Tonight, several breaking headlines as we come on the air. The category 4 Hurricane Bearing down on the u. S. At this hour. Winds up to 145 miles per hour. This is an extremely dangerous cat 4 storm, only a few hours from landfall. Authorities tonight warning of, quote, Unsurvivable Storm Surge. Blinding rain and winds already, Mass Evacuations under way as time now runs out. Families trying to find shelter in the middle of a pandemic. Authorities concerned about too many families staying put, trying to ride this out. Louisianas governor tonight activating the entire National Guard. Meteorologists ginger zee and rob marciano, both live in the storm zone tonight with the latest track and timing. Also developing as we come on, chilling images on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin. A 17yearold from a neighboring state now accused of opening fire on demonstrators protesting the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Two people killed, one wounded in the chaos. The alleged gunman arrested, hundreds
immediate path. we got turned down for buses because my mother has corona. reporter: in austin, frustration when evacuees from the storm zone hoping for hotel rooms were told there were no more vouchers. they were supposed to have, you know, something for us. give me a tent, i don t care, something. reporter: and tonight, concern over pets and livestock, too. in winnie, texas, officials shutting down a bridge to help ranchers get 1,100 cattle to higher ground. back in galveston, mark and jenna metzger are staying in part to keep an eye on their 90-year-old neighbor. what about the people who will say, you re absolutely crazy for deciding to stay here? well, then they ve never been in this situation before. you know, a lot of people that choose to ride out these storms, like our neighbors and myself, we ve been in these situations our entire life. reporter: david, here in galveston tonight, officials are most concerned about strong winds knocking out power and also the storm
what we were seeing in the corpus christi area yesterday where it was sort of like a ghost town as the storm was moving in. people were out and about in galveston. some walking along the shore because they felt it was safer. even though it s still a dangerous situation. we know here just east of here is boliver peninsula. there was a bad fire there. at least three homes burned, and imagine trying to fight a fire in these wind-whipped planes that have been reaching 75 miles per hour here. we know at least three homes there, and we don t know what sparked that fire, but once it starts trying to fight a fire in a situation like this, can t be easy. francis. it s interesting. i did notice that where those people with less urgency, i guess, is the way you could put it there with it being a tropical storm in that area. there is that sense of a fascination when it comes to a phenomenon like this to be able to see nature in its fury and those spectators who went out there on the beach to see