The winds, problematic,c, specially true out on the beaches. Kind of refreshing when your out west. Out towards the beach, it can be rather windy at times. That will continue. Look at the winds jumping up in ft. Lauderdale, from the southeast to 21 miles per hour. Thats sustained. Gusts, possible of 30 miles per hour. Dangerous rip currents, lower to mid70s during the morning hours. D a little sunshine and our temperatures start to take youoff. First alert traffic with k kly. Good morning to you, south florida. Thank you so much for joining us. We have a Traffic Alert right now in Broward County as we take a look at your screening. Kind of slow going around this area. This is i95 northbound at pembrook road. Earlier, construction. Three lanes of traffic completely blocked off. They reported a crash scene in the same area. A crash with injuries. Making your way out the door. You can see the ramp partially blocked off. A couple ofanes blocked off. Another Traffic Alert. Michael spears wi
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Haiti and the Dominican Republic and the bo ham as. Thats all before Hurricane Irma could potentially hit densely populated miami and ssh south florida. So Hurricane Irma obviously is front and center tonight. One of the largest hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. Were going to be talking about the preparations ahead of its path tonight and also what were learning from the storms path as it churns through the caribbean and towards florida tonight. Simultaneously, were also keeping an eye on the aftermath of harvey in texas. Some towns outside of houston are still underwater today. There are now also worries about whats basically a toxic stew that has been left behind in parts of east texas, and Southeast Texas because of this storm. In addition to all of the other things that the houston and Gulf Coast Region is to our country, it is also our Nations Center for our chemical industry. And one of the centers for the Petroleum Industry in this country. There are new reports ou
People in ang willa and barbuda, st. Martin and saint barts. He believes 90 of the island on barbuda may have been destroyed by the storm. 90 of the buildings on that island. There are real fears ahead for haty, the dmin can republic. Hurricane irma a is front and center tonight. One of the largest hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. Well be talking about the preparations ahead of its path and what we are learning from the storm as path as it churns through the caribbean and toward florida. Simultaneously were keeping a eye on the aftermath of harvey, some towns outside of houston are still under water. There are worries about whats basically a toxic stew thats been left behind in parts of texas because of this storm. In addition to all of the other things that the houston and Gulf Coast Region is to our country, it is our Nations Center for our chemical industry. And one of the centers for petroleum industry. There are new reports out of houston people who were he can pose
Today theyre not announcing exactly when theyre setting these Nuclear Plants to go cold, but interestingly the Energy Department sort of let slip what the time line is going to be. The federal Energy Department let slip tonight that they think turkey point will be shut down tomorrow night and st. Lucie 12 hours later. Who knows when its going to happen but theyre planning a shutdown. For context, the Turkey Point Nuclear plant was supposed to with stand 235mileperhour winds according to its design. But one of the exhaust stacks at that Nuclear Plant actually cracked in half when hurricane andrew hit 25 years ago, even though andrews winds were way below that 235 miles an hour threshold that that plant was supposed to safely take. That explains why there are some of the worries that people have about that particular part of the coastal infrastructure. As of tonight, irma is still a cat 5 hurricane. National Hurricane Center says even though the max wind speeds may fluctuate up and down