Chaser, talked to him a second ago, he was on the causeway in the florida keys, said those were the heaviest winds hes ever dealt with in his line of work. Right now, irma is right on top of the florida keys. The eye reaching there in the last hour. Sustained max winds remain at 130 Miles Per Hour, making it a major category four storm. In addition to wind and rain, storm surge is another major problem with this one. It could be as high as 15 feet in some places. The storm has lead to the largest evacuation in florida history, more than 6 Million People there. Hundreds of,0 hundreds of thousands told to evacuate in georgia. In florida city, south of miami, migel almaguer is there. Good morning again to you. Reporter good morning. It is really coming down. These are conditions that worry First Responders. Theyre not going on the road any longer. Saw a fire truck coming down the road a short time ago. Want to show you what it looks like. All the palm trees are bending sideways. As i send
2017. And we want to welcome you back to this special edition of today on sunday morning. I am matt lauer with savannah guthrie, as you just heard, lester and al are in tampa, florida, going to check with them in a moment. Lets get the latest on the storm. Heres where things stand. It is a powerful category four hurricane and it is slamming southern florida at this hour, with in some cases 130 Miles Per Hour winds. As you might expect, Power Outages are really widespread, hundreds of thousands of people are without power and we are hearing about more of those with each passing hour. Thats right. In all, more than 7 Million People have been evacuated in florida and also in georgia. More than 400 shelters are now open. Talking to dave price and the latest forecast or update on the storm, Hurricane Force winds up to 80 miles. Tropical Storm Force Winds up to 220 miles outside the eye of that storm. Thats a big area. It is a big piece of business thats going to touch every single piece of
Guthrie live from new york, and lester holt, live from florida. Welcome back to this special edition of today, sunday morning, the 10th day of september, 2017, 11 30 on the east coast, 8 30 out west. We came on the air 6 00 a. M. Eastern time. Weve been watching the conditions deteriorate. Yet its still early in this whole process. Weve got places like tampa, major population centers, potentially bracing for a direct hilt. Lets get the latest on what its shaping up to be, an historic storm. The southern tip of florida began to feel irmas impact on saturday. It didnt officially make landfall in the keys until just after 9 00 a. M. Eastern today. As expected, irma actually gained strength overnight to a category 4, with 130mileperhour winds. Utility officials in florida say more than a million customers, i think its 1. 4 by now, are without power. Thats a number thats been climbing and is expected to climb throughout the day. Heres going to put that in perspective. Irma is so massive a s
Are sustained probably just below Hurricane Force when you get to the top of the building, because they dont have anything to stop it. The other angle is the wind and the rain, just horizontal sheets of rain battering here in the brickell section of miami. Well have to take a look when we go over the bridge to see what kind of impact the water is having downtown. The water is coming right off the river into downtown miami. Look at this wave action here, this is like a noreaster off the coast of new england. Ive seen waves like that, but not an inland water way. This is not the open waters of the atlantic. Gosh knows what the waves look like out there on miami beach. This is quite the visual that weve had all morning here. And for safety reasons, were going to be packing up here and heading to Higher Ground so we can get out of harms way. The surge is starting to come up, were expecting about a five foot surge. Weve seen the water ramp up, we want to be safe. Later this afternoon the wi
Is a special edition of today Hurricane Irma with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Yes, welcome to this special edition of today on a monday morning. Were going to be with you for several hours this morning trying to figure out whats happening with this storm, where shes going, and what shes left behind. Its been a long night, long weekend for our friends in florida. Lets get to where things stand with Hurricane Irma. Its a category 1 storm now packing 75 mileanhour winds still. We are waiting an updating from the National Hurricane center. Theyll give a sense of where its headed. We were talking 140 miles an hour yesterday down to 75 today. It can still do damage. Nearly 5 Million People without power this morning. Record Power Outages for the state of florida. People could be in the dark for awhile. Florida power and light is warning customers this is not going to take just a couple of days to restore. This will tak