Damage from irma still too extensive for people to go outside or return from evacuations. Nbcs Sarah Rosario standing by right now in miami with an update on irmas impact. Reporter as people are waking up and taking a look at the damage and destruction left by irma with, were seeing a good amount of it here in miami. Here look this dock, weve seen at least a half a dozen boats completely underwater. And with damage and debris scattered everywhere, the biggest problem were seeing in this state is the lack of power. Weakening in strength, irma continues its churn through florida, packing a powerful punch, as it pushes through the panhandle. Entering the state as a category 4, the keys took the first hit from the storm. Hurricaneforce winds ripping away roofs, testing the limits of everything in its path to the mainland. Toppling cranes in miami and ft. Lauderdale and flooding street. Then a phenomenon sometimes called hurricane bulge occurred, temporarily sucking the water out to sea, st
Considering what is going on down in the keys. New video of the damage is astounding. Mobile home after mobile home flipped over. This is key west near where Hurricane Irma made landfall. Testing the limits of everything in the storms path. Irma turned up in florida weakening in strength. Now its a tropical depression and left behind a tail of destruction. Millions without power across the sunshine state. Streets are flooded and water temporarily sucked out to sea stranded two manassees there and two dolphins near marco island. In tampa, homes were spared. I was expecting water. Still a lot to clean up here in miami. This is at 7th and ocean drive. This is a mess. Its going to take a while to get this cleaned up. You can see the windows on the buildings. They did okay overall. You can see a lot of windows need to be repaced. Youre not allowed into miami unless you were already here. There are thousands of people with us on the bridge today trying to get to miami beach and the police ar
David muir, amy robach and our Abc News Team spread out across the storm zone. A special edition of gma starts now. And good morning, america. Florida has never seen a storm like this. That is naples. That is drone footage of naples. The destruction there yesterday. Right now the storm hitting jacksonville and expecting a powerful storm surge there. At one point sunday the entire state was covered by this storm. Such a massive force. Now making its way toward atlanta where theyre facing a Tropical Storm warning. And we are now just starting to see images from the areas hardest hit being the keys. It hit there first and hit there hard. Hurricane irma has claimed five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. It was a category 4 storm when it first made landfall in florida shortly after 9 00 a. M. Yesterday with wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. This morning more than 5 million customers without power in the state. World news tonight anchor david muir is leading our coverage on the
Flights affected there, as well. And the other major headline this monday night, on this 9 11, a nation remembers. Good evening from south florida tonight. Right here along u. S. 1, the entrance to the florida keys, where they are not allowing any families to return home. State police road blocks just ahead here amid reports of devastation in the keys. Two search and rescue mobile units just passed by us, their sirens on. They were headed into the keys. In a moment here, we will head to amy robach who flew into the storm zone. What she witnessed on the ground herself. But the other part of this story unfolding right now, the storm slamming into other American Cities tonight. A dangerous storm surge in jacksonville, florida. And it is hammering georgia tonight, on its way to atlanta. Reports parts of charleston are under water, too. Irma is a powerful Tropical Storm now, stretching 400 miles across. So, we begin with abcs linsey davis on the urgent water rescues. Shes in jacksonville, l
Down by 10 an ounce, but above, 13 1300 an ounce. David here now is your morning brief. Sachs willgoldman lay out its plans to turn around performance in core bond trading. Apple will be launching a new iphone. Willuropean president deliver a state of the union address. We will get u. S. Economic data on retail sales and inflation. Lets get an update on headlines. We have emma chandra back. Weakenedricane irma overnight after battering south florida. The storm had been downgraded to a category 1 with top winds of 85 miles per hour. It is northeast of naples and is expected to weaken further to a Tropical Storm today. The damage is unknown. Turned into rivers in miami and almost 5 Million People without power. Severe damage in flooding in the florida keys. Research has slashed estimates of total damages from 200 billion to less than a fourth of that. The u. S. Has water down proposed sanctions on north korea. According to a european diplomat. The United Nations Security Council may vote