surge as it moves north over the state of florida. it s weakened to a category 1 hurricane, winds there are topping 85 miles per hour. irma hit the florida keys early sunday morning before making a second landfall on marco island yesterday afternoon. right now nearly 5 million people are without electricity. in miami-dade county alone, 860,000 customers are in the dark right now. on florida s west coast, drone footage shows some of the damage in napements where a wind gust of 142 miles per hour are reported. absolutely incredible. in tampa, this was the scene outside of a hotel as winds came ripping through. some rooves were whipped from building. flying around, still an issue of concern, even far inland in orlando, far away from the center of this storm, shingles being ripped from the roof as driving rain comes down. this morning, hurricane irma will continue to move over florida s western peninsula
that was just split in half. you see by those hurricane-force winds you were talking about. this neighborhood has extensive damage. your earlier guest, state senator rodriguez, you were talking about public works, their big job right now is to clear these roads of debris. you see there are a lot of impassable roads like this one. in front there s another roadblock, you wouldn t get to this mess before you get on that. look at the size of this palm tree that just snapped over and fell over because of those winds. now, that is what they re talking about. the job is to clear these roads. this is just one road here in miami. we were not on the we were spared from the eye of the storm but not quite spared from the damage. there s a lot of work ahead too get everything back up and running after hurricane irma came through here. i ll tell you, that is a scene that s being repeated throughout miami. lots of downed trees in the area. real quick, power, i see it on in some houses. do you see
reported. in tampa, they left the bay on display, letting people walk out there and seeing that. in morning, hurricane irma will continue over the peninsula before moving into the southeastern state. overnight, miami police said 28 arrests have been made so far because of lurg larry and looting there. let s cross over into tampa. we have been talking about the eye passing through just where tampa is in the surrounding areas. bring us up to speed in terms of what it has sustain and the conditions there this morning. reporter: well, they re going to find out here shortly as more people are waking up, they re very curious to get out and about and see what happened has so many people had to worry as first when we started following irma, so many were concentrated on the east coast and the keys and island nations like cuba and
ground. reporter: well, i can tell you what, in the last two hours or so, the wind has really picked up. in fact, listen here for one second. i mean it has picked up in earnest. the rain has stopped here, at least in orlando. of course, there could be rain later today. but right now it is a windy, windy situation. in fact, within the last half hour a gust was recorded at orlando airport at 69 miles an hour. about a half hour before that, there was a gust at 70. over the last hour-and-a-half, there were a couple at 60. we re talking intense winds, especially the gusts whipping in and around the orlando area on the back side of hurricane irma. so that will be a real problem t. good thing is here in orlando, the food thing is there is occur few until 6:00 tonight. justin, were you surprised by the way orlando was in the path of this hurricane. a lot didn t predict it will be
there are alsoty ki huts in this lot. we saw pieces of thety ki hut going flying across the parking lot. there is occur few next right now across miami-dade county, that s what s keeping those people off the streets the roads are blocked in some places as well while police are keeping their patrols on throughout the morning. i m looking at the map of florida. this is sort of to get an idea of exactly where you are. florida city for people that don t know keilar go, isle of mirada, finally key west, which was mum elled by irma. are you seeing authorities driving in that direction now to sort of assess out what s been going on and survey all the damage to look for people stranded in their homes and looking for help? reporter: yes what we are seeing now, actually to the south of us, you sant vp can t see it s so dark, there is a brock cade, nobody is allowed to