Guthrie live from new york, and lester holt, live from florida. Welcome back to this special edition of today, sunday morning, the 10th day of september, 2017, 11 30 on the east coast, 8 30 out west. We came on the air 6 00 a. M. Eastern time. Weve been watching the conditions deteriorate. Yet its still early in this whole process. Weve got places like tampa, major population centers, potentially bracing for a direct hilt. Lets get the latest on what its shaping up to be, an historic storm. The southern tip of florida began to feel irmas impact on saturday. It didnt officially make landfall in the keys until just after 9 00 a. M. Eastern today. As expected, irma actually gained strength overnight to a category 4, with 130mileperhour winds. Utility officials in florida say more than a million customers, i think its 1. 4 by now, are without power. Thats a number thats been climbing and is expected to climb throughout the day. Heres going to put that in perspective. Irma is so massive a s
Are sustained probably just below Hurricane Force when you get to the top of the building, because they dont have anything to stop it. The other angle is the wind and the rain, just horizontal sheets of rain battering here in the brickell section of miami. Well have to take a look when we go over the bridge to see what kind of impact the water is having downtown. The water is coming right off the river into downtown miami. Look at this wave action here, this is like a noreaster off the coast of new england. Ive seen waves like that, but not an inland water way. This is not the open waters of the atlantic. Gosh knows what the waves look like out there on miami beach. This is quite the visual that weve had all morning here. And for safety reasons, were going to be packing up here and heading to Higher Ground so we can get out of harms way. The surge is starting to come up, were expecting about a five foot surge. Weve seen the water ramp up, we want to be safe. Later this afternoon the wi
The most expensive and demand for the phone had been high. A lot out there. I hope people take them back. The northbound lanes of i had 75 in hernando are closed. Troopers were on the scene afternoon fatal accident. Avoid the area. Can you see the traffic and all northbound lanes of closed right now near brooksville. Following a deputy involved shooting in hernando where the deputies were called out to ridge top loop. And according to report as Health Care Worker notified 911 about a suicidal person who had weapons in the house a deputy and sergeant trained in intervention tried to use less lethal means. The suspect the person inside is they have not identified the person who died. An effort is successful. Manatees stuck in a golf course pond are back in the crystal river. They were trapped during hurricane hermine. And aaron mesmer has been following this rescue effort all day. And did all go as planned . I think we can call this a success. The animals are and 2000 pounds. Another one
Boca raton youre all going to see the possibility of strong storms in the matter of 30 to 4 minutes. Ill be back with more, constance. Guess what. Were starting to see some sprinkles on alligator alley, you guys. Heres a live look. You see theres some dots there covering the leadership this morning. Julie said it was coming in. If youre taking your kiddos to school this morning, going to work. Was that lightning . I think that was. Use caution. Its going to affect your commute. Weve got other things to get to. We have reports of a crash reported right off of caribbean boulerd westbound at southwest 147th avenue. Also some road debris that could slow down your commute just a little bit on your eastbound lanes at the dolphin expressway at northwest 17th avenue. Finally a reminder for anyone traveling in downtown miami. I95 southbound at seventh street is shut down after a really bad accident yesterday. In fact your alternate route, biscayne 12th avenue. We have to get back to that breaki
Why did hotel staff agree to let a man who turned out to be her stalker book the room next to hers . This is dangerous. Its a red flag. You dont go, fine. Why the hotel claims it did nothing wronon today, wednesday, february 24th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welclme to today on a wednesday morning. Its willie again for matt. Day three of th flu for mr. Lawyer lauer. We hope hes feeling okay. Feel betttr, matt. Donald trump with a massive win in nevada. Commanding winn it was a landslide for trump. He dominated every key voting block, giving him more momentum heading into super tuesday nex week. Another nail biter. Marco rubio edging out cruz, with a few more votes yet to be counted. Well talk to donald trump and senator rubio a moment from now. Lets start with the weather. A powerful storm system spawning tornadoes from louisiana to florida overnight. More is expect