Model. we can hope it s not the european model. that looks we have long memories. that looks like andrew s path. yeah. eerily similar to andrew. andrew was a category five storm with sustained winds in excess of 200 miles an hour. the good news is that after 1992, we updated our building codes and the city of miami is incredibly wind resilient. we have storm shutters or impact windows on most buildings. the challenge is an event like irma, which was an incredibly wet event. slow-moving. it had a six to eight foot storm surge. we saw some areas three feet under water. we installed some pumps since then that can pump 50,000 gallons of water a minute in the mary brickle area. there s still areas of vulnerability. now it s king tide that we have to contend with. so we have portable pumps
Right-hand turn, maybe a little sooner or a little bit later. i think it s probably tomorrow afternoon before we get that fully nailed down. we ll stay with it and watch you. thank you, rick. folks in puerto rico relieved after hurricane dorian passed by them. the early forecast, remember, predicted the storm would hit the american island nearly two years after hurricane maria devastated the place. this satellite image shows hurricane dorian just missed puerto rico. the storm caused minor damage last night. officials say one person died, an 80-year-old man fell off a roof while preparing for the storm. the u.s. virgin islands took more of a hit from the hurricane. look. that was yesterday. minimal category 1 hurricane running into the area. government officials reported islandwide power outages on st. thomas and st. john. you can see flooding there.
Our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth tracking the storm. t weaken a storm is dry air gets in there. that does happen and it s hard to forecast. that could be one thing. if that did happen, it might inhibit some of the strengthening. the official forecast at the national hurricane center center right now is for that category four. the other thing that could happen is fluctuation in that strength that happens once you get the strong storms. they go through eye wall replacement cycles and that can make the sustained wind fluctuate 20 to 30 miles an hour. we could be on one of the down sides when it makes landfall. this is the center of the storm. this is the visible satellite. this is exactly what the sat looks looks down on the earth and sees. you can see the darker red colors. they re the colder cloud tops and ends up spinning up this kind of an image for us. the center looking strong. earlier today there were two kind of eyes with it.
And a cop was there. he had his long rifle out there. he said get back. and then the cop came down. he shoots the cops. you get what you get. the fbi is the lead agency in the investigation. they re asking anyone with information to call 215-481-4000 for go to tips.fbi.gov. there is some good news.the trooper that was grazed by a bullet, we are not told that has been released from the hospital. that is wonderful news this holiday weekend. another reminder of the risks they take press every day. thank you. lives and livelihood swept away in a moment. a storm slamming the philippines wiping out villages. now the recovery is just getting started. and the weather causing problems for some people. we will both to your christmas
He had his long rifle out there. he said get back. and then the cop came down. he shoots the cops. you get what you get. the fbi is the lead agency in the investigation. they re asking anyone with information to call 215-481-4000 for go to tips.fbi.gov. there is some good news.the trooper that was grazed by a bullet, we are not told that has been released from the hospital. that is wonderful news this holiday weekend. another reminder of the risks they take press every day. thank you. lives and livelihood swept away in a moment. a storm slamming the philippines wiping out villages. now the recovery is just getting started. and the weather causing problems for some people. we will both to your christmas forecast.