Catastrophe in the caribbean. Now, the forecast is ominous ida. Tonight Hurricane Irma causes a catastrophe in the caribbean. The forecast is ominous for florida, the dire new warnings. That story in just a minute but first we begin with breaking news. An hour ago a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of mexico. They have updated the magnitude to 8. 1. The epicenter is in chiapas, a quake was so strong it shook buildings in mexico city more than 500 miles away. These are some of the first images coming in, in the capital, people ran into the street in the dark afraid that buildings would collapse. Inside a home, the lights started to sway and this is the strongest earthquake to hit mexico since 1985 and at this point it is not clear how much damage there is. There have been at least four big aftershocks in the same area, right now tsunami warnings are in effect for Central America but the National Weather service says a tsunami is not expected on the california coast. Now to the l
Earthquake struck off the coast of mexico. They have updated the magnitude to 8. 1. The epicenter is in chiapas, a quake was so strong it shook buildings in mexico city more than 500 miles away. These are some of the first images coming in, in the capital, people ran into the street in the dark afraid that buildings would collapse. Inside a home, the lights started to sway and this is the strongest earthquake to hit mexico since 1985 and at this point it is not clear how much damage there is. There have been at least four big aftershocks in the same area, right now tsunami warnings are in effect for Central America but the National Weather service says a tsunami is not expected on the california coast. Now to the latest on hurricane irma, the death toll from the storm has climbed to 10 people, Dozens Injured and in florida mandatory evacuations are underway. Hundreds of thousands of people are told to get out now. The governor has ordered all schools, colleges and universities closed t
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
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
We can go down a list of things happening in opa locka right no reporter the fbi says they are saiferg search warrant and want to talk to any one who has information about public corruption or knows with about a scheme of a public official to come forward. While they wont confirm this is an Ongoing Investigation of opa ckas mayor myra taylor. The residents here say rruption needs to end. The sad part of it is its a Small Community and its a whole bunch of money here and they are miss mismanaging to the point you cant see the money. Ail can tell you is some with be is doing something wrong in our government. Clean tup. Clean it iewp snoot vice mayor of opa locka weighing in diefnlt like it. Nobody like. It but like i just stated a minute ago, if anybody in my government is doing something illegal or wrong, they shoved according to the published reports the tailors are under gaition that they enghaidged a kick back scheme. When we look at our streets, where did the money go at . When we