The surge could be the greatest danger. Multiple reports of tornados. Heres what we know right now. Category 4 storm. 130mileperhour winds. It was a weaker category 3 yesterday but gaining strength as it hits florida. More than a Million People are without power. 7 Million People in florida, georgia, South Carolina have been told to evacuate. Our Abc News Team is from the caribbean up and down florida. We begin with world news anchor david muir in naples, expecting a hard hit in just a few hours, david. In fact, just moments ago, george, the emergency manager in naples saying now we have to wait for the storm to get here. The eye is going to be extremely close to naples. And he makes a good point. It doesnt matter whether its category 3 or 4. It will bring a lot of devastation to this area. They are very concerned about the storm surge. The forecast still holds, george, anywhere again 10 to 15 feet storm surge. They will see saltwater very high in this community. For a significant amou
Today Hurricane Irma. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And lester holt live from florida. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to a special edition of today on sunday morning. Lester and al are in tampa. If used just visiting us, its going to a special day on the florida state. Lets get the very latest now on the storm. It has been battering the florida keys all morning long. But its center just made official landfall there at 9 10 a. M. Eastern time. Utility officials in florida now say more than 1 million customers have lost power as irma has hammered that state. That number is expected to keep rising throughout whats going to be a long day down there. And to give you an idea how big the storm is, a Tropical Storm warning was just issued for atlanta, georgia. Yes, thats 600 miles north of southern florida. It is inland and north of the storm. And yet that Tropical Storm warning for atlanta. We have correspondents all over florida beginnin
Through the streets. Also the streets are completely abandoned here because theres a curfew in place until 10 00 a. M. On monday. We also have been seeing police come out after theyve been suspended from these high winds. And theyre also taking a look to make sure that there isnt too much debris flying around here. But what we see are some street signs coming down, hundreds of thousands of people without power. And the light has really changed over the last 30 minutes. Its gotten significantly darker. As the hurricane moves in parallel to where we are right now. And this is usually a major thoroughfare. And if you head just a couple of miles down that way, that would be the beach. And thats completely sealed off. All of those bridges were closed at 4 00 yesterday. So, in addition to the debris that weve seen, the weather and everyone whos been sheltered, we do expect to see a Major Economic impact in this area for both miami and ft. Lauderdale, as they continue to brace for what they e
With the g. O. P. And the trump agenda with ohio congressman jim jordan, Founding Member of the hardline House Freedom caucus. Plus, what should we make of the president new alliance with chuck and nancy . We will ask our sunday panel how long it will last. All right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. Here is where we stand with Hurricane Irma right now. The eye of the most powerful atlantic hurricane ever recorded now moving across the florida keys with maximum sustained winds of 130 Miles Per Hour. The storm expected to inflict damage not seen in florida since hurricane andrew 25 years ago, a record 7 Million People in florida and neighboring states under evacuation orders. Its path projected along floridas gulf coast from naples to tampa bay. In the moment we will discuss the threat and the response with fema administrator brock long and Florida Governor rick scott. But first we have fox team coverage. Chief meteorologist Rick Reichmuth tells us whe
Up. All of it with Major Concerns over storm sturge, that could get as high as 15 feet some some areas. Power obviously, people losing power. A major concern. A number of people without power is increasing by the power. When we first came on the air at 6 00 east coast time. This morning, 200,000 people without power. That number is now over 1 million. Well probably continue to see it climb. Weve got a team of correspondents across florida, as Hurricane Irma hammers the area. Lets start with correspondent Miguel Almaguer in florida city. Miguel good morning again. Reporter the wind is still blinding out here, the and ten miles inland from the coastline, they say the storm sturge is is not going to be a major issue. But these winds here that continue to knock down power lines and knock out power to this entire city. Still, much of this region remains in the dark here. The winds are Strong Enough that First Responders now say they will not leave the station. They are hunkered down. Were a