Floridas top leadership is saying if you are in an evacuation zone you need to get to a shelter now. This begins those latenight hours that irma will likely do her worst. Forecasters are making it pretty clear, as we look at the size of our members is the size of the state of florida. No matter which side takes it most, east or west coast, barring a miracle moved by this beast of a storm you are pretty much would have to move the state of florida to grab it from irma. From box, americas news headquarters, im harris. On its present course, it will move up in the warm everglades feeling up and expecting to burst into a bigger storm and, of course, the shift we watched happened today so the west coast taking a direct hit potentially. Immediately put extreme burden on citizens to suddenly evacuate and places that they hadnt planned to like naples and the huge metro of tampa in saint pete. Hard facts are these and this has just come in. Florida keys, we are almost at just a couple of miles
There are three active hurricanes out there. Our reporters are live tonight across the region and cnns tom sater is in the cnn weather center. I to start with tom, of course, this evening to give us the very latest on this forecast, this monster storm. Miami, is it a direct line to be hit . Sorry, tom, we cant hear you. As soon as we get tom back, well work on that. But, again, our reporters are out in the field. Tom sater in the cnn Severe Weather center. Again, there are a couple different tracks for this storm if you look at the different models as tom has been reporting all day and our meteorologists. The american version, the european version, other versions of this storm taking it somewhere along the east coast of florida. Could be taking it back up to the atlantic. That would be the most positive. The most positive path for the storm. But unfortunately, the concern is that its not going to happen. Tom sater joins us now. Tom, i believe we have your audio now. Yeah. Tell me, is t
Challenge to stand here. I know people are hurting and theyre scared. Were standing right here, and were going to tell you whats happening throughout this as this water gets to about 6 or 7 inches, and i cant even turn this way because it is pure gray. All the light is gone behind me, and the water is just coming sideways down this street, shepard. Shepard we now have a wider shot, and we can see the trees. That looks unbearabling, and im sure there are people sitting in their living rooms going get him the hell inside. Reporter yeah, yep. Shepard weve learned not to tell steve what to do. Reporter yeah. Well whoa. Well, the trees are not snapping. Im seeing been. S but not full trees. Category four, you expect trees to be uprooted, you expect roofs to fly off, and you expect side walls to fly off. Thats not happening here. Were seeing strong winds and branches snap, but were not seeing disintegration of buildings. Shepard yeah. Category three, maximum 120 miles an hour, it may have go
The damage if naples, where a wind gust of 142 Miles Per Hour was reported. In the miami area, the winds were so strong, leaving tampa bay on display for a time being. This morning, Hurricane Irma will continue to move over the western peninsula before moving into southeastern dade and overnight, Miamidade Police said 28 arrests have been made so far because of the burglary and looting there. Lets cross over to florida. John thomas is joining us live from tam pam i know t tampa. Give us an idea of what tampa sustained. Reporter its been a big beating t. Local paper has the headline slammed in all big plaque letters about what took place here. Irma will go down in history as up with of the worst storms to batter southwest florida specifically as far south to marco island and to us in tampa and st. Petersburg. One thing that has been a big issue is the rain and wind bursts t. Gusts of wind in sarasota up to 135 Miles Per Hour. We seen damage, that is a worry during a storm like this. Esp
Vandalized. France considering declaring a state of emergency. And the urgent manhunt tonight. The killer with a disappearing act. The trick he pulled that let him walk right out of jail. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with celebrations honoring former president george h. W. Bush and his lifetime of service to the country. Memorial plans under way to pay tribute to the 41st president of the united states. President trump declaring december 5th a national day of mourning. Air force one will carry his casket to washington, d. C. , tomorrow, where he will lie in state in the capitol. President trump will attend his funeral at the National Cathedral on wednesday. And a memorial of flowers and tributes outside of his home in houston. The former president remembered for his sense of decency, kindness, and commitment to others. Amy robach is in houston to lead us off. Reporter tonight, air force one in houston. The plane now ready to bring