Behind alan back in 1980. 190mile an hour sustained winds. This is a monster storm. Its a a catastrophic deadly storm as it barrels through the waters between cuba and florida. Heres the florida straits and the florida keys. The outer feeder bands starting to see heavy drenching downpours, havana, as Far Southwest as there, picking up good rainfall totals already. The center of circulation is situated right here. Its expected to make a track Something Like this. It will turn to the right here over the next 6 to ten hours. Taking a look at the water temperatures, this is part of the fuel why the storm is so powerful. We have Ocean Temperatures in the low 80s and 90s. This creates sensible and latent heat. The storm maintains its fuel and keeps its strength. A big reason why the storm is so hefty because of the warm Ocean Temperatures. We have no chicer at all no sheering at all taking place. We have it hitting the florida keys and a second hit around the naples area. Well see a tremendo
Devastating impact on the carribean. The island of barbuda is in ruins. Stephanie ramos. Reporter there are people trying to make a mass exodus out of florida. Hurricane irma is inching closer and closer to south florida with winds 160 Miles Per Hour. The storm shifting significantly further west. The eye of the storm with the sights on the florida keys and tampa. The National Weather service tweeting this is as real as it gets. Nowhere in the florida keys is safe. Youre running out of time, the storm is almost here. If youre in an evacuation zone you need to go now. 5. 6 Million People have been asked to activate many living in lowlying coastal areas. As time runs out, people are still trying to escape the storm. Traffic so bad on the streets in south florida some have abandoned their cars because they have run out of gas. Those trying to get out by air stuck, for Fort Lauderdale airpt closed. Miami International Spending all flights. Those hoping to get a last minute ticket stranded,
Resort island of barbuda is in ruins. Stephanie ramos live in florida with the latest. Reporter this morning there are people trying to make a mass exodus out of florida as the monster storm raging closer to the coast and grows stronger. Irma is inching closer to south florida with winds 160 Miles Per Hour. The storm shifting farther west the eye of the storm on keys in florida. Nowhere in the florida keys will be safe. Were running out of time, the storm is almost here, if youre in an evacuation zone you need to go now. Reporter more than 5. 6 Million People have been asked to evacuate, many living in lowlying coastal areas. As time runs out, people are trying to escape the storm. Traffic so bad on the three main routes out of south florida, some people abandoned their cars because they have run out of gas. Those trying to get out by air finding themselves stuck, Fort Lauderdale airport closed. Miami International Spending all flights. Those trying to get in hoping to get a last minut
Considering what is going on down in the keys. New video of the damage is astounding. Mobile home after mobile home flipped over. This is key west near where Hurricane Irma made landfall. Testing the limits of everything in the storms path. Irma turned up in florida weakening in strength. Now its a tropical depression and left behind a tail of destruction. Millions without power across the sunshine state. Streets are flooded and water temporarily sucked out to sea stranded two manassees there and two dolphins near marco island. In tampa, homes were spared. I was expecting water. Still a lot to clean up here in miami. This is at 7th and ocean drive. This is a mess. Its going to take a while to get this cleaned up. You can see the windows on the buildings. They did okay overall. You can see a lot of windows need to be repaced. Youre not allowed into miami unless you were already here. There are thousands of people with us on the bridge today trying to get to miami beach and the police ar
Is pretty good evidence of what damage the storm left behind. Trees are down everywhere and look at the shear force of the winds to take down a tree of this size and to toss metal off of signs, from street signs all over the place. Despite was see here on the ground behind me people i talked to today say they know it could have been so much worse. We sat on our patio and watched the whole storm. Reporter marilyn is one of many whose nerves may take some time to recover. Nerve rattling. It was so i was so tense when it was all over that i couldnt even lay down. Reporter against the advice of local authorities, marilyn rode irma out with her family inside their naples home. It was so intense. Parts of it were so scary we werent even sure but we all just stayed at home. Reporter blake and his family evacuated their low lying house to seek shelter at a nearby friends home. It was the worst storm that weve stayed for. We were here for andrew in 92 and we were here for charlie in 2004. Repor