Destructive Hurricane Irma is, and so does the sound, just listen. That image is from st. Martin, the island got hammered, so did nearby st. Barts. As always we should say that these numbers are very early and fluid. Elsewhere, just take a look. This is the island of barbuda, at least one death reported there. These are some of the first pictures of the devastation taken from a chopper flying the Prime Minister of barbuda and antigua over the scene. I spoke with the Prime Minister moments ago. Well play you that interview shortly what he we saw. He calls it unprecedented. In his words, he says that barbuda is barely inhabitable. And now these storms are destructive, with people having no way out in puerto rico. And exactly where this on the continental u. S. May hit, just how hard first. Lets go to layla santiago, who is in florida for us, what are the conditions there . Reporter anderson, we are still starting to feel the winds, feeling them for several hours now as irma is near the n
Weather event. Right now, it is moving past puerto rico to the north of puerto rico. Cnns leyla santiago joins us from san juan. How have conditions changed since you and i spoke last hour . Reporter well, you know, anderson, it would be the winds continue, there is still some rain. Irma is just that way. Just north of us. But, you know, i think its a sense of relief among people here that its not as bad, were not feeling it as one expected this morning when there were concerns of this being a catastrophic event. And so since theres not a direct hit, people here are sort of having a sigh of relief. Not the message from government officials, however, who are saying do not let your guard down because, yes, there are some heavy rain bands just north of us, and we will still experience that heavy wind. So that means we could have other problems like flooding that comes into the area or Power Outages that are already an issue here in puerto rico. This is u. S. Territory. So the u. S. Govern
Breaking news top of the hour, Hurricane Irma one of three hurricanes out there right now stronger than the other two, obviously, stronger, in fact, than any hurricane ever recorded in the atlantic. This is what it did to the island of barbuda, the island according to Prime Minister, barely habitable. Communications out. Airport runway has been crippled. The Prime Minister estimating 95 of structures on the island, 90 to 95 sustained damage. One fatality we know about. A toddler according to the Prime Minister. Several killed on st. Martin that also took a hit. Officials there also reporting widespread destruction and according to the National Hurricane centers ed rapaport, one model of the storms track puts it directly over the miami area which could bring, in his words, a once in a generation weather event. Right now, it is moving past puerto rico to the north of puerto rico. Cnns leyla santiago joins us from san juan. How have conditions changed since you and i spoke last hour . Wel
Because this was out of the cone yesterday. We always say follow the cone. Remember the cone is wide. St. Croix wasnt even in it yesterday. What happens after that . What happens after that 70 mileperhour wind goes throug puerto rico . It will make a run at florida as a category 2 or higher hurricane. This is the storm right now getting a lot brighter in color overnight. That means the center is getting more intense. Still a 60 mileperhour storm. But you can see it on radar from puerto rico. Not quite there yet but it will be a center of circulation as it moves over that area 37 where does it go from there. There are models that take it up the east coast and now make landfall in north carolina. There are storms here. A lot of models here all the way down to almost west palm. So were going to have to watch where this goes and when it gets there. Right now its on its way to puerto rico. Okay, chad. We know you will get at least hourly updates and bring them to us. Puerto ricos government
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