Good morning, everyone. Im tracking irma, this is a massive storm, time is running out, be ready to leave. That is the warn from governor rick scott. 20 Million People, as Hurricane Irma returns to category 5 straight. Listen, in a matter of hours, this storm will blanket the state, that may be too soft. From coast to coast, fema said florida is never going to be hit like a hurricane before. Many of them getting out. State or have already left florida. This could be one of the largest Mass Evacuations in u. S. History. The storm is still hundreds of whiles away from south florida. But the outer bands are already damaging power lines. You can see that the wind is picking up, that has caused the branches to break, take down the lines. Officials say more than 10,000 people have already lost power this morning. Were expect be a new update on Hurricane Irma from the National Hurricane center at any moment right now. It usually comes out at the top. Hour. Lets go to chad myers, in the cnn weather center. Category 5, tell us where its expected . Yes, the storm is just leaving the coast of cuba. And cuba did take some stuffening out of the storm. Bad news for cuba, but good news that the storm has weakened right now. I dont believe that the 5 00 advisory is out right now theyre still tweaking it a little bit. This happens when they make changes. There are airplanes flying through it. They are, really, truly looking at whats going on here. This is the storm as it comes off the california coast okay. I got it. The storm now is a 155 category 4, as i expected, the storm will and continue to move slightly offshore. As we zoom in, this storm is going to get into the waters of the florida straits, and the florida straits, because this area is so very warm, we could still see this come back. But right now, i dont see as much color in the satellite. Thats good news. That means that the storms eye has been torn up just a little bit. Now, this is the latest, i still see a 5 and then 4. Here we go. That is the jump as we get to 150 right now. The Hurricane Center is updating this constantly. Thats what were seeing now, that update. Here is what were worried about. This is the european model and the american model. Then well go through what does this mean for everyone across all of florida. From key west here, coming off just to the east of havana, the storm is coming through, key west, key west, cudjo, big key, on the eye of the storm. This is where the storm most significant, possibly to the seven mile bridge up to marathon. But im really concerned about the wind damage well see in key west, it will be catastrophic, no doubt about it. I love the town, i go there all the time. But this is really a bad place for key west. And it goes into cape coral and into naples. This is also very bad for the area. There are many structures there in fort myers, built in the 70s, you buy them as a time share, those are not up to the active afterandrew standards. You need to be out of those buildings. Then it moves closely to tampa. Tampa, yesterday, i thought the winds were 185, now, i think theyre 110. The surge up into cable coral and naples, thats going to be more. Moving to the american model, moving onshore, very close to, i would say, missouri key. Okay, were still south of the seven mile bridge. But were moving you up into the everglades. And the surge is going to be significant in everglades and naples, cape coral. It may be 8 feet, maybe higher. Im also concerned that the surge could flood miami from the wrong side. Lets get to all of this and what i expect here. Miami, youre going to see winds 100. Over here, naples, fort myers, you may see winds in the 140. That may not seem like a lot, but there are surge here and surge. The surge through ft. Lauderdale, very low city, that is going to flood. Key biscayne will absolutely flood with this storm. Here come the winds. Ill go through one more graphic. Ill toss it back to victor. Wind field coming into key west first, key largo, eventually up into ocean reef and miami. There is the storm over miami. The white is 100 Miles Per Hour or greater. Its difficult to stand, do anything out there. Everyone in the keys needs to be gone. Its that simple. I know the conks, i know all of that, you just need to go. Naples, its a significant storm, its not too late if you want to leave. Ill show you the satellite and the traffic a bit. Up towards tampa at 90 to 105 Miles Per Hour. Even in atlanta, youll get wind gusts around 100 Miles Per Hour. Now, this is google earth, i expect to you use it in ways on your way out of southwest florida. The roads are clear. According to the governor, hes been delivering gasoline as much as you possibly can, if you want to get out, there are no huge traffic jams like there were yesterday. I talked to one of my friends who usually lives in michigan but right now he lives in grassy key by marathon. It took him 20 hours to go from the keys to jacksonville. 20 hours because the traffic is so bad. Right now, the traffic is clear. Victor. All right, chad myers for us there in the Center Weather center. A bit of the wall taking a bit from cuba. Lets go cnn meteorologist derek van dam in miami beach. Tell us, what makes the storm so dangerous in the latest from the advisory of the National Hurricane center, people really wont feel the difference in the drop of the wind on just that front edge. This is still a very dangerous storm. Reporter victor, it has to do with the sheer size of Hurricane Irma. No doubt. Were talking about hurricaneforce winds extending the diameter of the storm, 140 miles at least. And the widest point of the florida peninsula is 140 miles, so, this storm has the potential to bring hurricaneforce winds from the southern tip of the florida peninsula, all the way through to the florida georgia border. Thats what were expecting. We know that this westerly trend in the models is so critical. And exactly where the strongest winds will lie. Now that we look towards a west coast florida peninsula storm, we focus on naples. We focus on tampa, clearwater and into the coral gables region. But that doesnt mean the east coast is spared. That doesnt mean you health your guard down where youre in miamidade, were in south beach. We have seen some of the outer feeder bands from the storm already impact us. Its dry now, but not too far in the distance, we have lightning illuminating the horizon. When we had one of those feeder bands come through later this evening the temperature dropped 50 degrees in 60 seconds. Just giving a brief taste of whats to come. This storm has a lot of open water to travel over. Even though its starting to show signs of disorganization as it moved across the northern parts of cuba, florida straits have water temperatures at least 86 to 88 degrees. Thats bath water. Thats jut fuel for hurricanes. That means the potential for strengthening still exists. With the delayed landfall with the westerly track, that means the potential for more storm surge. Also stronger storm systems. As we talk about this storm surge across the eastern coastline, we have the potential for 5 to 10 feet, right where im standing. That is still the official forecast. Well find out if that comes into fruition. Definitely, people heeding the warnings to evacuate because its desolate here. Back to you, victor. One of the large equivalent if not the largest evacuation as we said at the top of the show in u. S. History. The storm, christie, a category 4 storm. People really wont feel the difference in that 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour. But the category still indicates that this is going to be a monster for south florida. In fact, the entire state, im going to toss it back to you in atlanta. All right, victor, stay safe. I want to make clear what floridas governor is saying, he says if you live in this state, you will be hit by this storm. Millions of people, thankfully, have taken that warning to heart. And they are getting out. It was a mass exodus from this deadly storm. Heres how one evacuee from miami describ3ed her decision to leave. Its difficult for me to leave my home. I dont want to disgrace myself. But this is going to be a big storm. And its going to come in, right in at miami. So, we would watch, we would wait, we would watch. We would hope that it would sort of veer to the right and go out to sea. At one point, it became apparent this was our window of opportunity to move north. To go north. So, we drove north until just today. All right. Hurricane irma, i want to show you what its doing to cuba here. I believe we have some pictures coming into us. Of what is happening there. You see the trees blowing, Patrick Oppmann is there, he said it felt like a jet engine as the wind hit him making landfall on to the northern coast there, 15 to 26foot waves recorded and they could get higher as they head to havana. Well talk to a storm chaser in key largo. Hear what he has to say, next. Stay close. When a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. Stay with me, mr. Parker. The at t network is helping First Responders connect with medical teams in near real time. Stay with me, mr. Parker. Saving time when it matters most. Stay with me, mrs. Parker. Thats the power of and. Zorba the greek by Mikis Theodorakis the allnew Volkswagen Tiguan with available pedestrian monitoring. The new king of the concrete jungle. Supercool notebooks, done. Thats mom taking care of business. 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The main street which we walked yesterday now has waves rolling down it. On the first floor, its about four feet deep of water. And rising. I think for the people here who decided to ride the storm out, to not evacuate, theyre regretting that decision very, very much. Theres no way for help to get to them right now. The winds are just still too powerful it came ashore as a category 5 its now been downgraded to a category 4. Still very powerful, very dangerous. Cuba is going to be recovering from this devastating storm for some time to come, victor. Patrick, i know it may be difficult for you to hear me, so i just send that on to the audience. But is there any indication how many people decided to stay and not evacuate shady of irma . Reporter overall, countrywide, the cuban government said about a quarter of 1 million. Maybe 11 Million People. I think perhaps the biggest problem is, the people thought it was going to go by the coast. And we have some effects of the storm. You know, thats what we had been told as well. Of course, it just goes to show how unpredictable storming are in their final moments. And the storm did come ashore as a category 5. The storm is the strongest that hit cuba in many, many years and is going to cause great suffering here. All right. Patrick oppmann there in cuba. Patrick, thank you so much. Stay safe. And, everyone, what 82 seeing right now in cuba is on its way in less than 24 hours to the keys, south florida and straight up the peninsula. Christie, im going to send it back to you. Thank you so much, victor. We appreciate it. We want to take a look at more power from the storm and show you the latest were getting from barbuda after irma just crushed that island on tuesday. Its a category 5. Its amazing that only one person died on that island. But residents are preparing for a second hurricane. And thats in just four days. Heres lela santiago. Reporter once surrounded by water, now decimated, left unrecognizable by Hurricane Irma. This is the shocking view as we fly on to the island of barbuda. Jerome theiss said hurricanes are a way of life here. But not this one. And this could get worse, as the hurricane ravaged i would braces for jose, those who arrived from ant teague antigua, going to take a second hit. Its my home, i have to try to save it. Reporter even more, determined to save lives. Get people out of barbuda. Its hard to imagine that an island now rubble, an island home to nearly 2,000 residents could get any worse than it already is. But the Prime Minister has said 95 of the buildings are damaged. And it will be quite the rebuilding effort. More than 100 million to get this the way it once was. Barbuda looks like a war zone . Like a war zone. Everything is blown out. Reporter this is the wrath of irma, now on the move. Irma has shown her strength. The reason so many fear what is headed to florida. Leila santiago, cnn, barbuda. Our thanks. Lets bring in reed timmer, accuweather storm chaser. Reed, good morning to you. I know you were on key largo, just a few hours ago. The advice from state officials and weather experts like yourself is that it will be difficult, maybe impossible, for some people along the keys to survive the storm with that strength. How many people are heeding that warning . I think most everybody is heeding that warning. We were in key largo yesterday, there are some restaurants and establishments open. There are some locals there. It does appear is that the track is shifts farther up west, which is the peoples worst Case Scenario, were in islamorada right now in the keys. And for that to track to the mainland and up to naples. And another that is considering a concrete structure in key west. But were heading into the mainland. And for the path of this, most of the wind speed and direction followed by the eye wall. You describe this as the worst Case Scenario that shifts to the west. Explain for people who dont know the lay of the land there quite literally, the network of bridges and roads by the keys why this is such a detriment to the people along the keys, the shift to the west . Yeah, theres definitely a reason for the very strong warning from the National Weather service last night that said get off the keys. Theyre very low in elevation. Theyre connected by a single bridge. A single escape route. Once those water levels up up, those bridges will be blocked. And Emergency Personnel will not be able to respond to emergencies, if you do call 911, they cant come and rescue you, youll be on your own. There still is time to evacuate. Its a category 5 hurricane. There was a storm surge of 6 to 12 feet, those locations below that will be inundated by deadly storm surges. And then winds gusting possibly at 180 to 200 Miles Per Hour. Above that, its just a horrible situation that you just definitely want to get out of the path of. And there are a lot of people who went to sleep saand knew th irma had strengthened again to a category 5 from the National Hurricane center. Now a category 4. But the strongest possible category 4. Reinforce for people, who are preparing for this storm, deciding whether or not to take certain precautions the lack of comfort that could be feign in the reduction from a 5 to a 4 . Well, theres say lot of warm water ahead of this system. So, as soon as it moves a little bit away from cuba, it will regain its intensity as category 5 likely. The waters are in the upper 80s. So as it makes a northwest turn, it will likely intensify on its approach to south florida. You definitely dont want to get any sense of comfort from that downgrade to category 4, its about to move from cuba and likely intensify to a category 5. All right, accuweather storm chaser reed timur, thank you for being with us. 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