Rampage through the caribbean and across puerto rico. As one man in st. Croix put it you felt like a wild animal trying to get to your house. Moments ago we got the newest and best pictures of where the storm will strike next, including possibly the u. S. Mainland. Tom slater joins us from the Weather Center with that. Wheres at it . To show you where its going lets go back 24 hours. At this time yesterday when we were talking yesterday, at midnight it was 175 Miles Per Hour winds. Breaking now is the 10 strongest in atlantic base history. Making landfall its 1016 tmg in the morning taking out radar systems. And 22 of the 21 observation sites. Were not sure how strong this was. We believe it was two Miles Per Hour away from the category 5 strength. Now that its offshore, Rapid Development in the isowe can have a pinpoint center and track from there. Taking it away from the turks and caicos but pretty close. And then the computer models only go so far. As they have it as a category 3, t
You live from miami where its just turned 1 00 in the morning. Thank you very much for being with us. And yes, we continue our coverage from here in tampa. The storm is still a powerful hurricane, its still a hurricane and it has weakened, and that has been good news for the people of tampa. If the eye of the storm has gone to the west of the city, there were great fears about storm surge causing havoc here. This is a city that is vulnerable to storm surge and has lowlying areas, a lot of development along the water. Even some of the cause ways, the bridges are fairly low. There was a lot of concern. We spoke to the mayor yesterday and that was his worry. The eye have moved to the east, which is a good thing. Well check how the storm surge is going to look now. I can tell you the water is still going outbound at the moment because of how the winds are going. The river here as dropped marketley over the last 12 hours. Lets bring in Karen Mcginnis and talk more about where irma is, where
Today with trump lawyer Michael Cohen. Now they want him to testify in public about russias election meddling. That as cnn has learned exclusively the investigation into Trumps Campaign manager, Paul Manafort are examining activities that go back more than a decade. And the gop taking action. Another shot at repealing obamacare. Were going to tell you whats in this latest bill and what it could mean for your health care. Thats a lot to cover this evening. Were going to begin, though, with Hurricane Maria. Cnns tom slater is live for us. Lets go first to paten walsh. Nick, the eye of the hurricane is expected to slam into puerto rico within hours. What are the conditions on the ground right now . Reporter don, its a full ten hours before we really see landfall of Hurricane Maria where theyre reporting speeds of 175 miles an hour. That would mean youd have to be well over 98 years old to ever see anything like this in puerto rico before. The last time they saw a category 5 was 1928. But
Flooding. Irmas strong winds are hitting atlantic. So far theres one death confirmed in florida, a single car accident. The death toll will likely rise. Theres the immediate issues that floridians are dealing with, lack of electricity, millions are without power. As weve seen all over the state people may be without electricity but they are certainly not without their strength. Irmas fiery, the path of destruction not seen in florida in decades. The storm knocking out power to millions. Ive been here for 22 years, i never seen nothing like it. The southern mo the. The southern most keys bore the brunt. The images show destruction. Some of the towns remain cut off, getting aid will be a challenge. Naples was hit hard as well. The number of homes damaged or outright destroyed is still unknown. But the impact of irma spans nearly the entire state. Many First Responders had to remain off the street during the storm, but quickly got to work as soon as possible. They rescued 50 people from t
Humanitarian group youth being mission. Chris take us through what happened when the earthquake hit. Where were you where was t like . I was downtown mexico city on the 5th floor in our offices where we operate out of. Wed just been talking about the drill of because they had just did an earthquake drill two hours prior to to the earthquake because todays the 35th anniversary of the massive earthquake. When this happened it took us by surprise. The floor started shaking, the building started moving and we realized this is the real thing. People took off running and heading out of buildings and we were trying to stay calm. Then we went out and started looking to where we can help people. Can you estimate how long i know its hard to tell time in situations like this. How long it was shaking for . At least 20 seconds i would say, 20, 25 seconds before the top of our building calmed down. And i understand youve been trying to help people forming human chains at collapsed buildings to try t