And has already killed 58 people in the caribbean. Welcome to 11 news sunday morning, im lisa robinson. And im mindy basara. An 800mile swath of the country is in the crosshairs of sandy. Residents on the east coast are preparing for winds, rain, and snow in some areas. We have live coverage with tony pann and Jennifer Franciotti. We begin with tony. Todays not going to be a big deal. It will be a good day to prepare for things. We might get some rain and it will be breezy today but not a lot happening. Right now 59 at the airport. Northeast wind at 12. Winds will pick up heading into the afternoon. Youd call it breezy, not windy, between 10 and 20 Miles Per Hour. Picking up rain on the outer fringes of the storm which is still way off the southeast coast. Heavy rain off the Eastern Shore counties represented by the orange and red, a little rain around baltimore. The best chance for rain today is in the Eastern Shore counties, breezy with temperatures in the low 60s. The worst part of
It looks like there is a traffic jam as we have been watching. Big earth movers are getting the sand irma spread across u. S. 1. Those are all First Responders and supply chaps and there might be residents trying to make their way south. This is about the limit to where you can drive. When we kim in, it was obvious what kind of damage the waves did. That storm surge. Wind damage on the roofs. For those familiar with this stretch of u. S. 1, there used to be a popular restaurant called mr. Lobster that is completely gone. Most of it is scattered on the other side of this harbor. As rod pans over, you can see the shipping containers that used to hold the seafood and the kitchens for that place. You can see they were pushed across and they are sunken boats all through the canal here. Sea grass and lobster traps from the oceanside blown over the highway into peoples yards. Some boats are shoved up into the area and the good news is we are seeing so much activity here. Proof of life. As we
Biscayne bay off to my left is topping over the walls here. Theres a real sense of fear when you talk to people across florida, especially here in the miami area. Ea they are afraid that a destructive, deadly storm is on the way, no matter where it makes landfall, everyone in south florida, especially is going to be hurt by this. They are also fearful of the decisions they have to make it, many of them waiting under the last minute to make it. Its a bad decision. Either stay in your home which could be destroyed by the winds, or completely underwater by the surge, or get on the road, get on the highway. 5. 6 Million People have been asked to evacuate. Thats double the previous largest storm evacuation and they are being asked basically to get onto roads and to drive the entire state of florida because thats the only safe place to be come out of the state entirely. Either on the florida turnpike or on i95 headed north. On both those roads, theres been lots of problems. Shortages of gaso
Hour, no rain yet but already biscayne bay off to my left is topping over the walls here. Theres a real sense of fear when you talk to people across florida, especially here in the miami area. They are afraid that a destructive, deadly storm is on the way, no matter where it makes landfall, everyone in south florida, especially is going to be hurt by this. They are also fearful of the decisions they have to make it, many of them waiting under the last minute to make it. Its a bad decision. Either stay in your home which could be destroyed by the winds, or completely underwater by the surge, or get on the road, get on the highway. 5. 6 Million People have been asked to evacuate. Thats double the previous largest evacuation and they are being asked basically to get onto roads and to drive the entire state of florida because thats the only safe place to be come out of the state entirely. Either on the florida turnpike or on i95 headed north. On both those roads, theres been lots of proble
St. Thomas. Theyre going to be arriving here and going to the Convention Center. Theyre coming actually on a cruise ship which was in the region when Hurricane Irma came through. Theyve picked up 2,000. Theyve going to be processed through the Convention Center and move on hopefully to hotels or other destinations. Then on saturday, another 2,000 will be coming in as well via the same cruise ship. Now, those who remain in the Virgin Islands are pleading for help. The storm hit three of the largest islands in the group, st. Croix, st. John, and st. Thomas especially hard. Four people, in fact, were killed. Widespread damage as weve seen from the videos. Cnns sara sidner now with the latest. Reporter on st. John, the smallest of the three major islands and arguably most ruggedly beautiful, Hurricane Irma swept away life as we knew it. Theres nothing left. Reporter nearly 30 square miles of island wiped out. I was in our sheltered hurricane called hurricane hole. There were 200 boats out