Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Irma is one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever. Its 1 s 185mileanhour winds wreaked havoc in the caribbeans. One death was on the small island of barba. About 90 of buildings and cars there have been destroyed. Irma is unleashing winds and rain on puerto rico and could make landfall in florida this weekend. Cars are lined up on the highways as people heed the warnings to get out. This is a much stronger storm that we have anticipated. Its stronger than what we experienced in the past, and its better to be safe than sorry. Florida has begun activating its National Guard with 7,000 members being told to report for duty on friday. Tomorrow, 100 pg e employees are scheduled to leave the bay area to restore power to people impacted by Hurricane Irma. We have Live Team Coverage for you. Leeann melendez is at sfo where some flight to florida will likely be canceled. But first, lets get to Spencer Christian with where the st
Zones in a rush to replenish supplies. Most of the gas stations weve been to all day have no gas. Reporter airports crowded with evacuees rushing to catch the last flights out of south florida including tourists forcing to leave their beach front hotel. Everybody has to go. At this point are you planning to ride the storm at the airport . If need be. This is where ill be. Reporter after seeing the devastating impact of irma in the caribbean most recently impacting cuba, bahamas and u. S. Virgin islands, floridans on both coasts are heeding the warnings to get to safety lining up outside of shelters. We move here to get away from Hurricane Harvey but now were here and Hurricane Irma is coming. Reporter at least five of those shelters already at capacity. I dont know where were going to go. Reporter many of those are coming up from the keys that will start feeling the first effects of irma tomorrow morning. Tourists been evacuate everyone on the low lying areas are under orders to leave.
Get out of irmas deadly and destructive way is scheduled for 9 30 p. M. Our time. Almost completely abandoned as that city braces for what is going to be a very difficult weekend. A little while ago the National Weather service in key west tweeted this. This is a government agency. This is as real as it gets. Nowhere in the florida keys will be safe. You still have time to evacevac. Lets again our team coverage. They should take the warnings seriously. Lets check out our Hurricane Irma. Its massive storm. It stretches across the caribbean. Its battering cuba and also battering the bahamas. The eye wall is right over cuba. You can see it stretches 485 miles. Right now we are watching radar returns around the cuba area. They are getting drenched in this vicinity. When you look at the atlantic, there are other storms as well. Hurricane jose nearing the lee ward islands and hurricane katia getting ready to make landfall. Lets track irma first. Its still a powerful category 4 storm. Its goi
And tonight, this image coming in. The passenger jet flying to new york city right beside the hurricane. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night, and lets get right to it. That monster hurricane. The strongest ever on record in the atlantic ocean. Slamming into the caribbean already, turning deadly, ravaging islands, and i want to get back to that video. Just listen to the sound as it slams st. Martin. An extremely powerful storm. So many islands getting hammered. Many americans who cannot get out in time, trying to ride out this hurricane. This satellite image tonight shows the eye of this category 5 storm fully formed there. At this hour, irma tracking toward florida, but there are several other states now in the possible path, and i want to show you this tonight. This image coming in. Thats the eye again, but in the middle there, that is the island of barbuda. Authorities there late this afternoon, reporting at least 90 of the buildings on that isla