Irma facing severe shortages of water and food and a growing threat of violent crime. Why is relief effort takes so long. The white house announces President Trump will travel to the floridas disaster zone this thursday. He will be joined by the first lady. Sources say theyll visit fort myers area on the gulf cost. I am wolf blitzer, you are in the situation room. This is cnns breaking news. Breaking news, President Trump will travel to floridas disaster zone on thursday. The storm is moved on and leaving the damage and leaving destructions of hundreds of miles in the neighboring states. The fragile island change took the first brunt in irma. Fema estimates 25 of the homes in island have been destroyed. There is no power and water or cell service, rescue crews are making their way through the ruins and some residents making their way back to the islands. Across the southeast, more than 6. 5 Million People are needing homes and most are without power. 15 million individuals in florida a
The florida keys. Governor rick scott heading there to assess the damage after a warning of a humanitarian disaster from local officials on the ground. Lets get to it. Live from the fox news debt. Deck. Shepard powerful irma is moving into georgia after leaving destruction and parts of florida and the keys. More than 7 million homes and businesses have no power in multiple states as forecasters worn conditions will remain dangerous and lifethreatening. The flooding in jacksonville has already reached record levels in the water is still rising. Officials say if you are living in a highrisk area, get out now. If that is not an option, people need to find a house with a second story. Floodwaters could rise to epic levels, jacksonvilles mayor said today the flooding is unlike anything he seen before. If you need to get out, please put what represents a white flag of somewhere on your house that can be viewed visibly from outside. We have search and rescue teams ready to deploy. Shepard mor
Which now has that storm plowing right through the florida keys overnight. And then the next target, floridas west coast, which could face storm surges of ten to 15 feet. Irma may still be hours away from making landfall in florida, but take a look at this video. So this is a marina just north of key largo, already dealing with more than a foot of flood water. Floridas not the only state bracing for irma, by the way. It could still be Hurricane Force by the time it reaches georgia. Authorities there have been evacuating thousands of residents today. And right now in he is terr row florida we have nbcs gabe gutierrez. Weve reports out all across florida. They are continuing to move. Gabe, let me start with you. Tell us whats going on where you are. Hi there, chris. Well, over the last few hours weve been reporting on this massive shelter that opened up here on the outskirts of fort myers. There were thousands of people waiting to get into this shelter. Some of them saying they were wait