And shocker on center court. The moment an up and coming star takes down her idol, Venus Williams. Coming to the finals. We do say good morning, america. As you can imagine it is a very busy friday morning. Hurricane irma continues on the move targeting the entire state of florida. It is being called a worst case scenario. Take a look at the storm hitting turks and caicos overnight. So much destruction across the caribbean already and its not the only hurricane in the atlantic basin. There are now three for the first time in seven years, irma, jose and katia. Were taking you inside the hurricane talking to a Hurricane Hunter as he flies through the giant storm. Incredible footage as you can see right there. Heres what we know. This is the latest. Irma is a powerful category 4 storm with winds up to 155 miles an hour. The storm is being blamed for 13 deaths so far. The eye of the storm is expected to move right over florida, more than a Million People there are under those mandatory eva
And could cause major impacts from coasttocoast. Regardless of which coast you live on be prepared to evacuate. Governor of florida warning everyone who can to get out now. Those that cannot are stocking up. Shelves are wiped clean of bottled water and supplies and sandbags and people are waiting on long lines at gas stations some have run out of fuel. As Hurricane Irma inches closer to the coast thousands of people are ordered to evacuation and thousands packed airports trying to catch a flight out of the storms path and more than 4,000 flights are already canceled. Gray hall is live now at the Philadelphia International airport where some fortunate evacuees were able to get a flight to physical. Reporter those passengers able to make it here to philadelphia. They are thankful they are safe but tell me their thoughts and prayers are still with the people stuck in florida. Really scary, you know it can turn at any minute. Its safer to get my family out. Two little kids. Im sad because
Whether forecasts warn of catastrophic damage throughout the day you will be seeing scenes like this a massive exodus 1. 2 Million People are under evacuation orders. Schools colleges closed for the day and next monday. Load up drive north hope you can find some gas. These are scenes from caribbean islands irma has hit truly devastating, we dont know full extent of the damage, the wind rain and the storm surge is coming to florida it is just hours away. Now look at this, 8 earthquake off the south coast of mexico a tsunami warning extensive damage on land. Here is Something Else that is setting nervous on edge north korea founders day tomorrow, there are reports regime is preparing another missile launch, americas warned dont do it. What will we do if they launch . Good question mood high anxiety Varney Company is about to begin. Letter get straight at it irma currently strong category four storm, slammed turks and Caicos Islands today waves as high as 0 feet there, 20 feet K Communica
This is to mom nan we get used. Travelers with specialized insurance area, not necessarily subject to what is going on in this state. Dan leonard, senior meteorologist looking at what were looking at. Dan, the briefing, everything coming up, the president is alerted how prepared the state and States Affected will be. A lot depend how long irma sticks around, right . Obviously and exactly where the landfall is. We dont talk about the specific landfall point. We dont focus too much on that. In irmas case that is important, ill tell you why. If landfall is key largo or so, that drives a big storm surge up biscayne bay into the greater miami area. Miami is normally protected by the barrier island, miami beach, right . When symptoms come in the east like they typically do, you get a breakwater effect and cuts down on storm surge. With the storm coming from the south, you dont have that. It could be much worse situation in miami with a storm of this magnitude had it come into the east. That
Right now, if youre not under evacuation you still should be ready to leave. Hurricane irma looking like floridas worstcase scenario. It has the making of a catastrophic storm the likes of which the state has never seen. The majority of florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and lifethreatening winds, if youre still in the keys get out now. We will quickly run out of good weather to evacuate. David areas on the coast could see storm surges of water up to 12 feet. That is higher than the elevation of most of southern florida. We have complete coverage in this hour. Melissa the storm roaring through the caribbean, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. Irma is rapidly approaching the united states. Fox news meteorologist Rick Reichmuth is in the Weather Center but well start with our own jeff flock. He is in daytona beach. Jeff, what is the latest from there . Reporter well, weve been tracking the exodus out of florida. I have good news on that, m