Gathering in the streets of mexico city. Hundreds of miles away from the epicenter. The earthquake has created a potential tsunami threat to several Central American countries. Including the pacific coastline of what a mullah honduras mexico el salvador and costa rica. The threat braced to nominate was being evaluated for hawaii mom and other pacific islands. There are reports of Power Outages in mexico city. To put it into perspective. The earthquake which devastated the bay area in 1989 was a sixpoint nine. That was considered a strong quake. Once you get above 8 on the Richter Scale it is considered great. That kind of earthquake reduces major damage and destruction to buildings. And is felt over large regions. We will continue to follow developments. Hurricane irma moving to the north of cuba and expected to make landfall in florida on sunday. The governor warned it could cause catastrophic devastation. Category 5 storm has decimated islands in the caribbean. Including barbuda. And
It brings power and fury ashore. Irma is the most powerful hurricane formed over the Atlantic Ocean in record red history. Near ft. Lauder dale people were boarding up buildings and putting plywood over winds. Sit a familiar routine but theres nothing routine about this hurricane. This is about 110 miles north of punta cana. It is moving west northwest. Maximum sustained winds are clocked at 180 Miles Per Hour. Good morning. Im katy vzachary. Officials in parts of miami area ordered mandatory evacuations. Floridas governor are strongly urging people to follow the order. They say the gas stations should have fuel today after some stations ran out yesterday. Erika has the latest. A lot to talk about and a lot in the path. Thats right. We are seeing those maximum sustained winds at 175 Miles Per Hour. To your point, still a category 5. This is what we are tracking. Current pressure at 921 milibars. It is headed in our direction and we are expecting land fall some time over the weekend. Pa
Ground zero for irma will be the state of florida. Heres governor rick scott. Look at the storm. Its wider than our entire state and could cost major impact coast to coast. Forecasters say it could slam into the miami metropolitan area home to 6,000,000 people and the condos could sway 12inches in Hurricane Force winds. The evacuation is on by road and by plane. The cruel reality is, hundreds of flights are being canceled. Gas stations are being shut down. The governor of georgia ordered 540,000 coastal re residents to move inland. Said one local official, if a Freight Train is coming at you, get off the tracks. Until now hurricane andrew was the hardest to hit florida, but irma has staying power. Its still a category five hurricane. Maximum sustained winds, 165 Miles Per Hour and irma, over the past 24 hours, has actually expanded. Its now 650miles across. Put that into perspective, irma is big as the state of texas. Its moving northwest quickly about 16 Miles Per Hour. This is the la
Reason why. This is what Hurricane Irma has already done to the caribbean. There is death, and as you can see, almost total destruction. This is truly a brutal storm, and its headed for the sunshine state. Thursday night, the big story on action news tonight is Hurricane Irma. First the story in the caribbean. Irma is currently pummeling the turks and Caicos Island known to be the most beautiful tourist destinations. The Dominican Republic is savaged by the storm. A minimummion people without power in puerto rico. St. Martin is the place of terrible damage. The death toll stands at 11 00. Ground zero for irma will be the state of florida. Heres governor rick scott. Look at the storm. Its wider than our entire state and could cost major impact coast to coast. Forecasters say it could slam into the miami metropolitan area home to 6,000,000 people and the condos could sway 12inches in Hurricane Force winds. The evacuation is on by road and by plane. The cruel reality is, hundreds of fligh
Ill have a complete update on Hurricane Irma coming up as we head to mike now. Not a major concern for the rest of the world. I know you said youll bring more updates on irma. Here to the rest of the bay, a smooth drive. The nimitz freeway, we have one issue in oakland. One lane is still blocked. Folks are slowing down as well as getting into downtown. Toward the bay bridge other than that is not a major problem. Traffic flows well. Head through town. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Just hours ago Hurricane Irma was down graded to a category 4. Irma is still expected to devastate florida which is directly in its path. Nbc news has confirmed at least 12 deaths throughout the islands including six in u. S. Territories. As that storm races towards florida we have team coverage. Kari is tracking irmas path. And rick boone talking about bay area teams heading out to help. Set the scene there for us. It looks beautiful right now. Reporter its a Beautiful Day here in miami. Not a cloud in the s