Inland. Do you get the sense that people are appreciating what might happen . I think the people that were here in andrew and people who understand the power of a hurricane, who have watched other hurricanes, like in texas now, houston, those people now have seen so much and they finally realize. Glor the biggest threat here in miami is not the rain. As you saw in houston, with harvey, it is the wind speed and the storm surge, and the storm surge is the most difficult thing to predict. Farther up the coast where irma could hit early next week, states of emergency have already been declared in georgia and the carolinas. And don dahler tonight is outside savannah. Reporter georgias governor nathan deal is taking no chances, ordering a mandatory evacuation for savannah, as well as other coastal areas. That order takes effect on saturday. Residents began boarding up and sandbagging houses and businesses in anticipation of the storms arrival late monday or tuesday. Even if it makes a glanci
Glor and good evening. Im jeff glor in miami. Anthony mason is in new york. And tonight, its a race to outrun irma, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the atlantic. The fury of this category 5 storm was seen in the caribbean where at least ten people were killed when irma tore through there. Here in florida, more than a million live in mandatory evacuation zones, and folks along the georgia coast have also been ordered to leave. Mason tonight, irma should pass over turks and caicos on its way to florida by sunday morning. Sustained winds are 175 miles an hour. Video from the space station shows irmas size. Hurricaneforce winds extend 70 miles from its center. We want to check in with lonnie quinn, chief weathercaster at our new york station wcbs. Lonnie, the forecast is changing. It is. The new information pushes things a little bit more to the west, and we talk about this being an ominous turn. Well, lets get right to it. We havent actually begun the turn yet. But there is a