Family. [inaudible] abby Hurricane Irma an hour away now from the eye of the storm making landfall on the west coast now bracing. Hundreds of thousands of the entire mayor. Sustained winds of 130 Miles Per Hour and could reach 15 feet in some areas. Others are forced to stay behind. Team coverage this morning. Pete with Griff Jenkins on the ground right now. Reporter in naples the wind is terrible. Its about 25 come in maybe 30 miles, but it coming and key west which is just minutes away from a direct impact with 130mile per hour winds are near to the west coast. They are hunkered down. Officials here describing it as a worstCase Scenario because you will have high wind combined with storm surge. The mayor telling me the biggest concern is storm surge. The west coast of florida will take the water row. Just behind me to bring it back in. Upwards of 15 feet above ground level search starts hitting here, it is going to absolutely flood everything and you do not want to be there. Thats wh
Radar composite. And the white shows you the cloud cover shield, which still goes from cuba all the way to clouds now. If you walk outside in North Carolina and look up in the sky, those are the clouds from irma far to your south. The green shows you the rain shield. All the way now approaching central sections of georgia and south carolina. And we still have rain bands down there in the florida straits. I can estimate it would take me about 15 hours to drive that far, to go all the way through this storm. This is the eye of the center as it made landfall, as we went throughout the 4 00 hour near marco island. And now it still hasnt even reached the i4 corridor here. Its taking its sweet time. I want to point out we still have tornado warnings in effect. One is for the titusville area. Look at this outer band. It comes up approaching areas in the bahamas. It comes back up into the space coast. And there is probably 70 Miles Per Hour wind gusts like that. We had a tornado warnings with
This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. The destruction in the florida keys, population 75,000, is staggering. Fema reported today that Hurricane Irma destroyed a quarter of the houses. Nearly twothirds of the rest have major damage. President trump will go to florida thursday to see for himself what irma did to the state. The storm is blamed for least six deaths in florida, three in georgia, and four in South Carolina. We begin tonight with Elaine Quijano in ramrod key, just east of where irma made her initial u. S. Landfall sunday morning. Reporter it is miles of destruction, house after house, block after block, roofs torn off, boats on the road, and r. V. S mangled in trees. Irmas path of destruction cut through the florida keys. Residents in islamorada, who didnt evacuate, came out to look at the damage. This was a big part of my life. For 15 years ive lived here. And its just you know, in one moment its gone. You know,
On. America cannot be intimidated. And those who try will soon join the long list of vanquished enemies who dare to test our mettle. Ainsley this is a fox news alert. At least 10 people are dead and alabama is under a state of emergency as tropical depression irma moves north. Steve Something Else to worry about. The monster storm bringing whipping winds, historic surge and even spinning up tornadoes. Brian all right. Right now 13 Million People remain in the dark as evacuees return to their homes hoping for the best. Expecting the worst. Ainsley we have Team Coverage across florida. Jillian mele is live in orlando. We have Griff Jenkins is naples. We will begin with you there in naples, griff. Whats the latest there . Good morning, guys. Its all about patience here in southwest, florida as they try to work furiously to clear the roads of the trees like the ones you see behind me and restoring power to the millions of floridians that have lost it across the state. In the keys they are
Onshore this way, wolf. The storm will track up here. Flooding here, wind damage here and here and then flooding from this side, too. So because were going to move it right up and its as big as the state, if not wider, with Hurricane Force winds, everyone will see damage. I dont think there will be any True Community that doesnt lose shingles maybe a window. Be very careful when tried to get in or out of your house if you are staying, because when the wind blows those doors slam shut. And let me tell you, ive seen it. And peoples fingers get caught in the doors. Wind howling through it. You dont expect it, bam, in trouble. Try to go to the hospital and the winds blowing 100. Please, please, be careful here and have some cash. Today is the day to get cash. When the wind blows, power lines go down, and also the le electricity down, credit cards dont work. When you need something, you need cash. The storm comes around 2 00 tomorrow afternoon. Miami finally see 50 mileperhour wind gusts. B