Without power tonight. And were talking about winds topping out at 140 Miles Per Hour. 60 miles north of West Palm Beach on the eastern side of florida. The damage in the florida keys now clearly visible. And youre looking tat right there. House to house searches going to start tomorrow in the keys. From the bay area to florida we begin live in myanmar, florida. It has been a tense 24 hours. A lot of stress, a lot of high emotions. Reporter that is the perfect way to describe exactly whats been going on around here. You can see behind me its clearly dark but this is one of the streets that still has power. But this is of course only minor compared to damage weve seen in other areas. And of course weve seen a dramatic change compared to what we were seeing a few hours ago with the whipping winds and the bands. I know that hurricane warning for the area has been down graded now to a Tropical Storm warning. What that means is theres still the threat of seeing strong, gust aTropical Storm
Im jeff glor in st. Pete beach florida, along with Anthony Mason and meteorologist eric fisher who are in new york. Hurricane irma is moving up the gulf coast of florida tonight at 14 miles an hour after making landfall this morning in the lower keys as a category four, and this afternoon again on marco island as a category three. It is expected to reach south western georgia by tomorrow afternoon. Irma is now a category two hurricane with a maximum sustained winds irma is now a category 2 hurricane with winds at 105 mir, but it remains a dangerous storm with storm surges along the coast. Irma is blamed for three deaths in florida. Power has been knocked out to 3 million homes and businesses. Jeff, as you said, part of the story is storm surges, and chief meteorologist eric fisher of boston. What do you see for the storm surges. Its an interesting sight. People are watching the water leave and huge spanses of beach open up that theyve never seen before. Were seeing the flow around irma
Mateo bridge just past the toll plaza and this is stacked up already for the monday morning commute. We are more delays to tell you about but first lets check the weather with Neda Iranpour. I am watching the doppler to show you what is going on, a lot of lightning strikes happening right now, some strong bands of rain coming through and places to the south, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara along the 101 and interstate 5, this strong sell picks up south of monterey, this is not necessarily our region but all of this is moving north and is expected to reach her area tonight. Look at these lightning strikes west of king city, soledad, and monterey could be next. It is causing some swirly conditions when it comes to winds, some coming out of the east and northeast and north winds, west winds, we are feeling the breeze. 10 mileperhour winds and san ramon just picked up southwest winds at 70 Miles Per Hour, this tends to happen, alejo 15 mileperhour winds coming out of the southwest, berke
Heights. They are a 21 and 24yearold. Police say its being treated as a homicide but theres no indication of a suspect on the loose. They recovered a gun at the scene. Police are looking for three men who beat a cal student unconscious. It happened alt resident hall unit 3 this morning. The male student got into an argument with a group of men, they attacked him knocking him out. The student had to be taken to the hospital. Police could not find the suspects into Young Students in Southern California may have beeneniv g tainted with body fluids. Os anistrators from 13 schoolst esdi and Orange County informed parents that over the last two days that the fluids are of a sexual nature. Parents are being told to put the flutes into brown bags and save them as evidence. I couldnt explain it to her last night. I didnt know how. She knew me she saw me getting sick to my stomach. She didnt know exactly what was going on. State and federal investigators are looking into the matter. Flutes acros
Bay. Lets head over to meteorologist drew tuma. Its the winds that are the main culprit for the high fire danger in the next 36 hours. A red flag warning for the east bay and north bay hills. The areas shaded in red. The winds are going to pick up later on tonight. By 11 00, you can see widespread wind gusts, anywhere from 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. So really the highest threat is going to be in our hills. Those winds could go as high as 50 Miles Per Hour. Combine that with low humidity and fires will easily start and spread under those conditions. The winds are also going to bring about warmer weather. Well detail the forecast in a few minutes. Eric . Drew, thank you. Download our abc7 app for push alerts. Police have identified a man and woman found dead in delores heights. They are a 21 and 24yearold. Police say its being treated as a homicide but theres no indication of a suspect on the loose. They recovered a gun at the scene. Police are looking for three men who beat a cal student