Resort island of barbuda is in ruins. Stephanie ramos live in florida with the latest. Reporter this morning there are people trying to make a mass exodus out of florida as the monster storm raging closer to the coast and grows stronger. Irma is inching closer to south florida with winds 160 Miles Per Hour. The storm shifting farther west the eye of the storm on keys in florida. Nowhere in the florida keys will be safe. Were running out of time, the storm is almost here, if youre in an evacuation zone you need to go now. Reporter more than 5. 6 Million People have been asked to evacuate, many living in lowlying coastal areas. As time runs out, people are trying to escape the storm. Traffic so bad on the three main routes out of south florida, some people abandoned their cars because they have run out of gas. Those trying to get out by air finding themselves stuck, Fort Lauderdale airport closed. Miami International Spending all flights. Those trying to get in hoping to get a last minut
Strong winds thrashed boats around violently in miami like they were childrens toys. Stephanie ramos in miami with the latest on irma. Reporter Hurricane Irma is roaring into florida. Were seeing some side way rain, you can see behind me the trees being pushed and slammed by very strong and intense winds and this is just the beginning. The day florida has been anticipating is here. My gosh. Wow. Reporter in south florida, trees are down, streets are flooding. You can really start to feel the wind and rain coming down. Im getting blown away here. You know what . Were going to send it back to you, its getting a little dangerous the state put on notice. This is not a storm to mess with. I can hear the how long, i can just he imagine the amount devastation thats taking place. Reporter the storm tearing itself away from northern coast and head towards key west before moving up the states west coast im pretty emotional. Just had to console a coworker who is pretty devastated hes going to los