You see the heavy rain and the wind battering those trees there. Right now, irma is weakening over florida as we heard a few minutes ago. A little over an hour ago it was downgraded to a hurricane 1. Heres what more than three million homes and businesses without power across florida. Miami National Airport closed today and will begin only limited flights tomorrow. And this morning, crews in the florida keys will begin going house to house to look for people who need help. Heres a look at some of the damage theyll be dealing with in the keys. You see debris including furniture, even a refrigerator there along the main road in and out of the island chain. The items appear to have been washed away from homes by the surge that hit the area yesterday. Nbcs katy zachry has all the overnight developments with irma. Were seeing new video of the damage left behind. Walk us through what you have there. Reporter new video in to our newsroom, and i can tell you the damage is widespread, as you would imagine. Communities from the keys all the way north of tampa are dealing with destruction from the hurricane. While the storm has been downgraded to a category 1, the winds are still as high as 80 miles per hour. Earlier at the height of things heres how strong the wind was. It was pulling rooftops from buildings, peeling them away. Practically in layers. This is video from miami and sarasota which sits on the coast between ft. Myers and tampa. Now not far from there in naples, take a look at this. The flooding is widespread. It even resembles parts of texas and houston. This is drone video from the eye of the storm as it passed through naples. Now in the eye, the winds and the rain are calm enough to fly a drone. Thats why we have video. Its one of the first looks at the scale of devastation that were getting. Again, this is over naples, florida, on the western coast. And i can tell you in the last hour, weve been monitoring a scare for First Responders in tampa. Many are staying at the Raymond James stadium where the buccaneers play. It was evacuated for a short time. Were hearing it may have been a false alarm. Sounds like the shelter is still a viable one for First Responders safely waiting out the storm before they get out to help people in need. Live in the digital operations center, nbc10 news. Thank you. 4 03. Irmas impact is being felt in our area. People in our region who have relatives and friends in florida have been on edge waiting to see what irma will do. Jen morton says her dad, stepmom, and two siblings just moved to the tampa area lest e less than a month ago. They were evacuated from their new home and are now staying with her grandfather. Shes watching and worrying from south philadelphia. Theres nothing i can do from here to help them. And that in itself is another another frustrating feeling where i feel like all i can do is watch and hope theyre okay. Meanwhile, we met the martial artella the martella family. They got one of the last flights out of sarasota. More than 150 employees with pse g are heading to florida to help restore power to the millions who lost it. They should reach the affected areas later today. They will stay there for several weeks. Delmarva crews also on their way. In newark yesterday, 120 employees loaded up their trucks and left. Theyll head to florida or georgia, wherever theyre needed most. Before taking aim at florida, Hurricane Irma left devastation in the caribbean. Days later, people in the u. S. Virgin islands still do not have power, and theres plenty of debris to clean up. And now an organization in our area is helping out. The group v. I. Relief is collecting supplies at the northeast philadelphia airport. We dont want to take away from what people are going through in other parts of the world. We also dont want the Virgin Islands to be forgotten either. This beautiful, image Cam Community that couldnt possibly exist the way it does anywhere else in the world, and its gone. Today the group hopes to load supplies on an airplane and get them to the Virgin Islands as soon as possible. Dogs and puppies rescued from irmas path will soon be up for adoption. The animals arrived at the providence media center. After evaluation, theyll be ready for new homes this week. Dogs and cats also arrived in north jersey over the weekend. They were evacuated from shelters in florida and South Carolina ahead of the storm. An Animal Welfare center in Morris County have heard from a lot of perspective pet owners looking forward to meeting the new animals. Nbc10 has a team of reporters in florida following the storms impact. Nbc10s tim furlong there, showing conditions and the damage on air and on social media. Follow him on instagram. Hes been posting good stuff. You can also follow him on facebook for behindthescenes look at covering irma. Youll see him later this afternoon on nbc 10. You can count on nbc10 on air and on line. Track the path and get instant updates and alerts any time with the nbc10 app. 4 06. Today is a day of remembrance across the country for 9 11, the deadliest terror attack on u. S. Soil. New york is preparing for the annual tribute in light. This is video from last nights test run of the light beams honoring those killed in the attack on the World Trade Center. The actual tribute will happen tonight. The installation was first unveiled six months after the 9 11 attacks. In pennsauken, nearly 3,000 flags at the memorial. Theyre not just meant to commemorate those who lost their lives but pay tribute to police, firefighters, and ems who put their lives at risk every day. The flags will remain in place throughout the night. The steel beam from the World Trade Center is a permanent part of the memorial. In philadelphias old city, a procession from the museum to the betsy ross house will honor the victims of september 11th and those who rushed to help. It starts at 9 59 a. M. , the exact time the last tower at the World Trade Center fell. It ends with two bellringing ceremonies to symbolize the sound that summons firefighters to the call of duty. Across new jersey, flags on government buildings will fly at half staff in honor of the nearly 7 hundred people from new jersey 700 people from new jersey who lost their lives in the attack. In villanovvillanova, famil friends, and fans will pay their last respects to a coaching legend, rollie massimino. It starts at 4 00 p. M. , the funeral is tomorrow at the church. The coach is best remembered for leading villanova to a National Championship in 1985. He was 82 years old. In philadelphia, a driver plowed into several parked cars before hitting and killing a man. Heres the scene from yesterday afternoon. You see the damage to that van there. Investigators say the man hit several parked cars before hitting and killing a 73yearold man. Police arrested the suspect at the scene. At the jersey shore, a milliondollar settlement in a case that the nbc10 investigators have been digging into for years now. Atlantic city must pay 3 million to settle an excessive forced lawsuit. The city has agreed to pay David Castellani for his arrest here outside the tropicana casino in 2013. He needed more than 200 stitches after he was bitten by a police dog during the arrest. A grand jury cleared the officers of any wrongdoing. Well start with the wide view, nice and clear. No clouds, starting out mostly sunny. Just like we saw all weekend long. To the south, a good deal of clouds and the rain extending all the way through parts of georgia and South Carolina. That is moving our direction. Slowly but surely this is going to wrap our way. Well see increasing clouds and chances of rain return to the forecast. Thats during our workweek, not necessarily today. It will take a while to get over us. Today, look at the planner. Not bad. I feel like i mentioned a clear start. 56 degrees at 6 00 a. M. 65 by 10 00 a. M. 74 your temperature by 2 00 in the afternoon. Temperatures will cap warmer than they were over the weekend. Upper 70s for highs. Scattered clouds in the afternoon for partly cloudy conditions. Really another very nice day to kick off our monday. 51 at 6 00 a. M. In the suburbs. Same in the Lehigh Valley, although more chilly to start this morning. Definitely the time of year where the light jackets at least need to be dusted off. Were at 52 in delaware. 6 00 a. M. 72 for the 2 00 p. M. 74 in new jersey. Upper 70s likely for the peak afternoon high temperature. At the shore, closer to the lower 70s, also at 72 at 2 00. Fairly sunny still getting into the afternoon. I expect a few scattered clouds to pepper the sky. The wind forecast, no issues. Breezy today, 5 to 15 mileperhour winds. The winds wrapping in from the north and northeast. Temperatures will be slightly below average. We should be in the low 80s. Instead, a lot of us in the upper 70s. Heres the radar and satellite view. From the eye thats kind of passing near tampa now, its falling apart a bit, to the extension of rain, over 400mile stretch of rain now. The heaviest rain all the way through jacksonville and now into parts of georgia. This is still a very widespread look that weve got of the rain bands that are affecting the region. Take a look, still weve got watches and warnings in place. The areas in orange in the Tropical Storm warning. That means winds above 399 miles per hour. Then you see the areas this red under a hurricane warning including a chunk of florida through today. Well have more about irma and our localform coming up local forecast coming up. Thanks. Its been nice coming to work on the vine. Closed for a good part of the weekend. Construction. Jessica boyington has you covered with first alert traffic. Jessica . Good news now, it its open. The vine, were watching around broad street. Looks like a good drive. Both directions, westbound and eastbound moving to the schuylkill expressway, good to go there. This should be clear already, but i wanted top update you in case, oak boulevard around welsh, there might be residual Police Activity or something there. For now you should be fine once head out. 422 eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill, no delays or problems yet. Remember the route 23 off ramp from 422s eastbound side is still closed for construction. Thats not affecting the drive time as you see here. Average speeds there also into the 60s. Back to you. Jessica boyington, thank you. We continue to track Hurricane Irma as it churns through florida now. And following the storm, new video captures a man facing the hurricanes stream winds head on. Plus, off to a good start. The eagles soar to a win there their first game of the regular season. Where y players say the victory why players say the victory will silence critics. Crowning the winner. Theres a new miss america. Well tell you who came out on top of the famous passagented at the jersey shore. 4 14. Were tracking Hurricane Irma moving through florida north. No deaths in florida, but 24 in the caribbean. Heres a storm chaser. It shows how strong the winds were. The man nearly blown away as he tried to take measurements. Silly looking. He told the today show they were by far the strongest winds hes experienced. Well have more on irmas impact coming up in about ten minutes including a look at damage in cuba. Lets switch gears. Talk about the eagles. They start the season with a big bang. Yeah. They grabbed the division win in d. C. Yesterday afternoon against the redskins. The win ends a fivegame losing streak against the team. The eagles came out aggressive, taking some deep shots in the first half. And then in the second half, the defense slams them with the fumble. They get the scoop here and touchdown. Eagles win 3017. The players say they needed the win to hush up the critics of head coach doug peterson. There was a lot of hoopla with the article that came out the day before the game which was very unfortunate that it came out the day before the game. It is what it is. Doug, we love playing for doug. We dont care what outside people are trying to say. Guys will slam some we gave it all for them. The eagles play again next sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in kansas city where they take on the chiefs who are 10. Kickoff set for 1 00 p. M. Maybe it was motivating for them, the article. I think so. The man at the center of the security scandal for the Defense Department will be featured as part of a conversation in philadelphia tonight. Edward snowden will participate in a conversation at the free library of philadelphia via closed circuit tv from an undisclosed location. Snowden as you know is the former nsa contractor who leaked information about the surveillance activities. He will talk about the surveillance state and what it means for whistle blowers. There are still a few tickets available. Lady gaga made one little boys night. Youll love this. Look at the video from her concert at the Wells Fargo Center in south philadelphia last night. She brought in young fan on stage and sang the edge of glory. The description on twitter says the boys optimism, the singer embraced the boy at one point. Lady gaga will perform at the Wells Fargo Center again tonight. How cool. Gives me chills. Very, very special. Thats nice. 4 17. Weve been focused on irma. Lets talk about our own weather. Lets check in with first alert meteorologist krystal klei and our forecast. Were getting back to work on a monday. Things will be nice for us across the entire region. This morning, chimicully. LeLehigh Valley, 48. The jersey shore at 53. For the current reading. Later today temperatures will be nice, warmer than this weekend. Talking upper 70s for highs across much of the area. Current readings, though, drop into the philadelphia neighborhoods. Were at 60 in society hill. Parkside, cooler, 53 degrees. 54 for parkwood. Port richmond reading 61 for the start temperature. Ive been saying this for a couple of weeks, unfortunately, but light jacket on hand ads i walked in the as i walked in the door. Clear as can be for us over the area. You see the extension of clouds creeping into West Virginia and virginia. That will make its way by this afternoon. Thats mostly going to be high clouds, cirrus. Maybe scattered clouds, lower, as well. Really youre going to see a mix of clouds and sunshine. A nice afternoon nonetheless. 78 the temperature in center city. 76 for the high in lansdale. Mid 70s for the Lehigh Valley the same. 77 in voorheis. Atlantic city, might make it to 76 degrees. And for rehoboth beach, low 70s. Highs today, really just nice conditions, dry, and enjoy it while you can. This moisture is heading our way. So this is the look at irma where it is now, category 1. Just to the northeast of tampa. As i talked about earlier, because of the fact that it interacted with land farther south, tampa missed out on a more direct hit, good news for the highly popular area. The heavy rain is extending up Daytona Beach to jacksonville. Its going to continue moving into georgia, you see, by this afternoon, as well as parts of South Carolina. Alabama looking at the heavy rain band activity moving through. It may stay a category 1, although its more likely it will downgrade to a Tropical Storm by late today and into this evening, especially. Heavy rain by 8 00 p. M. Impacting atlanta. Spreading out and starting to weaken by your tuesday morning. Then the moisture moves our way. Tuesday night approaching our area. And by tuesday into monday morning. We see showers. This is not going to be a washout forecast, flooding is not going to be a concern. On and off showers fire off on wednesday through the afternoon. Still some rain in our forecast. Theres the look at irma. Still a very large system. Now its lopsided. Its all to the north. The south has started to dry out fortunately for parts of florida that were yesterday flooded out due to storm surge and periods of heavy rain. Were still also concerned with winds associated with irma, talking hurricaneforce winds that will be right center near tampa and waning as they move north. The yellow, Tropical Storm winds today over georgia and northern florida. Thank you. Well look at the traffic in south jersey this morning. Jessica boyington has first alert traffic if youre heading out the door. Guys, starting on route 73, our cameras around 295. No major problems or delays right now. Northbound and southbound 73 is good. Also open on the tacony palmyra. We dont have to worry about that either. The 42 freeway looks good. Five minutes in both directions. From the northbound, 55 to the walt, heading into philly, high 50s still. Everythings moving on the 42 freeway. Heres the blue route around the Germantown Pike onramp. It looks good at least both directions here. This is the northbound side moving toward the mid county toll plaza. Nothing to report or complain about yet. I checked on the tacony palmyra, route 73, burlington bristol bridge, nice and clear. Same for the walt whitman, too. Good to go heading over the bridges. Back to you. Thanks. 4 21. Happening today organizers will announce events for peace week delaware that begins next week. Events aimed at ranging awareness and spurs for peace. It will have conversations on understanding islam. Pope mobile danger. How the pontiff got injured going for a ride. And the impact of irma as the storm barrels through florida. Its left behind catastrophic damage in the caribbean. The destruction left in cuba and how the island is working to recover. And sniffing out disease. What your sense why your sense of smell could help doctors diagnose one disease early on. Thats new at 5 00 after the hack. What you should be doing to protect protect your credit after the massive data breach at equifax. Irma continues to churn up strong winds and flooding in florida. Its weakening as it moves north. More than three million homes and businesses without power. There are reports of several tornadoes caused by the storm. Now before florida, irma caused flooding in cuba. Waves up to 22 feet high breached havanas seawall over the weekend. You see any video crews you see in this video crews helped reunite families who were separated during storm surges. The u. S. Embassy in havana. Irma tore down a fence, it ripped pieces from the building and damaged a guard hut there. Washington is proposing the toughest sanctions ever on north korea. Pyongyang says that the u. S. Will pay a heavy price if the sanctions are approved by the security council. In a Statement Issued today, north korea says it is ready and willing to respond with measures of its own. The u. S. Has called for a vote today on new u. N. Sanctions against north korea. The draft resolution on the sanctions includes a ban on all oil and natural gas exports to the country and a freeze on all foreign Financial Assets of the government and its leader, kim jongun. New this morning, the vatican says the pope is fine after he was injured riding in the pope mobile. The vehicle stopped suddenly in colombia, and the pope fell forward hitting his face. He had a cut on his cheekbone. After putting ice on the injury, the pope continued with the rest of his visit. Doctors may have a new technique when it comes to diagnosing parkinsons disease. Researchers from Michigan State university had volunteers attempt to identify 12 common smells. They used scents like cinnamon, soap, gas. They found that people with a poor sense of smell were nearly five times more likely to develop parkinsons disease within ten years. Hurricane irma continues to pound florida as it covers nearly the entire state. A new look at the damage the storm has left behind and where its headed next. Well take you live to tampa for an update on conditions there. The heavy rain bands of irma pushing into georgia. Well have more on the impact locally in terms of rain coming up. Also watching on 95 this morning, our cameras around girard avenue. Looks good so far. Drive times from woodhaven to center city, no problems. There mine so ill be here there might be, so ill be here in about five minutes. Track could Hurricane Irma. Overnight tracking Hurricane Irma. Overnight, the latest on the track. Under water and in the dark. Millions without power and a path of destruction from the keys to the west coast of the state. And help on the way. How local groups are stepping up to help those most impacted by the storm. Coming up on 4 30 a. M. Welcome to news10. Im tracy davidson. Im via sikahema. And we begin with krystal klei and the first alert forecast. The most accurate forecast in town. Conditions today very enjoyable. As ive been showing last couple of day, today another clear start. No rain clouds to track. Instead, were going to be tracking just high clouds starting to roll in in the afternoon for more of a partly cloudy forecast later in the day. This morning, sunny to mostly sunny. Really not bad at all. Lets look at the current temperatures around the region. The chill in the air again. 48 for allentown. 54 in dover. Atlantic city, youre at 53. Trenton, the same, 53 for that current reading. A lot of temperatures hanging tight at 70 degrees. We are certainly starting to see the cooldown across the region. Heres a look at our philadelphia conditions the next several hours. 7 00 a. M. , still sunny, about 56. 10 00 a. M. , 65. Mostly clear, a north push of winds. Into the arch, well make