Im jeff glor in st. Pete beach florida, along with Anthony Mason and meteorologist eric fisher who are in new york. Hurricane irma is moving up the gulf coast of florida tonight at 14 miles an hour after making landfall this morning in the lower keys as a category four, and this afternoon again on marco island as a category three. It is expected to reach south western georgia by tomorrow afternoon. Irma is now a category two hurricane with a maximum sustained winds irma is now a category 2 hurricane with winds at 105 mir, but it remains a dangerous storm with storm surges along the coast. Irma is blamed for three deaths in florida. Power has been knocked out to 3 million homes and businesses. Jeff, as you said, part of the story is storm surges, and chief meteorologist eric fisher of boston. What do you see for the storm surges. Its an interesting sight. People are watching the water leave and huge spanses of beach open up that theyve never seen before. Were seeing the flow around irma. Look at the water line. Its unusual. The water heading out to the gulf and then a very quick ramp up, 10foot rise in a couple of hours. When the wind comes around, thats when the surge gets very dangerous. Walking around today, we want to make sure folks dont venture out. Here you can see what happens. Those winds offshore around the center. Once the center of the storm passes off toward the north, the winds come around the other side and bring the water back in. We see the surge continuing down toward the keys at this hour, and well see the same effect as it moves north. It will bring the water into tampa. Some good news, the storm a little bit weaker for tampa. Were looking at 3 to 6foot surge, still dangerous but not worst Case Scenario. Latest projections for the storm surge, starting to recede in the naples area, good news there, but very heavy rain in the next 24 hours. So things are starting to change a little bit. From the surge story to the rain story as we head into tomorrow. As you mentioned naples a key part here of this story. Some of the highest winds in the storm today were recorded in naples, 142Miles Per Hour gusts. Jonth vigliotti not far from where irma made landfall. 140 Miles Per Hour, and in its path, trees really no match, this massive one completely uprooted. Scenes like this throughout this county really calculating this Emergency Response at this hour. We watched the storm as it rolled in from the safety of our shelter, those winds whipping, in fact, part of the roof from the shelter we were in a hurricaneproof center ripped off during this storm. At this hour 85 of homes in Collier County are without power and there is a boil water order in effect. This storm is far from over, though. Were focusing on the surge which is going to target the coastal communities, specifically naples and marco island. Were talking about surges from 10 feet to 15 feet. Thats enough to cover entire buildings. Right now theres a curfew in effect. Police are telling people to stay inside at least until 6 a. M. Tomorrow morning. That is when these waters are expected to recede. Currently 15,000 people are inside shelters. Theyre being told to stay inside until the sunrises. Jonathan vigliotti in naples taking the worst of it. Thanks, jonathan. Lets go back where the winds are picking up. Jeff . They are indeed picking up, and the florida keys took the first u. S. Hit from irma, and it was a big one. There is a dusk to dawn curfew in effect off the southern tip of the florida peninsula. Earlier we spoke with Elaine Quijano. You can see the powerful effects of the remnants of the storm surge that washed through the area and continuing to overlap over the highway here. I just got off the phone with Monroe CountyEmergency Management officials who say they believe the effect of irma on the florida keys is a humanitarian crisis. They do not have any figures of number of people hurt or even killed perhaps by this storm as we are still in the middle of it, but they say they plan a massive air relief operation with relief coming perhaps as soon as monday morning, and that will come in the form of c130 cargo planes from the United States air force, which will help to deal with the devastation. We havent been able to get down to some of the harderhit areas, but what these Emergency Management officials tell me is that they havent either. They are still contending with what you can tell are still some very powerful winds at this point and they could give me no estimate on when it is that they may have some kind of ability to go out and really survey all of the damage, but that is the latest here in key largo in Monroe County, and those details just coming to us from the Monroe CountyEmergency Management officials. Elaine will have much more from the florida keys tomorrow on cbs this morning. This storm, irma, left much of downtown miami underwater. Mark strassmann has been there all day and he files this report. Reporter jeff, heres the bad news where i am. That is storm water behind me. The good news is that water was going down or seemed to be until the rains picked up and the winds picked up both in the last 15 minutes. Across the city, storm surge, water, and worry, it all lingers. Places like miamis Downtown Business district, places like brickal avenue, up to 5 feet of storm surge was dumped there by irma and for coastal residents, once they return to their homes, they may discover to storm surge will mean a very significant rebuild of their homes. Damage in this city was also significant. How significant remains unclear. Two cranes, construction cranes, were snapped by the power of the winds from irma. They were at two different job sites, a couple of miles apart. No word on injuries. Many people here dont have a real sense of how bad the damage is, and they wont until they get home. While any individual damage is intensely personal, no question, on the whole people here do understand whatever damage this area does get will be a fraction of whats to come on floridas west coast. Jeff . The gulf coast city of fort myers was flooded by Hurricane Harvey two weeks ago. It is now dealing with the severe effects of Hurricane Irma and chris van cleave is in fort myers. Reporter irma lumbered into fort myers, lashing the southwest Florida Community with winds in excess of 100 miles an hour. Category donna had landed here in an earlier year. People remained in shelters, including the jermaine arena. Reporter what made you come here . Do you think your house is going to make it through . My house is at the beach. Not a safe place. At a middle school, people took shelter, including one woman who went into labor just as the storm picked up. Fortunately medical staff were on hand. Principal is worried about supplies. The next step is to get more food. We only have enough food for tonight. Reporter but the wind is keeping First Responders off the road. We shut our operation off at 45 Miles Per Hour, and the gusts that were receiving now have been up to 68 Miles Per Hour winds and we only expect those to increase over time. Reporter despite warnings to stay in, some cars were on the road and this man ventured out on foot. Ill make it. Reporter we still face potential Hurricane Force winds for several more hours here in fort myers, but once irma starts to ramp down the winds, the real concern becomes storm surge. Theres already water collecting and some isolated flooding but were talking about a potential of a wall of water ten feet high or even higher in some places. Thats enough to sub merge the first floor of residences and thats why theres a concern it could be a deadly storm surge here in fort myers. The worst of it is still on the way here in tampast. Petes tonight, and David Begnaud is a couple miles away in tampa. David, whats happening there there right now . Reporter jeff, the rain is punishing, but its nowhere near what its going to be when the hurricane rolls in. It is expected to roll for the next 68 hours. Were talking about sustained wind gusts of up to 100 Miles Per Hour. Theres nobody on the road right now, including First Responders. I talked to the tampa fire chief who said that if they get the storm surge thats predicted, at least three feet, it could be as high as five, but if they get three feet, its going to be nearly impossible to perform rescues around here. Tampa General Hospital is on an island, davis island, not too far from where im standing. They are surrounded by water. Its a worst Case Scenario for them but they have a best Case Scenario plan already ruled out. The generators are on a higher level at the hospital, second, third floor. They have patients who were too critical to evacuate. The tampa fire chief told me everyone is in a good spot and they are safe. Their boilers have gone out so theyve lost the ability to heat water, but the water is running and its safe. Thats good news because they were concerned about tampa general. The curfew went into effect at 6 00. Nobody is on the road and, jeff, were expecting the hurricaneforce winds to roll in, maybe midnight, 2 a. M. , and all the way through the dawn hours. David, ambulances, i know, in st. Pete is tampa area have now been pulled off the road because the winds have gotten so bad and because theyre anticipating that storm surge. So where you are, youre not seeing anybody . Reporter no, nobody. Not even a First Responder on the highway. There is nobody on the road. In fact, when the fire chief came to the hotel where were staying at, he mentioned that he was one of the only personnel that were on the road. They were about to pull folks off. Again, the rain is punishing, but its nowhere near what its going to be. At about 40 Miles Per Hour, jeff, they pulled everybody off the road. So we expect that has already started to happen. We can confirm that. That did indeed happen, and also worth mentioning that the worst of the surge is not going to come until after those hurricaneforce winds or the worst of the winds come through. Carter evans is just south of us, about 30, 40 miles south of us in sarasota. We checked in with him just a little bit earlier. Sea spray blowing off sarasota bay here. Its been doing this for the last couple of hours. Now you were talking about Police Officers not responding to calls, up in tampa where you are. That is the case here as well. They were blocking this road earlier. They have now left. They say its too windy. Theyve got to go inside. So, if you need help from police in this area, its too late right now. As far as the people who are in shelters, there are ten shelters in this area. At last check, about five of them were full. And there were about 17,000 people in Sarasota County shelters. Now there is still room for about 5,000 or 7,000 more people but its going to be really tough to get there. You can see all this water blowing through the area right now. And jeff, we havent even hit the Hurricane Force winds yet. Its gusting to around 52 miles an hour. It is going to be a really long night here in sarasota. Glor yeah, its getting nasesy nasty here in tampast. Pete. Coming up, american tourists left stranded in the glor Hurricane Irma killed more than two dozen people in the caribbean last week. At least 2,200 americans who were vacationing on the islands are still stranded. The u. S. Navy is helping to bring them to safety. And Tony Dokoupil is in puerto rico with one couples harrowing story. Reporter as Hurricane Irma crashed into st. Marten, elia mcdonald and her husband ryan ran for shelter in a concrete stairwell. Got in there just in time and held on to each other for dear life. Reporter and when they crawled out, most of their hotel was destroyed. Like a bomb went off, complete destruction, everything is gone. Reporter but for the mcdonalds and thousands of other americans on st. Marten, the aftermath of irma was as frightening as the hurricane itself. With no power, dwindling supplies of food and water, and the airport too damaged for use, the island descended into chaos. There was rioting, looting. I felt like were never going to see our son again. Reporter at a hotel a few miles away, Marlene Maguire and ron leach slept with a knife beside them in a barricaded shell of a room. People started robbing, taking tvs out of the hotels. Reporter you saw people coming in . Oh yeah, yes. Reporter as for the mcdonalds, they were rescued by the u. S. National guard and will return home tonight to michigan. Tony dokoupil, cbs news, san juan, puerto rico. In a moment we have been east, west and south. We will head north to irma is a huge storm and every inch of florida will feel her wrath before its over. Injurica Jericka Duncan is in Atlantic Beach near jacksonville. Reporter yeah, just because this hurricane is actually going more westward does not mean that communities east in the florida area or even north of florida are in the clear. Officials say at the end of the day this is still a hurricane, and once winds reach a sustained wind power of 40 Miles Per Hour in this Barrier Island community, all the bridges will close. What does that mean . That means no access to major hospitals. And that is very important, we spoke to the police chief about that, michelle cook. Our closest big hospital is about 15 to 20 miles a way. So we dont have any hospitals close by. Which is another concern, because were on an island and the hospitals are so far away. Reporter so what will people do . Its going to be a tough decision, you know. And thats what concerns me about people not evacuating. Because if we had high winds, and somebody is injured, and it is not safe for Public Safety to get to them or get over a bridge, what do they do. Thats going to have to be a decision thats made at that moment, based upon the totality of the circumstances. You know, its tough. I dont want to have to give a death notice to your family because you chose to stay. Reporter and in this community of 14,000 people, the chief says that, unfortunately, she believes that more people chose to stay and ride this out instead of leave, despite the fact that there were mandatory evacuations to this Community Since friday. Anthony . Jericka duncan reporting from Atlantic Beach, the storm expected to reach there not until tomorrow morning. I want to bring jeff glor back in. Jeffs a we have been pointing out it will be a long night for for the state of florida. The winds are picking up near where you are now. Glor yeah, the worst is still hours away in tampast. Pete and it has gotten considerably worse here in just the hour weve been on the air for this western edition of the broadcast. Yes, irmas winds are weaker than when they when she first made landfall and then after the second landfall, yes, they are predicting the storm surge will not be as bad as they were worried about right now. But that doesnt mean that police, fire and medical are telling anyone to let their guard down. Unusual things happen with these storms. They shift track, they change direction. You dont know what its going to be like until its over. And even when its over theyre telling people to be safe when they do end up leaving their homes or their shelters, anthony. Glor jeff, as Elaine Quijano reported, Emergency Management officials on the florida keys felling us there is a humanitarian crisis down. There well have more on irma in a momen glor for millions it will be a long and restless night in this stormbattered state. Hurricane irma now a category two is heading here to the tampast. Pete area with triple digit winds. Its reach extends across the peninsula to the atlantic coast. The storm could dump another six inches of rain or more on florida by tomorrow night. Forecasting one of the biggest threat is the dangerous storm surge. Coastal areas are getting swamped by a wall of sea water up to ten feet high in the fort myers area. It could be six feet high here. The storm is blame blamed for at least three deaths in florida and power has been knocked out to millions of homes and businesses. Tonight a dire situation appears to be unfolding in the florida keys. Irma blasted the chain of islands today with 130 mile an hour winds. The Emergency Management director of Monroe County calls it a humanitarian crisis in the keys. He said the first planes bringing relief are due tomorrow morning. The keys are now in a dusk to dawn curfew. Irma is expected to reach northern florida and southwest georgia by tomorrow afternoon. Here in tampa st. Pete, anthony, the long night continues. Indeed, jeff glor, stay safe there, jeff, thank you. That is our expanded western edition of the cbs weekend news. Charmie rose, Nora Odonnell and gayle king will have an coverage on an expanded issue of cbs this morning, for. Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Everybodys very honored and proud to be part of this event. Into the eye of irma as the monster hurricane rakes its way across florida, emergency crews in the bay area are standing ready for rescues. Good evening. Im juliette