to come. reporter: hurricane irma has maintained 185 miles per hour winds for longer than any hurricane in reported history. almost 16 million people are in the potential path of the storm. puerto rico suffered high winds and flooding leaving a million without power and 56,000 without water. the storm churning with the bahamas and cuba up next. tonight florida officials urging citizens to get ready. this storm has potential to devastate our state. you have to take this seriously. reporter: some interstates seeing heavy traffic as mandatory evacuation orders covering the keys. i cannot stress this enough. don t wait to evacuate. reporter: gas has become scarce. around 40% of gas stations are out of gas according to gas buddy. some fuel trucks getting police escorts and to get sand bags the line was two hours long at a
that has hit the caribbean and could be headed directly into florida. flooded roads and buildings, cars and boats ruined in st. barts. trees torn apart in st. thomas, the destruction seen from the air, expanding for miles across st. martin. 95% of building are damaged or destroyed. it was heart wrenching and absolutely devastating. the roof is about to come, there it is. reporter: hurricane irma maintained 185 mile per hour winds for longer than any hurricane in reported history. almost 16 million people are in the path of the storm. leaving million without power and 56,000 without water. the storm churning near the turks and caicos with the bahamas and cuba up next. tonight, florida officials urgently warning citizens statewide to get ready.
breaking news on the historic threat of hurricane irma. the deadly storm churning through the caribbean. winds topping 185 miles an hour now for more than 30 hours. miami dade county issuing a mandatory evacuation for all mobile homes and a number of communities along the coast. just to show you, that s the strength here. already doing that and days away from it happening or knowing if they are getting a direct hit. right now we are getting new pictures in from saint martin. take a look at this, the before and after. they are just starting to assess the damage. these are pictures of a marina before and now destroyed buildings, boats destroyed by the category five winds. we check in with you again, tom, as these forecasts continue to move. you are looking at hurricane irma and two other hurricanes
eventually coming to a stop right next to the tv station. the driver attempted to get inside the building, putting the affiliate on lockdown. officers surrounded the car, and the woman was finally taken into custody. finally, a rare weather system forming in the atlantic within the hour. look at this. hurricane alex now just the second hurricane ever to form during the month of january. the category 1 storm churning toward the central adorezores n of portugal. the last january hurricane was in 1938. up next, the first gop showdown of the new year. the stage is set for tonight in south carolina. and it s a little bit smaller than we ve seen in the past. and for the first time, we re hearing directly from mexican actress kate del castillo who helped coordinate the meeting between el chapo and actor sean penn and even more flirty text messages between the actress and the druglord are revealed. we ll have the new texts for you
this stage in the campaign and we often see this right? is this a moment or will things go back to normal when they go back i think the answer is that the john leaving the speak of the house. i think it s real and tangible and brewing for almost a decade and come back out. very good. that s the subject and we re going force it. money follows the winner. if you win a contest, it will follow. meantime a storm churning off the east coast. another one that s already her,. but no one is watching. that s carl s way of saying that you should not learning. today on forbes what does it say when a labor union is looking to team up with trump trump and not hillary clinton. changing who runs the house. is it such a mess that we have to change the way that it works? we report at the top of the