Gets. Nowhere in the florida keys will be safe. You still have time to evacuate. The dire warning coming as irma is projected to be a category five storm with sustained winds as it crosses the florida keys this weekend. The video you see right now is a new video we got a moment ago. This is destruction in the caribbean island. Just to give everyone in the path a sense of what could happen, why it is so crucial to evacuate, the storm is deadly. It is record breaking and about to get Even Stronger before it hits the United States. Residents at this hour are still trying to get out of harms way. It is a mass exodus and one of the biggest in history. Right now it is the last call for people to flee. In a matter of hours it will be too late. And First Responders are warning they will not be able to save anyone during the storm once it hits. The stunning image that you see right there is from the space station. It shows irma, massive and terrifying, moving towards florida. Many times bigger
Cars. The rain came, affected the driving. So it takes a little bit to do a lot. Chad myers, most of what im saying ive been learning from you. Im still waiting on picture out of cuba. Our Patrick Oppmann is holed up right now in a closet with his crew because its been so bad. But what are you seeing and what does it add to your expectations . The eye now of irma has moved offshore of cuba. Our Patrick Oppmann right there, so hes finally going to get away from that purple band. And why is it purple and not red anymore . Because thats the next level of coldness on the satellite. The storms are getting stronger around the eye. And the eye will begin to get deeper in pressure, lower in pressure, and the storm will continue to strengthen as it is right now. Hurricane Hunter Aircraft is in the plane trying to get there. The Hurricane Hunters will probably be another hour before they actually locate the center and tell us what the new pressure is. Ft. Myers, your wind gusts will be 136. Now,
Caribbean, setting its sights directly on florida. One of the strongest forms ever to form in the atlantic. There is a dangerous storm surge, trees falling. Power cut to thousands. Also just coming into cnn we have brandnew video. This is just in from the caribbean island which has been completely without communications all day. Take a look. Devastation as far as the eye can see. The Prime Minister says upwards of 90 of the island that has within destroyed. Nasa releasing brandnew images. It is incredible to look at this. This is stunning as you watch it scroll for just a moment. This is the eye, including the most damaging winds outside that eye. Those winds right around the center there moving at an astonishing 185 miles an hour. When you see it like this, its almost a beautiful and ser reen thing, but we want you to hear, to hear what its like to be caught in the middle of those powerful wind bands. That is saint martin. The interior minister there telling cnn that some of the stron
New forecast comes out at the top of the hour. Do you have it . What is it saying . We sure do, don. In fact, the men and women of the National Hurricane center, the best in the world, have really been actually in front of the schedule. So were grateful to are that. Heres what we know. Still a category 2. Notice the brighter colors fanning out on both coasts. You would expect some weakening. It has dropped 5 Miles Per Hour. Its down to under 100 Miles Per Hour sustained winds with gusts near 120 near the center. Notice the loss of color around the core. Were seeing pressures rise, which is showing signs of weakening. Dont let this fool you because we still have Hurricane Force winds extending out from the center a good 80 miles. Earlier in tampa we had a gust of 78 Miles Per Hour when anderson was there, i know we just had a gust of 60. Its approaching the tampa area. We do have a slight difference, as expected, in the shift to the east because we had a little wobble in the eye. Instea
Daytona beach where you have seen the drama of the wind and the storm surge affecting the shoreline. 4 Million People without power. 6 million were forced to evacuate. With the light of day, because, again, 4 Million People without power, were among them, here in naples, we will begin to see the devastation. This is not about the past. Its about the present. Sarah . Reporter yeah. Another band of strong winds coming through, though they have died down. We are hearing breaking news that authorities have decided, the Police Department has decided to go out and rescuing about 25 people in an Apartment Building. That has been going on the past half an hour. We just talked to the police chief who told us they decided to go ahead and bear these winds because they felt these lives were in danger. There were so many people in potential danger from the flooding that they went out, even though the winds are gusting above 40 Miles Per Hour, which is usually the amount of speed that will stop Firs