Finishes churning through the caribbean where its leaving a trail of death and destruction. At this hour florida is bracing for a direct hit from the extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane that is irma. The governor of the state, along with his counterparts in georgia and south carolina, are pleading with residents in irmas path to evacuate and seek shelter immediately. The storms 185mileperhour sustained winds make it one of the most powerful ever seen in the atlantic. This is what we now know. Florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and lifethreatening winds. We expect this along the entire east coast. At least 13 deaths are blamed on the hurricane. All of them happening in the caribbean islands. 59 of the buildings in barbuda have been damaged. Of course, abc 7 news weather meteorologist Spencer Christian is following irmas path. Heres a look at it, Hurricane Irma, category 5 storm continuing to plow through the caribbean, passing directly over tonight as
South florida, maybe near the every glads every gladz, maybe near everglades, maybe miami. Unless there is a change in that pattern, that could certainly happen. We are getting closer, we are get intoing the window where the acura seep improves. Low clouds yesterday where many did not see the sun. Off and on drizzle with light rain. That has since moved ouf. Another low has dropped in. A little cooler on these lows. 50s and 60s for your temps. The delta breeze which was howling yesterday has calmed a little bit. You see the circulation right there, thats the next drop in. It will be headed towards southern california. Tomorrow, 60s, 70s, and 80s. But it does look warmer as we look into the weekend. We finally made it here and here we are. Traffic is moving along okay if you are driving on the altima pass. I think getting on the road early today will help. Right now it looks good to livermore and really all the way into the bay area freeway system. This is a look at the 880 north and so
Clark. Lets talk about your friday weather. Steve paulson is here. Ive been reading across the country. Detroit wants it. Yeah. There is a revitalization of the area. Caesars areasonis opening, where the red wings will play. Taking a look at the Hurricane Irma. Category 4. Unfortunately, the track, everybody is pretty close here, either a little jog towards key west or a little bit towards miami. Probably will be somewhere in the milled but the european model has been very, very good on that. Well keep you updated in about ten minutes. Low clouds giving way sunshine. Well bump up a little bit after a cool day. A lot of 70s. One week ago, we were blazing hot. Today started off 50s and 60s. 59 gilroy. Campbell, cupertino the 58. Look for more sun today. Another low drops. This one hits Southern California first and comes back here early. 70s, 70s and 80s on your temps. 5 02. Hello, sal. Hello, steve. Good morning. Good morning to you. Taking a look at the track right now, a pretty good s
The last flight leaves tonight at 9 30 from Miami International airport. What has the mood been like there in miami . Reporter i think its become more and more desperate over the last couple of days. Ive been here since wednesday. Its now friday. People are recognizing the severity of the storm and theyre taking it very, very seriously. I asked 1 guy how he felt earlier today. He told me here everybody is very anxious. They certainly want to put this storm behind them and the waiting game is not fun for anyone at this point. As we can imagine. Kenneth craig live for us in miami. Stay safe out there, thanks. Lets get the latest on irmas position from chief meteorologist paul deanno who has been tracking this storm. People talk about hurricane andrew in 1992, that one kind of popped up and strengthened its of nowhere, so there wasnt that many, many days of being anxious. Weve watched this out of nowhere, so there wasnt that many, many days of being anxious. Weve watched this. Watch the w
Tomorrow. We have live coverage for you. Give us a sense of where things stand right now. Reporter were outside in florida. Weve seen the conditions drastically change from what we saw the past couple of hours when irma was really slamming this area. But were still having to deal with a lot of debris on the roads. Palm trees on the roads, which still makes it a hazard as were trying to get through. See even though it may seem like things have calmed down in this area, its still dangerous for folks to drive in. I want to show you what are some of the hardest hit areas just as irma was making its impact. Hurricane irma showed no mercy. Collapsed at least three cranes under construction in miami. Video captured dramatic moments as the cranes danged from a high rise building, posing a dangerous threat to the neighborhood below. Tens of thousands of people in search of safety. For those taking cover inside the germain arena staying dry proved to be difficult. Confirming a leaking roof just