Area is unsafe. Right now, it is a hurry up and waitituation with hopes that the main repair equipmenthat they need will get here soon. Were anticipating it will be open before rush hour. Theyre basically saying they haveo get the equipment in here, fix the roadway and once we get the okay from the engineer that the roadway is safe, we will be happy to open the roadway. Reporter as as of now, the troopers are not telling us how this happened, how this thing came undone from this lane here thats being called a bridge joint. Last night is when the reports first started coming in. There were f ur cars damaged. Flat rims, flat tires. This is why this road has been shut down because of the b bdge joint over here coming undone. If you have to get to the so once again, it is a hurry up and wait situation. Theyre waiting for that essential equipment to come in. You heard from the trooper there theyre hoping they can get there here in time to reopen the roadways at 4 oclock. For now, we are liv
But it doesnt really make landfall. Lets move this a little bit further to the north. Doesnt really make landfall until you get up towards the tampa st. Pete area. Is that possible . Certainly looks like it. This has been one of the most fickle hurricanes. We can have all the greatest computer models in the world and they could tell us Something Different because the environment has changed, how it intersects with land may chang, how the sea surface temperature may change. There are all kinds of different variables to forecast out monday a different couple of days is very difficult. This is looking at the forecast radar, we go right now and put it into motion and it brings it up across the florida keys. And by the way, just about everyone in the florida keys has lost power. I saw a report from a woman who is in great pine key, thats just to the north of key west, and she said, i have about 8 inches of water in my home. Well, do you think thats just because of the rain fall, no, they ha
Chase. These make cleaning between myi love easy. Sy. Gum brand for healthy gums. Soft picks, proxabrush cleaners, flossers. Gum brand. Hello, everyone, thanks for being was. Im Michael Holmes live in orlando, florida. And im isa soares coming to you live from miami, youre watching cnns continuing coverage of Hurricane Irma. Well the day florida has been dreading is finally here. Hurricane irma now a dangerous category 3. Is already lashing the florida keys with hurricaneforce gusts and it is expected to strengthen in the coming hours as it draws ever closer to the u. S. Mainland. Irma shifted slightly west during the day, sending many people on floridas gulf coasts to emergency shelters. Almost 200,000 customers now without power. It could be many hundreds of thousands more in the days ahead. The governor pleading with everyone to still evacuate while they still can. If you have been ordered to evacuate you need to leave now. This is your last chance to make a good decision. Evacuatio
quickly. i know you re outlining the path it ll take but for our viewers in florida keys, those in naples, sitting there watching wanting to know when they should expect it. you said 24 hours, any idea in terms of time? because it has slowed down in its forward progression and moving northwest at 6 miles per hour, not 16-mile-an-hour. yesterday said it ll be about midnight on a saturday going into sunday. now we re saying sunday, late night. but there are comparisons that are being made to hurricane donna, back in 1960. why do we mention that? because irma has taken a similar path right across the lesser an tillies, turks and cay kos, north coast of cuba then made a turn towards the north, moved