Good morning, everyone. Im tracking irma, this is a massive storm, time is running out, be ready to leave. That is the warn from governor rick scott. 20 Million People, as Hurricane Irma returns to category 5 straight. Listen, in a matter of hours, this storm will blanket the state, that may be too soft. From coast to coast, fema said florida is never going to be hit like a hurricane before. Many of them getting out. State or have already left florida. This could be one of the largest Mass Evacuations in u. S. History. The storm is still hundreds of whiles away from south florida. But the outer bands are already damaging power lines. You can see that the wind is picking up, that has caused the branches to break, take down the lines. Officials say more than 10,000 people have already lost power this morning. Were expect be a new update on Hurricane Irma from the National Hurricane center at any moment right now. It usually comes out at the top. Hour. Lets go to chad myers, in the cnn we
Residents. The Prime Minister puts the cost of rebuilding at 100 million. My main concern right now is how were going to survive after this. Every house, every infrastructure, everything is completely damaged and gone. As irma takes aim, Hurricane Harvey still very much and issue. First installment of aid money approved from congress. All 90 no votes came from republicans. Most at a broader deal President Trump made with the democrats. The idea were voting against relief is absurd. All were asking for is a comma. Were doing to do something about the 20 million for the next generation. Yes, hugely frustrated. And irma closing in on florida. Downgraded to a category 4 not making it any less deadly. Irma expected to slam into miami this weekend. The red cross says 26 Million People are still sitting in the storms path. President trump is getting briefed again this hour and issued a warning on twitter saying, irma is bigger than we have ever seen. Get out of the way if possible. More than
Of a direct hit. Yes, the track is shifting. Right now theyre still saying theres a need for mandatory evacuations in parts of that state ahead of a possible landfall this weekend. Irma is already lashing puerto rico. The island dodged the worst of the storm. Still more than 19 Million People are there without power and more than 56,000 do not have any water at this hour. The tiny island of barbuda did not avoid the rath. 185mileperhour winds destroying everything in its path. You can see the aftermath on the ground there in barbuda. The Prime Minister says the island is barely habitable. 95 of the buildings either damaged or completely destroyed. The death toll is rising. The United Nations the hurricane could impact up to 37 million more people. We begin with chn meteorologist chad myers. What is the latest . The latest is that the storm lost a little strength overnight, but i dont want you to folk cows on five Miles Per Hour because i cant tell the difference between 185 and 180. Th
Puerto rico. It wasnt even a direct hit and still more than 1 million customers, no power. More than 56,000, no water. Pictures tell the story. The monster storm literally the size of texas inleashing its fury on the tiny island of barbuda. 185mileperhour winds. This is what they do. 95 of the buildings are damaged or destroyed according to the prime minister. He flew over and said its barely habitable. Remember, theres another storm on the way in that direction. At this point nine people are reported dead including an infant. The United Nations says the hurricane could impact up to 37 million people. Cnn has this storm covered like no other network can. Lets begin with cnns leyla santiago live in san juan, puerto rico. Reporter chris, were certainly still feeling the wind and theres still a bit of rain coming down. The big problems on this island right now you mentioned, the power. More than a million without power, more than 56,000 without water and there is no word on when that will
There are three active hurricanes out there. Our reporters are live tonight across the region and cnns tom sater is in the cnn weather center. I to start with tom, of course, this evening to give us the very latest on this forecast, this monster storm. Miami, is it a direct line to be hit . Sorry, tom, we cant hear you. As soon as we get tom back, well work on that. But, again, our reporters are out in the field. Tom sater in the cnn Severe Weather center. Again, there are a couple different tracks for this storm if you look at the different models as tom has been reporting all day and our meteorologists. The american version, the european version, other versions of this storm taking it somewhere along the east coast of florida. Could be taking it back up to the atlantic. That would be the most positive. The most positive path for the storm. But unfortunately, the concern is that its not going to happen. Tom sater joins us now. Tom, i believe we have your audio now. Yeah. Tell me, is t