Rescue wing are prepared to leave this morning for florida. They will help provide search and rescue support for those affected by Hurricane Irma. Now, many of these men and women have just returned from texas and hurricane harvey. They say despite the short turnaround, theyre ready to help. The consensus as far as emotion is concerned is however big or small the task at hand, we understand what is at stake, which is lives. Reporter now, last night, ten vehicles and 60,000 pounds of gear left menlo park with task force three search and rescue. About 80 members are deploying. Most are flying but some are driving 2 1 2 days to provide Hurricane Irma relief. Now, some say that this quick turnaround has never been done before, but despite that, they are ready to get into action and to help. Live at moffett field, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. Thank you. Mike nicco is keeping careful tabs on Hurricane Irma. Thank you very much. Hi, everybody. As expected, irma did weaken just a little bit as i
The damage so far and where the storm is right now. Were tracking it all. And a good friday morning to you all. Im diane macedo. And im nick watt in for kendis gibson. New advisories overnight have more of south florida under a hurricane warning. The storm is currently passing between the bahamas and cuba on a direct path for miami. Irmas winds have diminished a little, but at 155 Miles Per Hour it is still a category 5 or category 4 hurricane. The red on the map shows areas under a hurricane warning including all of the metro miami and the keys. The hurricane watches stretch all the way up to vero beach. Mandatory evacuation orders cover at least 1. 2 Million People in florida. All Public Schools and colleges are closed today and monday due to the storm. Now, airlines are flying larger planes in to try to get more people out, but it is still very difficult to get a flight. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is in miami and joins us now with the latest. Stephanie, good morning. What are you seeing .
Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning, natasha. Yes, we just got here. We have just learned the woman who was inside this home is 69 years old. Shes at the hospital right now, in critical condition. She is on life support. Firefighters say she was very disoriented. They heard her banging on the wall inside the home asking for help. So they had to go in and rescue her. Her 71yearold husband got out okay. Firefighters say she might have been struggling to get out of the house because there is so much stuff inside. They do consider this a horder situation. They had trouble getting access to the home, getting in there and getting to her. They think that this fire started in the garage, possibly with the barbecue. The homeowner mentioned he had tried to start it earlier in the day and that he did hear an explosion. So possibly, the gas was left on. They are still investigating the fire. This is on silvia at shirley here in pleasant hill. They got the call at about 2 15 this morning. The