Families. They can check in online or directly with the consulate. You can go directly to the web page in the internet from the Civil Protection system. And also you can get into the [ nonenglish language ] web page and, of course, the Mexican Consulate is here to help you. This devastating earthquake comes as mexican emergency officials are already preparing for hurricane katia. The cat2 storm is expected to make landfall along the gulf coast of mexico tomorrow. People had a short time to get to safety in mexico. It has an earthquake Warning System and this latest quake proves it works. So why doesnt california have one . Ktvus tom vacar joins us now with why were behind places like mexico and japan in Early Warning detection systems. Tom. Reporter its a nationwide system in mexico. Even a few seconds can help people avoid panic, get out of harms way, and function with some warning. Earthquake alarms in mexico city sounded more than a minute before the shaking from a massive 8. 2 magn
Now, barbuda is expecting a direct hit from hurricane jose. About 2,000 people live there and the islands only hospital and only airport were both reportedly destroyed by Hurricane Irma. So people are getting off the island by boat. Thank you, alyana gomez in the newsroom. Now to our chief meterologist bill martin who is tracking umbrella from our weather center. Bill, irmas path now has her heading a little bit farther west . Yeah. Its still a bad path. Not the worst, worstcase scenario, but a bad case scenario. I was just shaking my head 5. 5 Million People under mandatory evacuation. San francisco holds about 750,000. Under a Million People. 5. 5 Million People. Um, and one of the things thats a struggle here is this storm is going to hold up as a hurricane as it moves into orlando and a lot of those refugees have gone to orlando because its inland, right . Its away from the coast, is what you want to do. But in this case, the storm is going right up the gut not the center now, more
Path of Hurricane Irma tonight. The storm continue on a destructive path and is in fact gaining strength. Jim is off. Im monica malpass. The big story is the 5. 6 Million People told to evacuate florida now ahead of Hurricane Irma. Governor rick scott said if you are not on the road by midnight, stay put and try to prepare. He said Hurricane Irma is a life threatening situation and everyone should evacuate but time has almost run out. Tankers were escorted to gas stations to keep folks moving. You have to be prepared. If you are in an evacuation zone, get out now to a friend, family, hotel, shelter, but get where you need to go. Do not wait. Supplies like bottled water and applywood are now hard to come by. Many communities have shelters up and running to welcome residents. Anchor brian taff is in Fort Lauderdale, florida. Dann cuellar spoke with people at the philadelphia interrnational airport and street station. Cecily tynan, you have the latest about Hurricane Irma. I did. Irma now
History. Looking deceptively calm in the hours before this ferocious storm arrives. The National Weather service tweeted a stark warning to people who live in the fllthral keys tonight saying please if you live in the keys time is running out. You still have time to evacuate. Irma is a life threatening storm. The storms current intensity. It is now stronger. Back to a category 5 status. It doesnt get any stronger than this. Take a look at this monster storm. It did make land fall in northern cuba. As you take a look at a closer image of the eye you can see it moving over land. It is expected to continued to dump some rain over cuba along with the storm surge. The biggest threat as it targets florida is going to be 8 to 12 foot storm surge and pouring rain. Just imagine the wind pushing a wall of water right on to the coast line there. Low lying area theres going to be flooding. Hurricane jose is a category 4 now so that is getting stronger. Still eyeing the Leeward Islands and hurrican
Zone, get out now to a friend, family, hotel, shelter, but get where you need to go. Do not wait. Supplies like bottled water and applywood are now hard to come by. Many communities have shelters up and running to welcome residents. Anchor brian taff is in Fort Lauderdale, florida. Dann cuellar spoke with people at the philadelphia interrnational airport and street station. Cecily tynan, you have the latest about Hurricane Irma. I did. Irma now is making landfall over northern cuba. There are Barrier Islands there. Typically, you think a storm this close to land would weaken, but winds have increased. Its a storm that has tremendous staying power 160 Miles Per Hour. Irma is now a category five hurricane moving west at 13 Miles Per Hour. It hasnt made the northern turn yet looks like it will be doing so. National Hurricane Center has it as a strong cat four hurricane sunday 8 00 in the morning and moving toward fort miers. The track has shifted more to the west. The storm is more intens