airport closures, the ripple effect now, and this hurricane now headed inland. headed straight for orlando before then tracking north. alerts at this hour up across florida, georgia, and now the carolinas. our meteorologists ginger zee and rob marciano on the ground tonight with our team across florida. also, the acting deputy director of noaa s national hurricane center right here with us tonight. what concerns him most as we head into the evening hours. the other major news this wednesday night, the u.s. state department now urging americans to leave russia immediately. the american embassy warning russians may force americans with dual citizenship into military service. and the allegations involving russian sabotage into the pipeline that would deliver russian natural gas into europe. ian pannell inside ukraine tonight. in this country, the major news tonight on alzheimer s. a potential breakthrough. a promising new drug and what it s shown so far. also tonight, poli
roads have been impassable. you see the devastation. you see how difficult that is to be anywhere near. carrie sanders was actually in the storm as the eye was making landfall. there is the wind speed as i m standing next to building. i can just take a knee here. okay, you guys got it. i m going back up. this is really hard. you get the idea. that s power that s mother nature that s the power of mother nature and that s what citizens have been urged to evacuate for. the journalist you see have safety techniques as well as back up to try to deal with covering the safely. but appreciate their service. it is going to push to florida. it s just gonna come in here for a second. it is a slow-moving aspect, eight miles per hour they re bracing for two months worth of rain according to estimates that will come down in a matter of days. we it is live in naples, ali, what are you seeing in your report? outer bands, it is a dirty end of the storm. obviously, this part hit us. a
Its still packing a massive punch. More than 2 million homes and businesses are without power. Jay gray live for us in naples tonight. Reporter good evening. We are in the heart of Downtown Naples right now, and every direction you look, there is water moving in. There are trees down, power lines down, and there is still more to come from irma. Ravaging the keys early, irma is now unleashing its fury across the state. Hurricane force winds tearing away roofs, tossing aside signs and testing the limits of most everything in their path, including two massive construction cranes seemingly hanging by a thread. Driving rains mixing with a storm surge that continues to push water into places its never been before, including brickell in downtown miami. Water covers the only road in and out of the keys and its inching closer now to homes in ft. Lauderdale. Hoping for the best, thinking of one another. Worried about our friends. You cant help but worry. Reporter this couple was pulled from thei
Without power tonight. And were talking about winds topping out at 140 Miles Per Hour. 60 miles north of West Palm Beach on the eastern side of florida. The damage in the florida keys now clearly visible. And youre looking tat right there. House to house searches going to start tomorrow in the keys. From the bay area to florida we begin live in myanmar, florida. It has been a tense 24 hours. A lot of stress, a lot of high emotions. Reporter that is the perfect way to describe exactly whats been going on around here. You can see behind me its clearly dark but this is one of the streets that still has power. But this is of course only minor compared to damage weve seen in other areas. And of course weve seen a dramatic change compared to what we were seeing a few hours ago with the whipping winds and the bands. I know that hurricane warning for the area has been down graded now to a Tropical Storm warning. What that means is theres still the threat of seeing strong, gust aTropical Storm
The northeast of tampa. For the record, it made land fall in the florida keys. While many did evacuate, some decided to ride out the storm. Officials are launching housetohouse searches looking for people who need help and assess the damage. The damage is widespread across the united states. Power has been knocked out to 5 Million People. It could be out for weeks in neighborhoods that are most difficult to get to. Most of floridas airports had to be shut down and are today, including the states largest, miami international. M. I. A. Sustained significant water damage. It needs to conduct tests to see if flights can continue tomorrow. We have a lot to cover. With well start with dylan in gainesville, florida. Good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Yeah, the storm has been affecting us all night long. Its been amazing. We are in North Central part of florida dealing with the effects of the category 1 hurricane. Last night, we picked up a foot of rainfall. The rain is coming down