of the neighborhoods that are swamped in rough conditions. you know,

issues with the grid, and that's why they prestaged hundreds of vehicles around the state, including the daytona speedway. molly: you know florida and have seen big storms in the past. are there plans for how to deal with that, if highways are damaged? reporter: that would and real chore. one of the first thinks they have to do is get the treas out of the way. so the trees come down, they block the roads. that's when they have to move the trees. that's the primary focus. the trees out of the roadway. get the trees off the power lines. get the trees back up and power back on so people can come home and start dealing with the mess the storm will leave behind. mike: let's go to the extreme weather center where meteorologist adam klotz has the latest on hurricane irma. adam: we are continuing to track this storm. it's moving away from cuba. it's a slow more. northwest movement at 6 miles per hour. but the last 24 hours it has been riding the coast. we are starting to see that northwest turn we have been talking about. it runs itself out over the water. we are seeing some buoy wave heights picking up

where you're seeing that sign about 200 yards to the left is daytona beach. e getting a heck of a lot of wind just coming off of the beach. you're seeing the palm trees now go absolutely nuts here near the convention center. hard to see with the camera. let me see if we can walk over and quickly look at that. there's quite a few of them here. you can see the lights going there. but what's important about where we are, this is one of the staging areas for the linemen and those who trim the trees so that people who are wut power can have their power come back on. we've already seen some transformers blowing here. we've also seen the lights go off and on in the streets. but there are dozens of linemen here ready to go out as soon as the winds die down and start taking care of that power problem that is across florida. don? >> sara, be safe, thank you very much. when we come back, irma pounding florida with violent winds and torrential rains as it leaves a trail of debris behind. on car insurance,600 so being cool comes naturally. hmm. i can't decide if this place

we were checking the win conditions around daytona beach, towards jacksonville. they are very strong. we've got dry air intrusion, that means the system is not sitting out over the open water so it's not tapping the warm moist -- moij coming in from the gulf of mexico but it is being enhanced by being picked up, carried over the atlantic and enhancing some of those storms moving through. still the risk in this upper right quadrant for the potential for tornadoes, that is one of the most dynamic areas. specifically from about jacksonville all the way towards the cape, that's where we're looking at wind gust from 60, close to 75-mile-an-hour. tampa's interesting, the system now lies to the east of tampa. the winds are essentially going out, but eventually over the next couple of hours, we're watching as the system continues its drip towards the north, and it is generally speaking moving north fairly rapidly. that is good news, we want it to move pretty swiftly so none of these conditions linger like we saw with harvey over texas, about 16 days ago. it will move on s

effort and the national hurricane center extending the hurricane watches north, all the way to the daytonaeach area and the storm surge warnings as well. let's bring in our miami-based breaking news reporter, joining us from downtown miami. we actually have you now on camera from your hotel room. tell us a little bit about the storm preparations you have been seeing around you in miami. are you the only one left? pretty sparse in terms of population? >> it is pretty empty, i am in the financial district downtown with a big view of brickle avenue, the financial industry -- area. there is pretty much no one here. some other correspondence in the hotel. . am not the only person left a lot of people positioning themselves to respond to the storm once we get through the worst of it. mark: give us a sense of the impact so far on the local economy. and the potential impact, if irma strikes as expected at the weekend. >> you started things -- to see things slow down and stop yesterday. a lot of businesses are shut and people putting sandbags in front of entrance is. people are waiting to see exact

that there are mandatory evacuations for low-lying areas and those who are in mobile homes here in the daytonaeach area and the sheriff was very clear in saying that they will shut down the bridges. so you'd be trapped on daytona beach if you don't leave sunday between 6:00 and 9:00 a.m., those bridges may be shut down because of the high winds and potential of flooding at the bottom of those bridges. so, they want people to be aware of what's going on. they told them to prepare and go to shelters. one thing that i thought was interesting was that when you go to a shelter, they said, you have to bring preparations for yourself. so, bring food, bring clothing, bring your animals, dog food, cat food, bring all that with you, because they do have some things like water, but really, you're supposed to be self-sustaining as you go into those shelters. they're telling people, be ready for that. those shelters were open on saturday. >> so, sara, those shelters, are they there in daytona beach or are they north of there? we keep talking about shelters and people need to get out of harm's way. where ar

the daytona beach fire department let hannah know via twitter.sotwe were expecting this to take hoursmorning but they were there in two hours and then i got a message from them saying the rescue my friend.hannah says kristina was able to return to her apartment later in the day on monday, but the home coming was not an easy one.sotthe apartment complex is condemning the building and giving here six days to get out .and her s tuff was ruined and her car destroyed.hannah hopes that more emergency responders will embrace social media and use it as a tool to save lives.sotusing twitter to see whos really in danger and get to them.finally, hanna has also created a go fund me page to help kristina rebuild her life. in san jose, charles clifford kron 4 news. (steve) another big story tonight:the families of two u-p-s drivers killed by a co- workerhave filed a lawsuit... saying the shooting should have been prevented. today relatives of benson louie and michael lefiti sued u-p-s, allied universal security servicesand the owner of the san francisco building where it happened. the laws

the tornado threat up towards the daytona beach area. gusting across the midpart of the state. the core right now is hitting the lower keys. we got a report of a 90-mile-an-hour wind gust in key west at the national weather service. the waves will be a huge factor. not just here along the gulf coast. but really, you know, the the core of this is on the west side. the waves will be bigger across miami, and across palm beach as that shelf plays into the part of the waves being bigger. the surge bigger on the west. the waves bigger on the east. it will be a mess. the forecast track becomes less important over times. that is a quick check >>> i'm chris sowers, for us it's beautiful, nice and quiet, exclusive seven-day forecast, mostly sunny, 74, we do it all over again tomorrow, up to 78. may be a bit of a reach. i'm a perennial optimist. how much confidence do we have in the forecast? is there a chance the eye could move further west in a way that might make the damage mitigated for florida? >> you know, it's -- you move it west you get it f

get really bad weather until midnight saturday and they're talking hurricane force winds hitting the daytonaay night >> yeah, people who don't live in florida think of beach front condominiums and the glamorous towers of miami and miami beach. but there are a lot of manufactured homes especially north and inland. and those people really have to be evacuating or looking out. >> right. they're not built to withstand the kind of winds that other homes are. and as you know, a lot of homes are in very low-lying areas and those homes are susceptible to flooding. they're you can talking a three to five foot storm surge, and 8 to 15 inches of rain. in ground that's already saturated, there is not a lot of places where the water can go. there will be flooding of homes and certainly of streets. it's going to create a lot of problems. the worst of the problems will come after the storm passes when people try to go back to their homes and make the repairs that are necessary, clean up, and not, perhaps realize that there are downed power lines or even trees that are ready to come toppling down. so many o

they were at the daytona speedway yesterday. we will have line restoration workers from every company in this country from states all over the country and also from canada, coming to florida to help restore the lines. so in florida unlike houston where they're buried power lines, in florida they're on poles. they restore the plant and the subplant and line by line into each road and house by house. you can't hook up each house to make sure it's safe. you don't want to burn the house down. so it is a literally joint effort from federal clearing to public and private partnerships to line restoration efforts that are partnered in the for profit and regulated world to the individual homeowner. that's how that works. >> what is your assessment of how long that takes? >> i would caution people to be patient here between reentry and that process, power down in homes for the coming weeks. i don't want to cause any panic in florida. there's hospitals and nursing homes and other facilities that have generator power, provide services necess

the water and homes were up to waist deep. also right around lakeland we had reports there were some water in homes up to about 19 inches. daytona, you could see another poengly hvy bachbds before it really starts to taper off. that's the news for sara. but i want to mention the power outages. we know about miami airport having been impacted by the heavy rainfall. they are closed. september 11. may open for limited service on tuesday, but that's still an unknown. you can see this east coast of florida, which if you were second-guessing yourself and saying why did i go from the east coast to the west coast, because they were impacted as well. all the way from brevard into dade county, 70 to 77% of the florida power and light customers are without power. and then you jump over here towards naples, florida, caollir county, 95% of the florida power and light customers without power. not out of the woods for georgia, south carolina and into alabama coming up. >> really important information there. talking about some of those coastal areas expecting four to six-foot storm surge. look at the satellite imagery of what the water's going

the storm passes. these guys are up and ready to go. >> sara sidner in daytona. thank you. for those worried about ryan, ryan is okay. the reason he's out there to cover this, so he's doing just fine. not to worry about ryan young. we'll come back, much more on this monster storm as it makes its way up florida. we'll go to some people in irma's path and see how they're preparing. rethink the experience. rethink your allergy pills. flonase sensimist allergy relief uses unique mistpro technology and helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. most allergy pills only block one. and 6 is greater than one. rethink your allergy relief. flonase sensimist. ♪ un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer. with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. ah, it's so fresh. and it's going to last from wash to... ...wear for up to 12 weeks. unstopables by downy. tempur-pedic helps there ayou get the most day... out of every one of them. only proprietary tempur material precisely conforms to your body. you get up to twice as much pressure re

that makes sense just to the north of daytona beach. in the hurricane watch all the way up towards tifton georgia over towards waycross. the tropical storm watch is in effect. this extends far to the north and that's because the center of the storm if it moves to the west gets now looking more and more likely over water longer it will take longer for that to dissipate. take a look at the raider. you can to see the center of the storm moving down here. obviously the rain already moving across the keys. anywhere to the south of alligator alley already dealing with the rain and the winds dealing with that. for the last 12 hours now the storm has been moving here across the cuban coastline and that has done a favor for us in the u.s. and that has weakened it from the hundred 55-mile-per-hour store and made landfall here as a cat5 storm in cuba and it's has been hugging the coast. it weakens the structure of a little bit. that said is about to get back over the water. and move over really warm water. there seemed that we do expect to see incr

or tomorrow until the storm passes through, the bridges between daytona beach and the mainland will curfew will go into effect at 9:00 o'clock, tomorrow night when the worst of the winds are expected to arrive and all the schools will be closed on monday and tuesday, parents don't have to worry about that while they deal with the possibility of hurricane 4 winds here. here is some more of of what the sheriff told us a short time ago. >> everybody is focused on how the storm has shifted to the west, that does not mean that it is any less dangerous for us. we are asking you to heed the advice. the most important thing of counties trying to stress is we want to save lives. that's our ultimate goal. >> when the winds hit 50-miles-per-hour sustained, the sheriffs do not plan to go out on 911 calls unless the life is in danger, in that case, they will bring one of the vehicles out potentially to assist in a violent situation or someone's whose life is at danger. eric: saw in houston how important the high-water vehicles are that save people's lives. are they expecting the storm surge, wha

the damages that were done by the storm. in daytonar as bad as they were on the west coast. a lot of property damage. a lot of signs down, a lot of roofs damage. a water slide, a nearby park that came down. windows that were blown out of the store. a lot of roof damage and traffic lights knocked out. a lot of dangerous intersections around her and a lot of water on the street. many, many flooded streets, a lot of cones put up and signs put up to stop people from driving through some of the worst of the flooded neighborhoods. that water is not receiving but the problems with the power will continue for quite some time. we saw the worst of it in a neighbor a few miles from here, the residence in the volusia county sheriff told us he believes a tornado actually touched on in this neighborhood. if the damage would support that. if there was a line carved through this neighborhood were trees were shredded. there were power poles down and a lot of lines down and then roofs that were ripped off of homes. a lot of damages in that neighborhood,

let's get up to the beach now. daytonaetty famous spot the east of orlando where is looking hot and muggy. hello, rick leventhal. >> they are expecting rain over the next 3-4 days. things will get progressively worse, from early tomorrow night, late saturday night into sunday when they expect hurricane force winds to arrive here in volusia county. there was no amendatory -- he doesn't think most of the residents are going to observe that. everybody who is still here will likely stay here, so he's encouraging them to shelter in place because they are going to shut the bridge is down the connect the beach to the mainland, including the sea breeze bridge there, main street bridge to our left. all of them will be shut down, we are told, sometime sunday morning. conditions will be so bad that they are going to be concerned about it. we can show you, we are right on the beach here. daytona is not nearly as vulnerable to a direct hit from a hurricane at south florida is. they've only had one direct hit since 1950. that was in 196

beach on the atlantic coast, 50 miles to our east. all flights in and out of daytonaback to normal working hour and unclear whether or not that's tomorrow or day the after and officials reminding people of that, the airport is not a shelter, rick leventhal is live in daytona beach where he's been camped out today. rick, how are things where you are tonight? reporter: we're on the international speedway bridge. this is a bridge that connects the beech to the main land. all of the bridges along daytona beach and south and north of us in volusia county have been shut down. the sheriff's department says they won't reopen the bridges until it's safe to do so. they're getting very strong winds. tropical storm-force winds and could gust up to 75 miles an hour which would be a category 1 hurricane. they take the worst of the winds and worst of the winds will be between 11:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. and urging people to stay off the streets. the paramedics will be limited response once they get to a certain point and curfew in effect from 9:00 p.m. tonight until noon tomorrow and

to the other coast of florida and that's daytona beach where sara sidner has been healediold to a cement wall as the wind is blowing there. sara, how is the weather now? >>. [ inaudible ] this is a four-foot call concrete barrier. we think it could get worse -- [ inaudible ] what i'm feeling on my face right now, are -- [ inaudible ] the beach is 200 yards away. this is an incredibly powerful storm. [ inaudible ] i'm going to toss it back -- [ inaudible ] >> all right. sara sidner there on daytona beach. you and your crew stay safe. everyone watching, especially on the east coast of florida, remember, this is exactly why when the storm made the jog to the west, all of the officials on the east coast sit cities are not out of the woods. because there would still be a threat from the storm. you are sighing it this morning. this is several hours after land fall here on the west coast of the peninsula. let's good to meteorologist, karen, in the hurricane irene weath -- in the weather center. how long will sarah see the winds? >> i hope for sayra's sake that the wind calms down. i was just lo

the west coast. it's bad enough for volusia county and daytona beach. e sheriff told me that they believe that a tornado touched down in orman beach and took out a house that was vacant. certainly there will be property damage, trees down and power lines down. there will be people without electricity tomorrow and perhaps for weeks to come. kelly: how does this impact all the crews that have been stationed there waiting to go out into all of florida to help people restore power? >> there i a few hundred of them in this hotel. they weren't going anywhere anyway until this storm passed through. the guys are here, ready to head out as soon as the wind die down so they can get out safely and start doing that work. i know you are a pro out there, but be careful. laura: a lot more ahead of us. adam? i'm looking at that behind you. what have we got? adam: still a long ways to go as we are looking at the center of circulation south and east of tampa. i wanted to show you, getting up into daytona beach, we have seen consistently heavy bands of rain running up in t

they were at the daytona speedway. we'll have live restoration workers from every company in this country from states all over the country but also from canada coming to florida to help restore the lights. florida unlike houston where they have buried power lines we have to restore the polls restring the lines and the way that process works as they restore the plant and then the sub plans and then line by line at each road and in house by house. can't hook up each house until the homeowner make sure it's safe. we don't want to burn the house down the flood damage and corroded lines and so forth that it's literally a joint effort from the federal clearing to public and private partnerships to line restoration efforts that are partnered in the for-profit and regulated world all the way to the individual homeowner so that's how that process works. >> how long will it take? >> i would caution people to be very patient. we can have powered down and homes for coming weeks, weeks. i don't want to cause any panic in florida but

and we told you about members of the fp and l restoration workforce staged in daytona beach. ere are hundreds of power trucks and tree trucks that are now parked at the speedway, they're staging with hundreds of workers on standby and some of them have been dispatched to prepare parts of the power grid affected by the winds and storm and again power lines in the area were taken down which had to be repaired but they expect the situation could be far, far worse. we were told by fp and l earlier that 2 1/2 million customers lost power due to the storm so the repair will be extensive. eric: the number expected to go up. rick, thank you so much. arthel: rick, back to bryan llenas now, live in downtown miami, and i understand just in about five minutes, there will be a curfew from 7:00 p.m. tonight until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, bryan? reporter: that's exactly right. a curfew in the city of miami. that's to keep people safe. this is what we're seeing on the ground. glass shards everywhere. a guy popped both of his tires because of glass outside of the building. that's the panorama build

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they were at the daytona speedway. we will have line restoration workers from every company in this country from states all over the country, but also from canada, coming to florida to help restore the lines. in florida, unlike houston where they're on power lines, in florida they're on poles. we have to restring the poles and the subplant and then line by line into each road and house by house. you can't hook up each house until the homeowner makes safe. you don't want to burn the house down with flood damage and corroded line. it is a joint effort from federal clearing to public and private partnerships to line restoration efforts that are partnered for the for-profit and regulated road to the individual homeowner. >> what is your assessment? how long will it take? >> i would caution people between re-entry and that process we could have power down in homes for the coming weeks. weeks. i don't want to cause panic in florida and i'll come to a question here next. there are hospitals and nursing homes and other faciliti

as a category four storm and still be off the coast of daytona beach, as a category three over the weekendand long range plots show it moving to the east and that is not good for florida or the carolinas, we can't rule out an east coast storm. we are is rain and drenching downpours every now and then for the rest of the afternoon i'll take a closer look on storm track coming up. >>> we are seeing widespread property damage from hurricane irma in the caribbean. it knocked out electricity for the the entire island of saint martin and the government headquarters building partially destroyed and no rescue vehicles can move. >>> and people are shoring up in florida because of a possible direct hit. people are shoring up their windows and putting up sandbags. grocery store shelves are cleared out as people ride out the storm. city leaders in miami are putting plans in place for a voluntarily evacuations as soon as tonight and officials in the florida keys are forcing tourists to leave now. >> this storm surge is going to hit your house. we can rebuild homes but we cannot rebuild your family. nat