The surge could be the greatest danger. Multiple reports of tornados. Heres what we know right now. Category 4 storm. 130mileperhour winds. It was a weaker category 3 yesterday but gaining strength as it hits florida. More than a Million People are without power. 7 Million People in florida, georgia, South Carolina have been told to evacuate. Our Abc News Team is from the caribbean up and down florida. We begin with world news anchor david muir in naples, expecting a hard hit in just a few hours, david. In fact, just moments ago, george, the emergency manager in naples saying now we have to wait for the storm to get here. The eye is going to be extremely close to naples. And he makes a good point. It doesnt matter whether its category 3 or 4. It will bring a lot of devastation to this area. They are very concerned about the storm surge. The forecast still holds, george, anywhere again 10 to 15 feet storm surge. They will see saltwater very high in this community. For a significant amou
Are sustained probably just below Hurricane Force when you get to the top of the building, because they dont have anything to stop it. The other angle is the wind and the rain, just horizontal sheets of rain battering here in the brickell section of miami. Well have to take a look when we go over the bridge to see what kind of impact the water is having downtown. The water is coming right off the river into downtown miami. Look at this wave action here, this is like a noreaster off the coast of new england. Ive seen waves like that, but not an inland water way. This is not the open waters of the atlantic. Gosh knows what the waves look like out there on miami beach. This is quite the visual that weve had all morning here. And for safety reasons, were going to be packing up here and heading to Higher Ground so we can get out of harms way. The surge is starting to come up, were expecting about a five foot surge. Weve seen the water ramp up, we want to be safe. Later this afternoon the wi
People as barrelled through the caribbean and puerto rico. Were waiting for an update from the governor, rick scott and we will bring you as it begins. We know more than 6 Million People were evacuated from florida. It includes roughly 1 3rd of the states population. Not everyone was able to or chose to get out. Take a look how Hurricane Irma looks on radar, in some area, the rain and winds so strong, emergency crews are no longer able to respond to sfts calls. Were going to take you live. This is a live picture in West Palm Beach. This is actually inside of a News Conference were waiting on the governor to give us a briefing on the storm so far and as he steps to the podium well bring it live. In Fort Lauderdale, a Tornado Warning was issued. Take a look at this video. Appears to show a tornado forming, residents have been urged to stay inside and to hunker down. A man riding out the storm in key largo captured this piece of video as the strong winds ripped off a piece of the roof. Di
Its 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 00pm in florida, which is bracing itself for the terrifying force of Hurricane Irma. The storm has just made landfall on the us mainland after smashing its way across the atlantic, destroying thousands of buildings in the carribbean. Some small islands have been completely flattened and at least 25 people have been killed. In the us, 6. 5 million residents across the state of florida have been ordered to leave their homes, and more than two million buildings are without power. Aleem maqbool begins our coverage from miami. They warned miami would flood, and it has. Irmas massive downpours and ocean surges combined to inundate the citys financial district. As thousands from the city hunkered down in hurricane shelters, others captured dramatic footage of the storm coming through. That is the road in front of our house. This surge, im going to go with seven feet. This man is one of those who defied the orders to leave his home. He was live
Dark. Downtown miami swamped even though the storm passed well west of the city. On . On floridas west coast, drone damage showing wind gusts of 42 Miles Per Hour, winds were so strong they caused the tide to recede into the gulf of members colorado can you see people there walking up, taking pictures, its an unbelievable site there. This morning, Hurricane Irma will continue to move over the western peninsula before move nook southeastern states. Overnight, Miamidade Police saying 28 arrests have been made so far because of burglary and looting. Our affiliate wtlv in st. Augustine, theyre getting heavy rain bands, give us an update on what you have been see sock far this morning. Hey, good morning, as you can tell, heavy rains right now in eight augustine the winds proceeding. We measured it a few minutes ago, over 46 Miles Per Hour. Already this parking lot flooded and the lights just went out. Right now so were standing, you know, as close as we can to the power source as i move up