This is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from miami beach. Good evening. From along the iconic miami beach on a late summer evening as florida braces for impact with Hurricane Irma. At this point a bit over 36 hours until the storms landfall here in the u. S. , a small westward shift in irmas track may make little difference at this point. The reality is florida has no place to hide. Heres why. The storm is far wider than this long, narrow state, so virtually everyone is likely to feel irmas punch albeit at varying intensities. And so it is also gut check time for those who have held off evacuating. Road traffic is heavy and flights out are canceled or booked solid. Every new image and casualty figure coming out of the battered caribbean underscores why this powerful storm is so feared. As we start to feel the first winds ahead of the approaching storm we want to get the latest from our team on the ground. Starting with kerry sanders. Kerry, good evening. Reporter le