Beach front hotels. Everybody is evacuating. Everybody has to go. Reporter are you planning to ride the storm out at the airport. If need be. This is where ill be. Reporter after seeing the devastating impact of irma in the caribbean most recently impacting cube the bahamas and the u. S. Virgin islands floridians on both coasts are heeding the warnings to get to safety. Lining up outside of shelters. We moved in together away from Hurricane Harvey but now were here and Hurricane Irma is coming. Reporter at least five of those shelters already at capacity. I dont know where were going to go. Reporter many of those evacuees are coming up from the keys which will start feeling the first effects of irma tomorrow morning. In New Smyrna Beach florida Marci Gonzalez channel6 action news. We continue to monitor the track of irma. We have our own action news crew on the ground in florida. Action news anchor brian taff is there right now leading our Team Coverage and well get to meteorologist ad
Hurricane force winds, a much broader area so that is bad news. You can see the center of the storm right now north of cuba and whats happening, its moving into warmer waters. Waters south of miami is about 90 degrees so that likely will intensify the storm. This is the latest track, we just got this in and this brings it into the central keys of florida near marathon as a cat five hurricane early in the morning on sunday, 160mile maximum sustained winds, that is the strongest category hurricane. It pushes inland near naples marco island and continuing to push it up the spine, west of the spine of the panhandle as a category one hurricane, cal storm near jacksonville and then pushing near atlanta, that will bring some flooding rains, also some storm surge. So, we do have now hurricane warnings across all of south florida from West Palm Beach to naples area to the south. The watches from melbourne to tampa. Part of the problem its a storm surge, its inland flood, iind. This is going to
Breaking news out of the Lehigh Valley. A Police Officer is in the hospital after being shot in whitehall town shin. Th individu were working to learn more about how it all unfolded. Shin. Were working to learn more about how it all unfolded. We have a crew on the way. And now more on the latest path of Hurricane Irma. Krystal klei is tracking the storm this weekend and also our weather. Yeah, and were very lucky to have some quiet calm weather this weekend, so well start with Hurricane Irma. The update to the track and conditions of irma are just coming into the computer right now. So ten mints from now, i can bring you the latest update. But infrom a couple hours ago, 160mileperhour winds moving to the west at 12 miles per hour. We are waiting when the turn to the right will hit and the movement to the north will edge toward florida. But at this point Still Movement to the west. The track shows that it has just brushed up against cuba making a landfall in cuba as a category 5 hi hurr
Floridians are heeding call to get out. Cameras captured the desperate moment people tried to get out of town. The bottom line officials say, get out right now. It is 5 00 a. M. , saturday morning, lets get you to meteorologist chris sowers with the overnight update on irma, chris this is a massive storm. A massive storm its back up to a category 5. The 5 00 a. M. Update is not in, these are the 2 00 a. M. Numbers, 165 Miles Per Hour gusts shy of 180. North of cuba, havana is right there. Heres the florida straits and the florida keys. Its moving west at 12 Miles Per Hour. Were seeing the feeder bands wrapping around the center working their way in towards southern florida. Heres a closeup shot on Storm Tracker 6 live. We set it in motion for you, heres the florida straits and the florida keys, marathon is right here. Heres key west. It is drifting west southwest at 12 Miles Per Hour. Whats going to happen over the neck 6 to 1 hours conditions will rapidly start to deteriorate in this
20 tomorrow morning. Thousand we go live to Sarah Rosario in forth laud. Reporte ft. Lauderdale. Reporter the wind is starting to pick up here as Hurricane Irma is less than 24 hours from landfall. Hurricane force winds expected from coast to coast, raising the potential of life threatening storm surge. The message clear. You need to go now. And a has exodus followed as irma showed its strength. We were here for wilma. Nothing really frightening as this. Reporter many heeding warnings as the most powerful atlantic hurricane on record battered the caribbean taking lives, homes and leaving more than a Million People without power. This is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. Reporter many shelters are full. Gas stations and airports closed. I dont know what do. Reporter preparations made across the state. From protecting animals at the miami zoo to shutting down the happiest place on earth, disney and other theme parks close as irma sets sight on the Sunshine State. Those