As [ indiscernible ]. Reporter good evening from Miami Dade County where we have been seeing wind and rain for the last 15 hours or so and now tornado warnings. Folks know this is just beginning as millions of people in this state prepare for landfall. Florida is starting to feel the effects of irma. Hi winds and rough surf are pounding key west. The storm is tracking farther west after passing over cuba. Those along the gulf coast are in the storms crosshairs. Ken ward and his friends are scrambling to save his business in tampa. If the surge comes in, our bottom floor will be gone. Reporter more than 75,000 floridians are in shelters. Evacuation shelters along floridas west coast are filling quickly. Mike weaver fled to the other side of the state thinking he was escaping irma. The thought was that it was going to be on the east coast. Reporter others are trying to go back home creating reverse traffic jams. Reporter officials are warning residents that they are very much in danger.
Out there in a car trying to stay safe. Trees are almost horizontal from the very strong winds and water whipping around the city of miami this morning. This is what it looked like last night before irma mainland fall. That winds was Strong Enough to up root some trees. This one was tossed in the air before falling on a car and smashing it. The eye is passing over the florida keys. After losing steam, irma has again ramped up its power and reached cat 4 strength. That means packing winds up to 130 miles an hour. Right now, 1 million homes and businesses across florida have lost power. We have Team Coverage on Hurricane Irma this morning. Lets begin with meg oliver, live in miami. Meg. Reporter the gusts of wind are so powerful right now. We just left the ground floor of this hotel and moved to the balcony because it was getting too dangerous with flying debris. There is a tree behind me thats fallen down. There is the threat of tornadoes and of course storm surge. Also, i want to point
Solve it, but other than that fans might have to toughen up to live up to the emergency kerr 49er faithful moniker 49er faithful. If green bay fans can brave a10 degree day, why cant 49ers fans brave a 90degree day . Theres absolutely no reason why not. Kpix5s emily turner at so he snow kpix5s emily turner at sonoma shows us how the heat is affecting the wine harvest. Reporter winemakers say they have not seen a season like this ever in the decades upon decades theyve been working here. So while they may have fewer grapes this go round, they say after the year theyve had theyll certainly have an interesting wine at the end of it. Its been a wild ride weatherwise for the bay area this year and no one feels the effects of that more than the people who rely on Mother Nature for their bounty. In Sonoma County the winemakers there have had their hands full and their harvests a little less so. I have never seen a year like this year. It is the whackiest year without exception. Reporter this
Jongun, th wptonaet be around much longer. If that speech, he said the insi insults made a misattack on the u. S. Inevitable. The pentagon says its ready to provide the president with options to deal with north korea. We should note the u. S. Has not officially declared war on north korea. Aside from different interpretations of president trumps tweet. The arkbc 7 news app sent out ts alert this morning. Download the app for updates throughout the day and breaking news as it happens. New calls for president trumps impeachment. Sky 7 over this new billboard on the oakland side of interstate 80 as you get off the bay bridge. It shows president trumps face with the word really big, impeach. The Courage Campaign commissioned the billboard to encourage congress to begin impeachment proceedings. President trump is sounding out again this morning over the nfl anthem protest. A day after players across the league demonstrated against Police Brutality and inequality, the president tweets many p
Thats where we have the slowing. Itll take a while to recover. Plan on that delay. Meanwhile, over towards the bay area, big concern still under 20 ft. Collins highway 4 to the bay bridge toll plaza where the meters loigts are, no waiting for you. Back to you. New this morning, a fight breaks out during game one of the bay bring soerz in oakland. This one didnt involve players. Looking at new video showings fans and ball park security ball park throwing the punches there. Pete is live with the as spobs this morning. Reporter good morning, scott, lar ra, and the Security Company is through a third party. Now things did get heated where the fellow Security Guards had to eventually pull her away. Now this morning, there are plenty of questions regarding exactly what led to that fight. Now the east bay times report that fans are saying the guard was looking for someone specific in the top deck of the coliseum, even pointing and gesturing at that person before that fight took place. Now the