place. that was 12, maybe 13 years ago. sandra: adam housely, thank you for your reporting on that. well, federal corruption investigation rocking the world of college basketball. more questions. we ll have that on the other side.
signs of life. rescue teams dug through rubble and crawled into crevices to search for survivors. more than 200 people are confirmed dead. adam housely is live from los angeles. i have been talking about the little girl who is trapped where 25 teachers and students have died. this is playing out over and over in town after town. i know they expect the death toll to climb. what are you hearing? yeah, they do. right now it s 225 officially. we re still not getting information from some of the smaller municipalities and cities outside of the capital city. those same teams we ve seen in haiti and other places where the rescuers go quiet because they re literally listening. they have things spray painted on the buildings which mean silence. we know the l.a. 2 team urban search and rescue. we ve seen them work in japan.
the city. it really does remind you of the picture we saw in haiti where the building collapsed and they did find people some 20 hours later. we re hoping that s going to happen here. there s a lot of teams coming to help out. harris: we talked to some reporters about the heat, the sun. he said it s not humid, but you do need water if you re trapped. adam, thank you very much. absolutely. harris: let s talk weather now. there s an army base on puerto rico. eight trucks are ready to roll packed with food, basic necessitys. how our military is playing a critical role in recovery of hurricane maria. the storm that just hit them. plus, what area will monster hurricane maria hit next? does the storm pose a threat to the united states east coast? that s what we ve been watching for. we re going to bring back our chief meteorologist to track the storm. stay with us. this is me when i feel controlled by frequent,
mike: welcome back to fox news channel s continuing live coverage of hurricane irma as it rips a path of damage and destruction through florida. melissa: we have been watching some amazing images all day and evening since the storm first blew ashore in the florida keys overnight. it is still on the move at this hour. mike: let s check in with fox news meteorologist adam klotz. adam? taking a look at the system as it continues to slowly march its way up the coast. center of circulation is about 35 miles north of fort meyers. the initial leading band, the eyewall is where you will see pack the biggest punch with the very strong winds with that as that continues to lift. but everything north of that is beginning to see the bands drop very heavy rain, strong winds and we continue to see at least the possibility here of some tornado activity. tornado threats across the state as you are looking at this tornado warned area. these spots in the pink highlighted area, that s a tornado warned s
adam was telling you about what was happening in the atmosphere, i don t understand all that, i just know when things drop 15 degrees and it is chilly out here, things are changing in the atmosphere. this is a displacement of the atmosphere when the storm moves to the north. it was a stunning thing to think about how hot and humid it is in orlando on a typical day like yesterday and how considerably colder and chillier it is now when the storm moves through. i will guarantee you this, tomorrow when the storm passes, we will have blue skies and it will be hot and humid again in the state of florida tomorrow. melissa: it is amazing. it really struck me when you said that before because of course you would think that you would be boiling there in that raincoat basically, but as the temperature changes as the storm flows, it s interesting to see what happens and we hope that you all stay very safe out there. yeah, you bet, sure will. you know, rick leventhal was complaining about his gea