Could reach 15 feet in places like naples, florida. Thats where National Correspondent jay gray is live. Good morning. We have seen rain all morning. It is building, as you can see. The wind gusting at times as well. The same situation just to the north. Lets take a look at ft. Myers where you can see the trees bending there and the rain pouring in. These are just the outer bands of irma, as the storm moves closer to the keys and targets the coast. Violent wind and frightening rain. Irmas assault begins hours before landfall. Hurricane irma is now impacting our state. Millions of floridians will see major hurricane impacts with deadly, deadly, deadly storm surge. And life threatening winds. Oh, my gosh. 18 million or more could feel the effects of this massive storm. Winds gusting well over 100 Miles Per Hour. 12 inches of rain or more in some areas, and a storm surge that could reach 16 feet. This is a deadly major storm, and our state has never seen anything like it. More than 6 million residents were told to evacuate. The largest effort in u. S. History. Just scary. I have never been through anything like this before. Tens of thousands moving into more than 300 shelters across the state. Right now, the desperation sets in. The anxiety levels clear up. You pray the god. As irma begins to move in. Yeah, now look, these conditions are just going to intensify throughout the day. Over the next 24 to 48 hours, this area could see some of the worst that irma has to offer. Thats the latest live in naples, florida. Now back to you. Jay gray live for us. Be safe. First alert meteorologist krystal klei is tracking irmas path and also keeping an eye on the weather in our neighborhood. Krystal . Were starting out with our radar and satellite view. This is of Hurricane Irma. And you see this little blip here, it looks like some radar just may have been knocked down in this area and thats why were not getting data there. Lets look closer at the key west area, the area thats going to see the impact most immediately with landfall this morning. So we zoom in tight. You see the orange, the yellow. These are the arm bands of irma. This is the eyewall of irma, where the strongest winds are, and its when the flattening damaging winds move through an area, especially a small island like key west or some of the other keys. This is when we have the concern of the biggest damage moving through due to winds. Now, we also have a storm surge, and thats going to come throughout the rest of today as this starts to move close to the west coast of florida. But first in the next say hour to two hours, its likely well start to see the eye approaching over the island. Only about 25 miles away at this point from points like key west to the eyes center. Really getting close now, unfortunately, as we continue to track it moving to the northwest. Right now, winds are sustaining at 130 Miles Per Hour. Thats the latest from irma due to Hurricane Hunters who are literally flying through the storm. You can see its a category 4. It looks like its going to maintain strength right as it edges along the western coast from about 2 00 p. M. This afternoon, you see its right near parts of the everglades to 2 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning where it will be close to a landfall between ft. Myers and tampa. Then continuing up the coast, starting to weaken here, but still likely a category 1 as it enters the panhandle of florida around 2 00 in the afternoon monday and it will start to weaken and fall apart as it drags into parts of the u. S. Here. What we are watching is really from now through monday afternoon, this is going to be impacting florida with rain, the winds, the storm surge. Were going to talk more about each of these threats coming up throughout the next half hour. Thanks. Hurricane force winds started hitting the southwest coast of florida overnight. This was the scene in punta gorda as the storms outer bands were still miles away from the coastline. Thats north of ft. Myers. Crews in golden beach, florida, spent part of the night removing this downed treme from a very busy road. Officials suspect a small tornado or microburst knocked it down. Rough waves crushing into seawalls. Some of these barriers have already been destroyed by the powerful waves. The storm surge could be up to 15 feet high. Right now, dozens of utility workers are gearing up, packing up to help out in florida. Randy gyllenhaal is live in new jersey where pse g employees will head down south in the next hour. About 7 00 a. M. , were expecting the crews to begin loading up their utility trucks and making the long drive south. Its 154 local employees here who will be making the trip to lake city, florida. Thats about an hour west of jacksonville. Theyll stage there. Were told this trip could last three to four weeks. Even with the eye of irma still about two hours away from key west, already seeing downed power lines and trees across the miami area. Transformers are blowing up. Key west is dark right now. Across the state, about 300,000 without power. And Florida Power and light officials warn that across the state at the end of this, about 4 Million People could see outages. That would be historic. Were going to see those outages begin spreading north across the state, and thats why were seeing a lot of these crews from across the country taking their time to drive into florida, because the state is going to need a lot of help getting back up and running, especially as the storm continues to make its way north. Well track these crews from new jersey as they make their way south in about an hour. For now, live in morristown, new jersey. Thanks for that. Nbc10 is with you every step of the way as we track irmas potentially historic devastation. Remember, if you have the nbc10 app, you can follow the path of irma. We constantly update it. Also, well send alerts straight to your phone. 6 07. Coming up, man on fire. Details on the brutal crime that has Police Looking for a violent suspect. Plus, Hurricane Hunters. Well show you the view from the eye of irma as a team of weather experts flies right into the storm. We are keeping close watch of hurricane ma from the ground as well. A live view of mt. Myers, florida. You can see the palm trees knocking around in the wind. Well keep you posted as soon as we learn more about when irma may make a direct hit and landfall. Thats coming up. Third graders today. Their new gogurt tubes are easy open. And p. E. Consists of sitting around on mats. Hippies. Oh, mom, making them eat their favorite snack in the back seat. Whatever happened to eating at the table . Thats what cup holders are for. If youd have told me three years ago. That wed be downloading in seconds, what used to take. 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Meteorologists say ten inches of rain fell in just four hours. This as irma continues to barrel its way toward florida. All right, now lets switch gears for a bit and talk about our local forecast. Current conditions is where well start. Temperature of 55 degrees, the reading in philadelphia. 49 this morning in allentown. Yet again, very lucky to say this, knowing whats happening in florida. We have a Beautiful Day ahead. Well go from 52 in wilmington to this afternoon, some mid 70s. 52 as well the temperature in atlantic city. And our water temperature sits at 70 just outside atlantic city. On our radar and satellite view, a clear picture overhead. No rain, no cloud coverage to track. Well see that when sunrise hits, but really, this is a nice start to our day. Just a light jacket will do the trick as you head out the door. Lets look at the conditions through the rest of the day. We go from 55 this morning at 6 11 a. M. , to 69 around the lunch hour. And theres the 70 i was talking about. 4 00 p. M. , 70 degrees and we could go up to 75 for the forecast high. Notice the winds today. Theyll be coming in from the northeast, and thats going to keep temperatures yet again at bay. We should be right around 84 this time of year. Its going to stay in the 70s in the Lehigh Valley. And well end with the jersey shore. 54, the reading currently with Clear Conditions and winds at 10 Miles Per Hour. Look at that temperature at 2 00 p. M. , 70 degrees. By 4 00, we are looking at a temperature of 69 with the onshore breeze that starts to drop the temperature down in the afternoon. Cooler at the shore, but a very pretty picture as well for us. In a few minutes, well talk more about Hurricane Irma and some of the impacts that will be felt across florida. Thanks for that. 12 minutes past 6 00 on this sunday. Coming up, manchester rocks. How music lovers across the pond are hoping to reopen this site that deadly terror attack. Plus, Hurricane Irma is getting closer and closer to making landfall in florida. But the Sunshine State is already feeling the impact of this storm. Well have more on the conditions there. Well show you some more live pictures throughout the morning. Well be right back. Y2bphy y5yy 6 14 on this sunday. We continue to track irmas impact on florida. This is a live look at the streets of homestead, florida. Between miami and the keys. If youre driving from miami to the florida keys, key largo, key west, you would potentially travel through homestead. The category 4 storm is passing over the florida keys with Hurricane Force winds and drenching rain. You can certainly see it here. Heres what we know right now about the storm. More than a quarter million homes and businesses florida have lost power. Most cities are ghost towns as millions fled for safety this week. In total, officials told about 7 Million People to evacuate florida and parts of georgia. Conditions are deteriorating, and theyre continuing to get worse in miami. Thats where nbc10s christian is joining us from this morning. Hes in north miami with a look at whats happening there. Good morning. I can tell you the weather is just awful out here, to be honest with you. Take a look at some of the conditions were facing. The wind is basically the biggest factor at this time. We have also seen lightning in the back, but the wind is the real problem here because its creating a lot of debris. A lot of trash on the roads. And this is becoming a big hazard for drivers. I say drivers because we have seen a couples just kind of passing by here throughout the morning. Now, the other issue that folks are having out here is the rain and water. Especially those neighborhoods near the bay, near the shoreline. We have seen a couple streets with some accumulation of water and also some minor flooding. I talked to police and they say they have had reports of downed power lines. Overall, some of the neighborhoods are pretty much quiet. Most of the businesses are already taking every single step they can to protect all of the area like this gas station here which they have all their pumps covered in plastic and their Convenient Store basically boarded up at this point in time. All about patience and just letting the storm take its course. Were in north miami, nbc10 news. Right now on the nbc10 app, you can track Hurricane Irma in real time and get updates and alerts sent straight to your phone about the storms path. 6 16 right now. In other news this morning, Philadelphia Police are trying to track down a violent criminal who tied up a man, stabbed him several times, and set him on fire. Yesterday, officers and firefighters were called for a house fire on overbrook avenue in the overbrook neighborhood. When they put out the flames, they discovered the victims burned body. Theres no word yet on who may have done it or why. Overseas in england, manchesters arena reopened this weekend for the First Time Since the terrorist attack earlier this year that killed 22 people. As you can hear, a cheering crowd packed the arena for a Charity Concert that featured noel gallagher. Back in may, a suicide bomber set off his device at an Ariana Grande show. Were learning more about the heroism scene as Hurricane Harvey. The Houston Dive Team saved 3,000 lives and they did it in four days. They saved 300 people from one apartment complex alone. They also helped recover the remains of those who didnt survive, including of their own, a fellow officer who drowned trying to get to work. Pretty difficult to see him laying there in uniform. Usually you can see yourself in that uniform in that position. They were risking their lives rescuing others, some of the dive teams family members were evacuating their own homes. The dive Team Captains own house flooded and he couldnt even make it back to see the damage for five days. Officials are warning to get out of irmas way if they can. If those images from houston arent enough to make you do it, i mean, maybe this would do it. One group of Hurricane Hunters is flying directly into the eye of the storm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration known as noaa are sending planes into the system to collect data to help meteorologists make accurate forecasts. Some folks i suppose, are taking advantage of the strong winds from Hurricane Irma. This obviously was earlier yesterday before the stormy conditions really set in. You can see this kite blowing around key biscayne yesterday afternoon, before the storm neared florida. Looking over miami and the areas around florida, just rough weather they have been dealing with, and its only getting worse as we go through our sunday. Heres a look at radar and satellite. We tracking the eye of irma right now, just to the south of key west. Now, what were looking at here is this red, orange, yellow that you see wrapped about halfway over that doughnut center that you see. That is the area of heavy, heavy rain wrapped with very, very strong winds. In fact, winds are sustained at about 130 Miles Per Hour. I would suspect at least maybe ten miles upward in that area around the orange where the wind are around 130 Miles Per Hour. Then they quickly to weaken as you extend farther along out of the storm, but the focus is that this is the area thats going to be moving right over the keys, and the problem is that thats just flattening, destructive winds moving over those areas. We have our watches and warnings in place. Now, the whole state of florida you can see except for a part of the panhandle is under a hurricane warning, meaning this is happening. The storm surge is going to be worse right around this area right here, from 10 to 15 feet. The storm surge potential. Thats the rising of ocean waters moving inland. The water has nowhere to go so it goes over land and causes devastating flooding. Storm surge has been lowered, though, along the southeast corner to 3 to 5 feet. Why . Because if the track is farther west then the hardest hitting winds that pump in the storm surge hit more here instead of here. Thats why thats dropped a bit to 3 to 5 feet. Still could lead to considerable damage over parts of miami. Look at the future wind gusts. This morning, close to 130mileperhour winds starting to pick up in key west. This is a model, but i think this is correct as the eye starts to move over. Then watch as the numbers start to bump up farther north. Nearly 100mileperhour winds in miami. Damaging conditions there. 80 for ft. Myers. From 5 00 to 7 00, we have over 100mileperhour winds for ft. Myers as the Storms Center starts to ride the coastline. As we go overnight into tomorrow, you see the winds strengthen over parts of tampa and orlando. In fact, were right around 80mileperhour winds for orlando by 3 00 a. M. Overnight into tomorrow morning. This is going to be quite an event. All of sunday and into monday as well. Follow the track. Heres where the heaviest will extend. Notice, both sides of the state are hit with these heavy rain bands. Not like one spot is going to be better off in florida. Panama city and further to the west here, and then they get it by your monday. So 1 00, now looking like possibly a secondary landfall. Possibly still a fairly strong hurricane at this point. Dropping, i believe, probably after any land interaction near tampa, but the heavy rain bands are going to extend into parts or georgia and the carolinas. Heres the deal as we go into tuesday, the rain starts to approach us, and by wednesday, we should see some showers in our neck of the woods as a result of irma. By the way, today, things will look nice, mostly sunny. Looking for that. Thanks, krystal. Coming up, getting ready for game day. Well tell you more about what carson wentz is thinking as the birds get into their Season Opener in washington. Thats coming up later on today. , our coverage of Hurricane Irma continues as the storm inches closer and closer to making landfall in florida. This is a live look whats happening on the roads in homestead, florida, toward the east coast, just south of miami. Well show you more scenes from the storm next. Across the florida keys this morning, the governor is warning everybody on twitter this is a very deadly storm. He says now is the time to stay safe and to stay put. This is what it looked like just within the last few hours at the bay of biscayne. This is new video from our nbc10 crew in miami. As you can see, the rain is pouring. Thor is whipping up over seawalls. The wind, of course, is blowing, and the real concern here is the storm surge. Were going to continue to watch this throughout the morning and keep you posted. the annual Midatlantic Emmy awards were announced. Nbc10 and telemundo 62 led the awards. We were honored for our coverage and the coverage of the delaware prison break. Congrats to all the winners at nbc10 and telemundo 62. Lets head to south jersey. A Camden County School District renaming a gym in honor on a long time public servant. They dedicated the barry m. Wright gym yesterday. Wright spent 27 years as a Police Officer before becoming the mayor. 6 26 right now on this sunday. Help is already on the way from our area aof the expected mass Power Outages in florida. Randy gyllenhaal is live in new jersey with more information for us. Those Power Outages are piling up in florida, so crews from across the country including right here in new jersey are beginning to pack up their supplies and head south. The crews from morristown, new jersey, going down to help. Behind us me, our area looking at a quiet, clear picture today, but a very different picture for Hurricane Irma. Well check out both situations locally and down in florida coming up. Heres a live view of the pretty picture start our day over center city. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. Get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only 24. 90 more per month. Our lowest price ever on this offer. But only for a limited time. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. That breaking news, Hurricane Irma barreling toward florida, getting closer and closer. Churn toward the coast and over the keys. This is nbc10 news today. Im rosy c rosemary connors. Irma strengthened to a category 4 overnight. Right now, communities all over the course are getting hit from Hurricane Force winds. This is a live look at the streets of homestead, florida. Homestead is just south of miami between miami and the keys. You can see that rain coming down, the stormy conditions set in. And really, anybody who is still in florida, time to hunker down and stay put. Nbc10 first alert meteorologist krystal klei is keeping close watch of irmas path and also tracking our weekend weather. Krystal. Well begin with irma. Look at radar and satellite. A very clear picture of where irma is and where shes moving through. Over the keys. Were just about to see the eyewall approach the islands here, so i would expect say in the next hour or so, were going to start to really see those wind gusts cranking up over the islands, and unfortunately, that mean smz of the devastating, damaging winds moving through the area. You see the outer bands of the heaviest rain stretching all the way out to f myers and looking south of areas of orlando. Scattered storms all the way up to jacksonville. Lets talk more about the eye of the storm here. The deep reds you see wrapping around the clear hole, that is called the eyewall. Thats the area of strongest wind gust tz, very heavy rain, and look at how close it is to the keys now. Just miles away. The center of the storm less than 30s away. So were now tracking just by the minutes when landfall will occur over the islands, and it looks like key west will be one that is impacted before this starts to ride along the coast of florida. Here are the current conditions. 130mileperhour winds with irma. That makes it a category 4 hurricane. Its moving at 8 Miles Per Hour to the northwest. It may impact parts of st. Petersburg or tampa before it does move over the panhandle of florida. Track this out through our sunday. We go to sunday, not a ton of movement here. Fairly slow. Only 8 Miles Per Hour, but its going to really bring major storm surge to this area of florida. Still a category 4 as we go through to 2 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, this is when we could see land interaction, somewhere between ft. Myers and tampa, it looks like. Its going to be a close call, and this is going to continue to ride up and through the panhandle here as we start going from monday into tuesday. By wednesday, its starting to push some of that moisture our direction. Well talk more about irma, some of the impacts throughout florida, coming up. All right, thanks for that. Heres what we know right now about irmas impact. This is the first time two consecutive category 4 hurricanes have hit the united states. Dont forget, we just had Hurricane Harvey in houston. Irma is expected to do the most damage to the florida keys since hurricane donna in 1960 on the same date, september 10th. Irmas assault began hours ago. 18 million or more could feel the effects of this massive storm. Dont forget, its wider than the state of florida. With winds gusting well over 100 Miles Per Hour and 12 inches of rain or more expected in some spots, this is going to be a big one. Plus, a storm surge that could reach 15 feet. Hurricane irma is now impacting our state. Millions of floridians will see major hurricane impacts with deadly, deadly, deadly storm surge. And life threatening winds. Oh, my gosh. This is also the largest evacuation effort in u. S. History with some 7 Million People in florida and georgia ordered to leave. The storm is bringing lightning, heavy rain, Hurricane Force winds to the west coast of florida. Thats where the path appears to be headed right now. Again, the east coast is still going to feel this. This is what it looked like overnight in ft. Lauderdale on the east coast. The rain was coming in almost horizontally because of the strong winds. Now to irmas impact, more the east coast. This is viewer video from miami. You can see the flash of lightning strikes and palm trees being torn apart as the storm moved in overnight. Homeowners did all they could do to protect their property from irma. Folks boarded up in jacksonville yesterday to keep the rain out. Jacksonville is farther north up the eastern coast. Many left messages for irma to stay away, spare them. This morning, utility workers from our area are heading to florida to help out with power problems. We know theres already plenty of Power Outages in florida and theyre expected to worsen. Randy gyllenhaal is live in morristown, new jersey, where dozens of employees will leave in the next few hours. A few have already started arriving to gear up their utility trucks begin that long drive south. Look at their headquarters. Theyre making that hourslong trip to lake city, florida, to stage their west of jacksonville until the storm passes. Were told the trip could last as long as four weeks. Thats about as long as some Power Outages ing the worst areas could last. Even with the eye of the storm still hours away from landfall in the main part of florida and an hour or so from key west, already seeing a lot of downed power lines and trees in the miami area. Transformers blowing up. We know the florida keys are now dark. 300,000 statewide without power. Florida power and light officials are warning that 4 Million People could see outages by the end of this thing. That would be historic. Were also hearing about crews from pennsylvania leaving this morning about 10 00 a. M. , theyre taking a caravan of about 30 trucks. Crews from all over the country are heading toward florida right now to help the state recover after the storm pass to get back up and running. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc10 news. Thanks for that, randy. Nbc10 is keeping a close watch on irmas potentially historic devastation. You heard the governor say it, they expect this to be a deadly storm. Were going to continue to watch it, keep you posted. Well be updating everything onair and online. Make sure you have the nbc10 app. New overnight, two shooting victims in the hospital in critical condition. This happened in philadelphia, north philadelphia. One of the victims was shot near 18th and cumberland streets. The other was hit around the corner. One victim is 25 years old, the other is 19. Police have not made any arrests yet in this case. Lets head now to Delaware County where a house fire broke out overnight on angora avenue. It took crews just about an hour to extinguish the flames. This morning, a suspect is in custody following the Sexual Assault of a 5yearold child. There are few details in this case. What we know from police is it happened on warrington avenue in southwest philly. The victim went to the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia for treatment. We are seeing new video this morning of some Good Samaritans frantically trying to rescue a driver who crashed his pickup truck into a river in new castle county. The driver did not make it. Get out. Get out. They tried. The 42yearold driver went off the riverwalk boardwalk in wilmington and landed in the river. Two Good Samaritans climbed into the pickup to try to pull the driver to safety, but they couldnt get him out before the truck went under. Authorities ultimately pulled the victims body the submerged pickup. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Investigators say foul play is not suspected. Our coverage of Hurricane Irma continues as storm gets closer and closer to making landfall. This is a live picture now from miami. You can see those winds whipping. Well show you more scenes from the storm coming up. Been trying to prepare for this day. And im still not ready. The reason im telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that. Youll never be ready for. Your little girl getting married being one of them. Sunday. We continue to track irmas impact on florida. This is a live look at the rain pouring in ft. Lauderdale. You see that reporter in the distance holding on for dear life. Leaning into the wind because of how strong is. Conditions will continue to worsen throughout the day. That flooding is only going to continue to rise. This is a different view from miami. The streets of miami, theyre getting flooded as well. Boats are being torn from their moorings in the miami area as the storm sets in. We continue to warm irmas path. Keep in mind, these pictures we just showed you are on the east coast of florida. Irmas path is coming up the west coast. Krystal klei has the details on that. Krystal. Were going to be looking at irma coming up in a bit. I want to for a moment talk locabout our forecast. I will say were very lucky to track a Beautiful Day ahead. Theres not a lot to discuss. Were at 55 in philadelphia right now. 50 in the pennsylvania suburbs and 50 in new jersey. Upper 40s for the Lehigh Valley and delaware at 52 degrees. Look at all the live cameras, no problems at all. Sunny, clear. Now that the sun is coming up, we can see the picture and how gorgeous its going to be. Radar and satellite view. Theres the clear map over us. I would show you if there were rain clouds moving in. Scattered clouds this afternoon like we saw yesterday, but thats about it for us. Lets go through the temperature trends. 57 at 00 a. M. 69 at noon. And then 73 by 4 00. In philadelphia, low to mid 70s like yesterday are again in the forecast today. For the suburbs, 66 degrees lunchtime. Sunny at 4 00 p. M. And 70. Scattered clouds for the Lehigh Valley, also at 70 degrees. In delaware, 72 and sunny this afternoon. Mostly sunny in new jersey, 72 as well. Some highs may make their ways to the mid 70s officially. And along the shore, low 70s. Some clouds and an onshore breeze. Youll notice breezy conditions. Now were looking at irma. This is the radar satellite loop. Its showing how close landfall now is for the florida keys. Its been moving through the strait of florida. As a result, it powered up to a category four overnight. What were looking at category 4 strength winds, 130 Miles Per Hour, likely in the arch you see to move over the keys. Coming up, well talk more about irmas winds and about the storm surge. All right, thanks for that. Lets take another live look in florida rights now. This picture coming to us from miami. You can see those winds just whipping, and you can see lights out in many of those buildings. Presumably, thats because people have left the area. We do know, though, there are Power Outages being reported this morning. Well show you more scenes from florida, and as krystal mentioned, have the latest on the path coming up. 6 45 on this sunday. We continue to watch as Hurricane Irma battered florida. The storm moves slightly west again. Irma is already impacting power for hundreds of thousands. But Florida Power and light says it has more than 16,000 workers ready to respond. The largest prestorm workforce in u. S. History. The storm swelled up this water spout off the coast of ft. Lauderdale yesterday. A Tornado Warning was issued, but the spout did not make it to land. Hurricanes can quickly spin up weak tornadoes and water spouts. Something well be watching in the hours ahead. Cuba is waking up to devastation from Hurricane Irma. Irma made landfall on the northern coast as a category 5 storm before losing a bit of strength. Now, as we have been telling you, its a category 4 storm. The cuba coastline is studded with all new inclusive tourist resorts as travel restrictions have been lifted over the past two years. Buildings are destroyed, streets are flooded, and power is out for thousands. Pets are also in need of rescue from Hurricane Irma. The Providence Animal Center in delaware count is receiving more animals. 20 dogs arrived there on thursday. The transports planned for today and tomorrow, a total of 62 irma dogs, so to speak, will be at the rescue up for adoption. One of the areas in the storms path is the city familiar to many philadelphia sports fans. Clearwater, near tampa. Thats where the phillies spring training home is located. Every march, folks from our area head down to spectrum field to visit the tiki bar and get a look at their favorite ball club. Well keep you posted on the storms impact on the teams facilities. All right, lets start by looking at Hurricane Irma. This is on radar and satellite. What we see here is that the eye of irma is now closely approaching the florida keys. You see the bands of heavy rain are extending all the way through into florida now. In fact, scattered storms that are stretching all the way up to jacksonville. This is now an entire state event. But the biggest impact point, the keys now and southwest florida just a little later today. Thats where the most damage is likely due to the strong wind gusts on top of the extreme storm surge that is expected in those areas. The Biggest Issue being that, remember, this is swampy everglades areas so the water is going to be held really tightly once its in, the flooding will be easy to spread throughout this southern tip. Lets talk more about the close approach that we do see of key west here. This heaviest rain that you see, the reds, the oranges, the yellows, thats also where the strongest wind gusts are located. Look now, moving over some of the islands. Theyre starting to feel those strongest Hurricane Force winds. Already, they were at that 74mileperhour and above mark. But this storm is packing 130mileperhour winds, so its likely those are starting to hit the islands right now as we speak. Lets discuss the storm surge effect. Were going to see now that the track is more west, only 3 to 5 feet in miami. Thats still destructive, but not as destructive at the 5 to 10 feet likely along the keys and the 10 to 15 feet likely along the southwest portion of florida. Stit a calgory 4, it will be not over land, but the wraparound effect thats going to force the water inland and bring the high storm surge values. Still around 6 to 10 feet near ft. Myers and 5 to 8 feet near tampa as it continues to progress to the north, it will start to weaken over the panhandle. Now lets discuss winds because were also concerned with how strong the wind gusts are. Like i mentioned, this red circle shows us Hurricane Force winds. 74 Miles Per Hour or higher. I have to point out that this storm is pushing 130mileperhour winds. At this core, thats where you find the winds and theyre right over the keys as we speak. As we go through the afternoon, the problem is they will be brushing up against southwest florida. Thats just damaging, destructive winds throughout our sunday afternoon. As we go into early monday, now this is approaching tampa. And then it will start to drop down and weaken in strength as i showed you to a category 1, but even effecting some of the panhandle. This is going to be a long event. I didnt even point out the fact that that yellow circle covers the whole state, which means everywhere in the state will see the Tropical Storm winds. Lets shift gears and talk about us locally. Degrees, our forecast high today in philadelphia. Mostly sunny across the map. Another gorgeous day for us. In the suburbs, 73 degrees, and 74 in delaware. As for our winds today, those are not going to be a big issue, but you will notice the winds outside. A little breezy, and those winds are coming in from the northeast, which keeps the temperatures a bit below average. Right around 10 to sgaep mien15 hour. 75 for sunday, 77 on your monday. We see this uptick, the temperatures near 80, which is near average for this time of year. Some of the moisture from irma may start to impact us by mid work week. Oh, happy football sunday to you. Danny pommells from csn, your friendly neighborhood sportscaster with all the fields. Eagles football here in a matter of hours. The birds in washington in the Season Opener. Year two of the Doug Pederson en wentz duo. Year one started with a bang and faded down the stretch, but with several key additions on offense as well as defense, expectations high for the birds this season. What better way to get things started than with a division rival . Definitely more excited because its one, but to go down in washington, divisional rival to start the year, couldnt have asked for a better scenario, honestly. Its an exciting time. Like you said, we both are kind of aware of each other. We know kind of everyones tendencies. They have a new defensive coordinator, so some different things, but at the end of the day, its going to come down to players making plays. We have to handle that environment. I believe we can do that. And its going to be a fun one on sunday. Hard to believe the birds back on the gridiron once again. How about penn state hosting pitt in happy valley yesterday . The nits, the number four team in the land. Plus, heisman candidate barkley, huge game last week, looking for more. First quarter, already 70, penn state. Second td of the quarter. Fourth of the season in two games. 140, penn state. Theres a reason he was preseason all american. Third quarter, 143, and barkley, catch me if you can touchdown. Another huge save for the offense. They beat pitt. Temple and nova in south philly yesterday. Temple punches in a td right before the half. A oneyard run makes it 130, owls. But nova mounting a comeback. A tenyard td pass, and its 1310. The cats later tie it. One minute to, knotted at 1313. Money when it matters most. A 49yard field goal is your game winner. Owls knock off the cats and secure the mayors cup. To the phillies. Like the eagles also, nbc this weekend playing the middle game of the series with the nationals. Second inning action, down a run until the rookie phenom continues the torrid start to his career. Goes down and gets one. Solo blast, his 14th. Were tied at 11. Next batter, franco, good for you, even better for me. Back to back. A homer of his own as the phillies jump ahead for good. They hang on down the stretch and beat the nationals 54. Well, a member of the philadelphia freedoms Sloane Stephens wins the u. S. Open. A great day for her. Im Danny Pommells from csn. Quick note for our eagles fans out there, due to coverage of hurricane ur, our preview of todays eagles redskins Season Opener will be airing this morning on cozitv. At 9 00 gameday kickoff, you can found it on channel 248 verizon. Well be right back. It is a massive storm. Hurricane irma is certainly leaving its mark on southern florida. The keys are feeling the brunt of the storm right now, with Hurricane Force winds, conditions are quickly getting worse in the southwest part of the state as well and on the east coast. This is a look at the conditions in miami. A live look. The governor is warning everybody to stay inside until irma passes. Were going to be falling the conditions throughout the morning on the air and on the nbc10 app. Back in our area today, two races will remember the Fallen Heroes of 9 11. The first will be at 9 00 in pennsauken. The Travis Mannion Foundation will host the tenth annual heroes run. The second is at 2 00 this afternoon at the Chester County Justice Center in west chester. That also benefits the Travis Mannion Foundation. Marine corps lieutenant Travis Mannion was killed in iraq in 2007 while trying to draw fire away from his fellow wounded soldiers. A new miss america will be crowned tonight in atlantic city. Miss america hopefuls showed off their shoes yesterday during an annual pageant tradition. The contestants paraded down the boardwalk in colorfully decorated shoes that represent their home state. 6 57 on this sunday. Help is on the way from our area ahead of the anticipated mass Power Outages across florida. Nbc10s Randy Gyllenhaal is live in morristown, new jersey, with that part of the story. Randy. Reporter and rosemary, take a look. Crews from pse g have been gearing up all morning. Theyre going to take these utility trucks, more than a dozen of them, down to florida to help restore power. Coming up next, well hear from these folks as they make their trip south to help out the state of florida. And take a look at a close view of Hurricane Irma. The eyewall is impacting the florida keys. Well talk more about this, plus our local forecast. A much different picture, a much quieter picture here in cape may. The details are coming up. Been trying to prepare for this day. And im still not ready. The reason im telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that. Youll never be ready for. Your little girl getting married being one of them. Hurricane irma is about to make landfall in florida. The storm is pounding the keys. Packing a punch with Hurricane Force winds. This is a live look along ocean drive in miami beach. The east coast wont get the direct hit, but it is still at risk for some severe damage. Good morning. This is nbc10 news today. Im rosemary connors. Its 7 00 on this sunday. Were watching aspects of Hurricane Irmas arrival to the united states. It is still a
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