And try to get them back to a sense of normalcy. Community. With so many areas abandoned, looting has been a major problem. Here the targets are sports shops, boxes of trainers piled into cars. The police say they wont tolerate criminal activity and a number of arrests have been made. Overnight Hurricane Irma has weakened further but continues to cause damage in its path. Today a group of dutch tourist in saint martin were evacuated to the nearby island ofjericho, still traumatised by their experience. Translation we are alive so we should be happy with that. It wasnt nice. Ive never experienced anything like it. Translation five days without water, electricity and supplies, thats a long time. I have left but others havent. Theyve lost their whole existence. Across the caribbean, major relief and rescue operation is underway. Here the French Military are bringing humanitarian aid to communities who have been cut out for days. Hundreds of british troops have also been deployed to uk ter
David muir, amy robach and our Abc News Team spread out across the storm zone. A special edition of gma starts right now. And good morning, america. We are live for our viewers in the west. That is our drone footage of naples, florida, this morning. Look at that devastation. It has been a tough morning for so many in florida. Irma has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm, and not a hurricane. It has led a path of destruction across there. They are seeing record storm surge, and you see that water. At one point, the entire state of florida was covered by the storm. Such a massive force, and now its barrelling toward atlanta, and they are facing a Tropical Storm warning there. We are now just starting so see images from the areas hardest hit, that being the florida keys. Heres what we know right now. Irma has claimed at least five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. It was a category 4 storm when it made landfall in florida, wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. This morning, more
Which boasts fiace id at a startling price of 1,000. While sleeping next to your dog might be a very good idea. Early today starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Im dara brown. Im frances rivera. Southeastern states are assessing irmas damage. It destroyed boats, tossed around debris and knocked down many trees. One shocking moment was caught on dashboard camera as a car driving along gets smashed by a falling pine tree right there. Well, it lifted up the back end of the vehicle. The dash cams owner says the driver was stunned, but otherwise okay. Down in the florida keys, the navy is searching for other storm victims who might not be as fortunate. Their helicopters are looking for the stranded and anyone in need. The keys were utterly devastated by irma. Femas administrator described the scope of the damage. 25 of the houses nushlly have been destroyed and 65 have major damage. Basically every house in the keys was impacted in some way or another. The human toll is becoming clear.
Which boasts fiace id at a startling price of 1,000. While sleeping next to your dog might be a very good idea. Early today starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Im dara brown. Im frances rivera. Southeastern states are assessing irmas damage. It destroyed boats, tossed around debris and knocked down many trees. One shocking moment was caught on dashboard camera as a car driving along gets smashed by a falling pine tree right there. Well, it lifted up the back end of the vehicle. The dash cams owner says the driver was stunned, but otherwise okay. Down in the florida keys, the navy is searching for other storm victims who might not be as fortunate. Their helicopters are looking for the stranded and anyone in need. The keys were utterly devastated by irma. Femas administrator described the scope of the damage. 25 of the houses nushlly have been destroyed and 65 have major damage. Basically every house in the keys was impacted in some way or another. The human toll is becoming clear.
Student at Lafayette College. The 19yearold lacrosse recruit was found dead in his dorm room in the lehigh valley. Friends are left looking for answers. Nbc10s matt delucia joins us live in the digital operations center. An autopsy is being performed today . Reporter right. And Lafayette College still just getting into the fall semester, now dealing with the grief and loss of one of its new students. Last night, a large crowd of students there gathered in front of the Student Center on the quad to remember 19yearold Mccray Williams, a freshman lacrosse recruit. He had also been a standout athlete at a boarding school in the boston area. The headmaster of the school in the letter to students said williams died after suffering a severe head injury in a fall. The lehigh coroner found no signs of obvious injury and said williams did not have suicidal tendencies or any known health problems. Right now the college is cooperating with investigators. Clollege campus this time of year is full o