Preparing for the worst. Preparing the house isnt bad. Its getting on the road and not knowing what were going to run into. We are hoping to get out of the state of florida. Reporter thats gridlock on highway as thousands evacuate the keys and mandatory evacuations are ordered for the Barrier Islands of miamidade. The storm will be bad so we want to get out while the going is good. We are going to be stuck down here with no provisions so we want to get out while the going is good and i have my whole family, my whole crew here, going to georgia. Reporter long lines are forming at gas stations and Grocery Stores where people are stocking up on plywood, water and sandbags. Its just scary. You know . We want to get to higher ground. Um, never had a cat5. Never experienced it. Its just scary what could happen. Reporter the governor of florida is waiving the tolls on allstate highways for drivers as they try to get out. The last time florida was hit with a cat5 storm was hurricane andrew in
Is the bigger fog bank lifting and pushing well inland leading us to a cooler day. 60s on the high side but the lows are mild to warm. I cannot get cool off the house. 61 in kelsey, 68 in napa, 66 novato. Underneath all of this we have a breeze, 25 gusting up to 33, the strongest in a long time. 62 at the San Francisco buoy and 64 at the Half Moon Bay keeping that community high. Cloudy to mostly cloudy with one system moving out and another moving in. Warming up by the weekend, 60s, 70s and 80s now. Not 90s and no 100. I like this. That 80s were good to me. Good morning everyone. Looking at the salon of commute, 80 westbound, vacaville and cordelia, not a bad commute. Interstate 80 has had a challenging few days and today we hope for better. We have had a few minor things, on the road early not much slow traffic coming through. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is light. Driving, we have fog on this picture, interstate 80 northbound and southbound looking pretty good
[ bleep ] and a Woman Leads Police on a highspeed chase in a police car, but its how she managed to escape that is shocking. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning, Hurricane Irma is moving like a buzz saw through the care bayne bean and will probable hit florida some time this weekend. It left most of the island without power. At least eight deaths on the island of saint martin are blamed own the storm. Irma, a category 5 storm is moving westnorthwest and just passed puerto rico. Its expected to hit the bahamas by tomorrow night. In southeast florida people are scrambling for supplies, gas, and a way to get out. A mandatory evacuation for Miami Dade County including miami beach takes effect this morning, and meg oliver is in miami beach. Meg, good morning. Reporter annemarie, thats right. Mandatory evacuations took place at noon. Were stand at one of the remaining lifeguard towers left.
Of lanes blocked and were starting to see some slowdowns. Speeds below 30 Miles Per Hour. Past that, you are in the green as you head over towards the bay bridge toll plaza. Speeds is at the limit and we do have some roadwork on the upper deck. Two lanes closed until 5 a. M. But no delays. Hurricane irma is blamed for at least 10 deaths in the caribbean. Its hit several islands including barbuda, st. Martin and the British Virgin islands. Its the most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic. Kpix 5s betty yu says florida and other states are all bracing for potentially devastating hits. Reporter puerto rico took a beating wednesday from Hurricane Irma. Home to more than 3 million people, wind gusts whipped over knocking out power and toppling trees flooding and battering the French West Indies with st. Martin taking a direct hit. Rain and high winds so strong, they almost completely obscure the camera lens. Millions of floridians are in irmas path. It will likely hit somewhere in
Bay and the city. More of a westerly breeze then southerly, and alameda 68, 63 to 65, and that is because the San Francisco and Half Moon Bay bowie are 63 and 64, so that is pretty warm water. San jose almost 70 degrees, livermore at 66. The breeze is kicking up with the wind cooling temperatures down when it gets that strong at vacaville and travis. The coolest day is today with tomorrow not bad. This system favors Southern California meaning attempted on the weekend will see a quick warmup. Today we have low clouds with 60s, 70s and 80s, but still muggy. It is 5 01 am. What do we have . What do we have for the peeps in daly city . We like 68. Thank you, steve. Lets take a look at 580 westbound, traffic will be stop and go. Driving in from tracy, i have been through tracy a lot and i know the freeways, and if you have time when you get to work, drop me a line on twitter let me know where you are driving through tracy and where youre going because im curious. At the 580 at 680 we have