Structures are damaged. The entire country is decimated. I have never seen anything like this before. And now rick scott warns this could be worse than the worst hurricane to ever hit the state. The storm is bigger and faster and stronger than hurricane andrew. And evacuation is in place in low lying and coastal south florida. Everyone in the keys ordered out. If you are staying and being irresponsible. Dont expect us to risk the lives of our First Responders for your irresponsibility. And traffic is stretching for miles, lines for gas in places hours long with stations running out. Im very nervous, i am driving around for 30 minutes and my car is on e for the last hour. And more lines tore plywood and water, and the rush to get ready for the monstrous storm. The part of that people are busy today boarding up their homes, others plan to do so tomorrow when schools and businesses are be closed to give families time to prepare and evacuate. Live in new smyrna beach, florida. Channel 6 ac
Dow is outperforming even though the nasdaq is on the wane. A choppy performance, mixed session. Ordering moree than 600 50,000 people to evacuate miami as Hurricane Irma churns closer. This threatens to be, the most expensive storm in history as we were mentioning. Of the people who has not evacuated and is sitting tight, nathan, you are one of the few. A lot of people have left. Kind of physical preparations are you seeing around the city. Did everybody board up . Were they able to board up before they left . Where i am in downtown miami, its a lot of Office Towers and condo buildings. The way they were designed, they were supposed to be hurricane proof. We are going to find out real soon. Out, of houses further residential, people are boarding up, putting sandbags in place, x anticipating storm surge and flooding. Told everyoneve in miami that we need to have three days of food and water. We definitely saw Grocery Stores , people were buying anything they could. Bottled water ran ou
Karen rogers with traffic. Reporter we have clouds over the terrace right now and satellite mimicking that idea. A few clouds locally. There are clouds out to the north and west. Showers near pittsburgh may make it into the poconos and brief sprinkle into the closer northern suburbs, but not a big deal. 58 degrees on the bus stop in philadelphia. Temperature keeps on sliding. 52 in allentown and reading. 65 in cape may. This afternoon well, it looks good, well be cool by 7 00. 56 but by lunchtime, 6. Not a bad afternoon for recess. 73 on the way home from school this afternoon thats the high with partly sunny skies overall. Pretty nice. 72 degrees by 5 00 p. M. 7 00 p. M. , 69 there will be a breeze blowing at times. Hurricane irma is a category four as it pultz pulls away from the turks and caicos. The latest numbers coming up from the National Hurricane center and accuweather. What you got there, karen. Reporter its a shot where you can see the flashing lights. Penndot is zooming all
Residents have rushing to board up homes and evacuate. We dont know exactly where its going to be landing. Where landfall will be. We think we are as well prepared as you can possibly be. I cannot stress this enough, get prepared now. Know your evacuation zone, listen to your local officials. This storm has potential to catastrophically and you have to take seriously. This is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. Maria very latest on the storms path and expected expectations rather for landfall, thats coming up this beaked. In washington lawmakers moving forward on relief plan. Senate approving the deal that he made with democrats this week and open to reaching across the aisle again. Market this is morning under selling pressure. Take a look at futures indicating decline of 65 points on Dow Jones Industrial average, the s p 500 and the nasdaq also negative this morning. In europe take a look at major averages, selling underway, the ftse down a quarter of a percent as the
Hurricane ever. Massive size. At least 24 hours of danger ahead. Right now Hurricane Irma officially a category 4 with winds clocking in at more than 130 miles an hour. That is the scene in miami. Where a construction crane was blown down by the storm. And those winds not the only danger. Already we have seen tornados reported across florida. That danger will continue throughout the day. The eye wall has passed over the florida keys now leaving dangerous flooding in its wake. You see that right there and irma approaching the mainland with the entire west coast facing deadly walls of water. Naples first in line, then ft. Myers. 10 to 15 foot storm surge possible there and tonight tampa and st. Petersburg. They are as vulnerable to storm surges and will feel irmas full force. Our Abc News Team is deployed across the storm zone and right with me is ginger zee. We just saw the flooding in the keys and the storm has move passed. More storm surge to come. Remember it rotates counterclockwise