Tonight this monster storm is packing a punch on islands across the caribbeans. Take a look at the winds in st. Martin. St. Thomas and puerto rico. You can see debris scattered and roads flooded here in st. Martin. Some of the worst damage could come from the i lan. Heres where. The satellite image of Hurricane Irma passing directly over it. Leaders say the islands is barely habitable. We know Hurricane Irma is responsible for at least three deaths. Irma is not alone. We have three hurricanes. Formed in the gulf of mexico and jose in the ocean. Tonight its Hurricane Irma that has people in the u. S. On. Tammie souza just received new information on the storm and where its headed. The good news the track hasnt shifted a lot. People are getting confidence. The bad news its still over the United States and florida is right there in its cross hairs. Its right now actually moving off to the north and west. Almost ready to pull away from p puerto rico. It is a good distance from land. The ey
The powerful storm tracking more to the west with people along Florida Gulf Coast bracing for a big hit. Tonight Hurricane Irma is blamed for at least 27 deaths after cutting a path of destruction through the caribbean. Its just hours away from making land fall in florida where 6. 5 Million People have been told to leave their homes. More than 75,000 people will be hunkering down in shelters there to want. We have team tonight. We have coverage tonight, Kenneth Craig is in miami. Reporter good evening from miami where its been raining now for more than 24 hours. Just the beginning other 6 a storm thats nowhere beginning of a storm thats nowhere near over. This is just the beginning of the rain and wind Hurricane Irma has in store for florida. As the powerful storm inches closer, its spinning up funnel clouds and threatening tornadoes. The first stop is the florida key, then the storms west coast. Storm surge a growing concern in my hometown of naples, 15 feet above ground level, how do
Out there in a car trying to stay safe. Trees are almost horizontal from the very strong winds and water whipping around the city of miami this morning. This is what it looked like last night before irma mainland fall. That winds was Strong Enough to up root some trees. This one was tossed in the air before falling on a car and smashing it. The eye is passing over the florida keys. After losing steam, irma has again ramped up its power and reached cat 4 strength. That means packing winds up to 130 miles an hour. Right now, 1 million homes and businesses across florida have lost power. We have Team Coverage on Hurricane Irma this morning. Lets begin with meg oliver, live in miami. Meg. Reporter the gusts of wind are so powerful right now. We just left the ground floor of this hotel and moved to the balcony because it was getting too dangerous with flying debris. There is a tree behind me thats fallen down. There is the threat of tornadoes and of course storm surge. Also, i want to point
People as barrelled through the caribbean and puerto rico. Were waiting for an update from the governor, rick scott and we will bring you as it begins. We know more than 6 Million People were evacuated from florida. It includes roughly 1 3rd of the states population. Not everyone was able to or chose to get out. Take a look how Hurricane Irma looks on radar, in some area, the rain and winds so strong, emergency crews are no longer able to respond to sfts calls. Were going to take you live. This is a live picture in West Palm Beach. This is actually inside of a News Conference were waiting on the governor to give us a briefing on the storm so far and as he steps to the podium well bring it live. In Fort Lauderdale, a Tornado Warning was issued. Take a look at this video. Appears to show a tornado forming, residents have been urged to stay inside and to hunker down. A man riding out the storm in key largo captured this piece of video as the strong winds ripped off a piece of the roof. Di
Other. Tonight we have Team Coverage, meteorologist Melissa Magee has the latest on the storms path but we will begin with brian taff in naples in the eye of the storm is passing, brian. Reporter walter and sarah this has been a absolutely surreal hour or two hours, here in naples florida right now. Forgive me as lie around as i stay out of the path of flying debris. We just passed through eye wall, the strongest wins of what was a category three hurricane. We clock the wind of a gust of 142 miles an hour. That is stunning. Wind speed by any measure. Things have incredibly calmed down, from that point, in just the last five minutes. That is how quickly this storm is moving. Five minutes ago we could not see those trees behind me, and now as clear as day. Jason, come on out here survey some of the destruction. From what we have seen in just the last, couple of hours, of these incredible, wind speed, that building behind us is part of its roofies torn off. Jason, go ahead, look down. Tho