Here. The area is also expected to get some of that driving rain very soon but as the storm, as the eyewall gets closer, storm surges as high as 12 feet are expected. Now, these pictures of irma were taken by Hurricane Hunters and you can see this is huge. Wider than the state of florida. There have been so many comparisons to hurricane andrew back in august of 1992. You can fit a couple of andrews into irma. More than 5. 5 Million People have been told to get out of those evacuation areas. Hundreds headed to shelters. In some areas thousands of people. Some spent the night on the road waiting for the shelters to open but for those planning to stay where they are, governor rick scott has these words. Stay together and help each other. Dont get on the road. We have shelters in your community. Go to those shelters. You can go to your family, friends, go to those shelters but we dont want people on the road when the storm starts to hit. Reporter weve got a team of reporters across florida