One arena waiting for hours to get in. We dont have anymore space. Others hunkering down wherever they can. This is the worst. Trying to ride out this storm. I wont lie. Its definitely frightening. Our david muir and amy robach on the ground in florida leading our Team Coverage with all you need to know. This is a special edition of good morning america, Hurricane Irma, monster storm. Good sunday morning everyone. Hurricane irma is making a flow and terrifying treacherous march up the west coast of florida as a massive category 4 storm calling this the big one. This monster storm just made landfall a short while ago in the florida keys. We have fresh images of key west already seeing heavy flooding overnight irma gained strength. It is now packing 130 mile an hour winds, rain and catastrophic storm surge and on top of all of that tornados. We have learned we can call it a killer, at least three deaths blamed on irma. More than 6 million floridians have been told to evacuate. 124,000 pe
Up the coast and when it gets here, ginger said the biggest concern is the storm surge, thats the case here. I talked to the mayor earlier. He told me the same thing. 10 to 15 feet storm surge well inland. 10 to 15 feet of salt water moving at incredible force both in the beginning of the hurricane and sweeping back behind it. The winds picking up already. We saw a giant tree go down next to us and debris everywhere and once the winds reach about 100 Miles Per Hour, gusts up to 125 as we just saw in that map t model that just came out. Thats going to be sustained for quite some time and theyre expecting considerable damage. I want to head back to amy robach in south florida in miami. Amy, you had 100 mile per hour winds in south florida as well . Reporter we are in the worst of it right now. It is certainly strong winds here, up to 82 Miles Per Hour gusting now. Hurricane forced winds here in downtown miami. I wanted to point out that the streets are starting to flood. I heard ginger m
Lets drill down in the metro. At 1 00 tomorrow morning it will be cloudy. Temperatures in the 40s. To the west, the rain will move in. Advance to 3 00 a. M. The cold air turns to snow around the blue ridge and north. Rain moving in the metro area at that time. At 5 30 in the morning and the transition from rain to snow will move right in the metro. From i59 corridor to the west. Rain and moderate rainfall. Colder air comes in overhead first. Even though the temperatures will be above freezing we will see it change to snow. The system will be a fastmover. By 8 30 in the morning, most of the snow will be about to exit stage right off to the east. As that is happening, it will have put down a coating of snow in the metro area. Maybe slushy accumulations, up to an inch or so. Not much at all. Mostly rain south and east. Dont have to go far north. Winchester, frederick, one to three inches. More to the north. The Old Fashioned february snowstorm when yu the metro area. We have more about th
On the scene at the truck. But the police are still investigating. Reporting live downtown at the National Mall. Horace holmes, abc7 news. Alison thank you very much for the latest there. We will get back to you if we need to. Cameras were there when piles of mail pulled from the sewer. Now the question is how did it get there . A spokesperson apologizing for the customers impacted by this. The case has been referred to the inspector general. Today, the d. C. Water spent several hours trying to clear out this sewer system. On this miserable day in may. The d. C. Water crews filled 25 stinky mail from the catch basin and the sewer system at anacostia avenue and douglas street in northeast washington. They are doing their best to resolve the issue for some time. There was quite a bit of mail i pulled out. We are talking bundles of mail with different addresses on it. Many residents complain until yesterday it had been a week since any mail had been delivered. We could go days without mai
Was shot by police. Or if he was simply captured. Again, a lot of unknowns at this hour. Well be staying with this throughout the newscast and as soon as we get more confirmation, more information well pass it along to you. Jonathan all right. Jennifer, thank you for that. Michelle we should mention we have a live crew on the way. As soon as they get to the location well update the story. Right now police are searching for a newspaper vendor who stabbed someone at a metro station this morning. Jonathan this happened at ad dyson road station at the addisson road station. Stephen tschida has the latest on the investigation. Stephen 8 30 this morning, the man was walking away from the addisson road road metro station. When the witnesses say the newspaper guy chased him down and stabbed him. The 24yearold victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. After a day in surgery. He is now stable. Tonight the search is on for that newspaper man. Witness says the man who hands out expr