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Zones in a rush to replenish supplies. Most of the gas stations weve been to all day have no gas. Reporter airports crowded with evacuees rushing to catch the last flights out of south florida including tourists forcing to leave their beach front hotel. Everybody has to go. At this point are you planning to ride the storm at the airport . If need be. This is where ill be. Reporter after seeing the devastating impact of irma in the caribbean most recently impacting cuba, bahamas and u. S. Virgin islands, floridans on both coasts are heeding the warnings to get to safety lining up outside of shelters. We move here to get away from Hurricane Harvey but now were here and Hurricane Irma is coming. Reporter at least five of those shelters already at capacity. I dont know where were going to go. Reporter many of those are coming up from the keys that will start feeling the first effects of irma tomorrow morning. Tourists been evacuate everyone on the low lying areas are under orders to leave.
As it moves forward. 3 to 5 as it moves into georgia. Well continue to monitor this storm for you. Dan . Spencer, thank you very much. More than 5. 5 Million People in florida are being ordered to evacuate before Hurricane Irma arrives. For days, weve seen roads jammed with cars and airports packed with people hoping to get a seat on some of the last flights out. This storm is wider than our entire state and is expected to cause major and lifethreatening impacts from coast to coast. This video is just in. The hurricane rolled past here and battered the turks and Caicos Islands with waves as high as 20 feet. Irma has caused the death of at least 22 people in the caribbean. Members of the Silicon Valley Air National Guard deployed to florida to help with rescue efforts. Most of the unit just returned from texas where they saved more than 100 lives. Danielle valdez and her sons are at the airport watching daddy deploy. Overwhelming at times. But were very proud of him. Eric valdez has bee
From right here in the bay area. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. No more flights are going into and out of miami and ft. Lauderdale. Hurricane irma is expected to sweep by the area in the next few days. Spencer christian is tracking the storm right now. This storm is frightening. Lets look right now at the image. Its massive and powerful. This was the path, leaving the turks and Caicos Islands and now the eye is moving along the northern coastline of cuba as a cat 4, expected to take a turn towards the northnorthwest tomorrow. By late tomorrow, as a category 5 once again will slam into the Southwest Corner of the florida peninsula and move on sunday directly through florida, closer to the west side. But still the storm is so massive, it covers its wider than the state of florida. Monday, moving into georgia as a Tropical Storm and continuing northward up into tennessee as a low pressure system. The rainfall is unbelievable. The hardest hit areas can receive 1
Keys and the southern tip and then it will start to track northward p dropping to a 3 as it hits towards tampa, bringing still heavy rainfall through florida. By tuesday morning, it will start to head towards atlanta, bringing rainfall even to the carolinas, past georgia as well. Total rainfall amounts for irma, saturday through monday, anywhere from 10 to 20 inches possible. Even up to 25 inches in some isolated locations like key west, so we will be tracking for you that, will tracking irma today and over the next few days, chris. Thank you. And developing in the caribbean, where Hurricane Irma is slowly moving past, now touching the florida keys. Satellite pictures show the incredible size. Shes left 20 people confirmed dead in cuba. These pictures of whats left of the island of barbuda translate to the massive damage irma is capable of. Its because of that power that over a half a Million People have been evacuated from the georgia coast. Well have a live report from miami in just