The storm. Were doing whatever we can to help. Shepard lets get to it. Good friday afternoon from the Fox News Deck. Were tracking Hurricane Irma. Floridas governor says the window to escape the path of the storm is closing. With each updated forecast, the chance of a direct hit on some part of South Florida and then up the peninsula of florida are increasing. This as the head of fema says i dont know anybody in florida has experienced what were about to get. The florida says we should expect life threatening conditions from coasttocoast. He says this is a catastrophic storm like our state has never seen. Over 500,000 people there from mandatory Evacuation Orders, including miami, miami beach, the keys. Rick scott telling people to be
patient when dealing with crowded highways. He says more troopers are on the road to help with the flow of the traffic. He says the state has sent school buses to get residents out of dangerous areas. Some gas stations have long lines. Others have no fuel at all. Governor scott says the entire state, more than 20 Million People should be ready to leave, if necessary. This storm is wider than our entire state. Its expected to cause major and life threatening impacts from coasttocoast. Remember Hurricane Andrew is one of the worst storms in the history of florida. Irma is more devastating on its current path. Shepard irma has left a trail of destruction in the caribbean. The death toll is 23. Thousands of others homeless. The storm battering the turks and Caicos Islands this morning with waves as high as 20 feet across that island. Thousands of tourists trapped on
the Virgin Islands in st. Bart and st. Maarten. Witnesses saw the damage first hand. The storm destroyed homes, schools and businesses. It ripped rooftops off of houses as families huddled inside. A Television Station said i feel like im on the moon. Theres not a single tree standing anymore. Forecasters say the storm is extremely dangerous. Maximum sustained winds are at 155 miles an hour down from 185 at the peak. Still a powerful category four hurricane. The winds are widespread, extending 70 miles from the center. If it goes up the center of the state, Hurricane Force winds could be felt by everybody in the peninsula. We know by know whichever way
peninsula of florida is dealing with this storm, probably experiencing Hurricane Force winds. Its a danger. We have covered these. The center does make an impact at least for the worst of the storm surge. But that also gives the indication that the others dont need to worry. Thats not the case. Everybody probably for the lower past of florida will experience major Hurricane Force winds, which will blow all kinds of trees down, all kinds of Power Outages across a wide swath. This is the radar. Right there, over towards the bahamas. Weve seen the bands get closer and closer. A couple things, the latest advisory that just came out at 2 00. Its not the complete advisory but the intermediate ones. They raised the winds. Theyve been at 150. The pressure has come down. Theyre bad signs that we could she a strengthening storm. Its also though moving a little more to the west instead of to the northwest. That may be has some implications for us. Heres the official track. Most of South Carolina out of
major hurricane on hands. Shepard thanks, rick. Many people obeyed the order to get out of miami beach. You dont have to do what you dont want to do. The mayor in at least one city says theyre getting out. You can see homes and businesses boarded up. Sidewalks and streets empty. Some people will try to ride it out. Team coverage continues. Phil keating on miami beach where theres no traffic on a friday morning. Its a stunner. Its crazy. Its a ghost town here. I have tragic news to report before we show you around. We have the first Hurricane Irma related fatality. A Davey Florida man fell 15 feet to his death from a ladder while trying to install hurricane shutters. Here on ocean drive, everything pretty much is closed. Boarded up, shuttered up. World famous news cafe where Johnny Versace used to hang
outs. This is wet willies. Boarded up. Thats what you see in all the buildings. This is all about storm surge and keeping flood waters out. The Storm Surge Forecast is 510 feet. All of this will undoubtedly be under water. Theres been a smatteders of people that have come down to take in the emptiness of it all, Flying Drones and driving by with cameras rolling. While hundreds of thousands have evacuated to the north, including many miami beach residents, some still as the clock is Ticking Refuse to leave. I work in the fire department. I have to be at work sunday anyways, if i can make it to work. Im nervous but focused. Because my building, we have electricity and well be safe. Yeah, i dont know. I have no idea. This will be my first hurricane. I dont have idea. You sure picked a good one. Yeah. As of about 8 minutes ago, the last plane outside of Miami International airport took off heading northbound. We expect over the next several days perhaps longer depending on the destruction, no more inbound planes will be coming either. Thanks, phil. And the mayor has ordered 650,000 people to evacuate. The mayor will join us live to tell us how theyre preparing for a catastrophic storm. Thats coming up from the Fox News Deck on this friday afternoon. Prudential asked these couples how much money do you think youll need in retirement . Then we found out how many years that money would last them. How long do you think well keep oooooohhh you stopped youre gonna leave me back here at year 9 . How did this happen . It turned out, a lot of people fell short,
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maybe they think their home wont be able to sustain a category four or five hurricane. Thats different than other storms weve had here. Most people hunker down and ride it out. This is different. Were seeing that dynamic play out here. Shepard what is working well and what is giving you troubles . I think our Response Plan as well, were prepared for the storm, prepared for the aftermath of the storm. Right now, its the issue of an unprecedented number of people going into our shelters. Weve asked Miamidade County residents to help each other and take those folks that are evacuating from a mandatory evacuation zone. I think in terms of traffic, its somewhat better than i thought it would be at this point. Yeah, i know human nature and people tend to wait to the last
minute. Maybe its not come this way and do at the last minute, maybe a shelter or take off in a car. We have to be prepared for that. The Police Department is prepared for that events. Its a big job. County of 2. 7 Million People. You know, theres a lot of Working Parts here that have to go smoothly. Thanks, mayor. All the best to you and all those in South Florida. Thanks for taking the time with us. Its my pleasure. Thanks very much. Lets hope this storm veers off and goes somewhere else. Shepard were sure hoping. Into the atlantic and just fizzles out. Shepard out to sea. Leave us alone. Carlos jimenez. I want to show you the Traffic Helicopter again. This is about a mile south of ocala. The trees have blocked it as
fate would have it. Weve been watching the southbound lines. We saw tractor trailers headed south. Theres still supplies getting down to South Florida. Its raining. Nothing to do with the storms. That means its a little after 3 00 in central florida. Minutes ago and said can you go live . I say heck yeah. Were busy right now. The air force reserve, were just crushing it. Were making it happen. Shepard what are you learn something. You can see, this is an extremely powerful storm. Its going to be the benchmark storm for the next decade. Katrina, as you well know and i know first hand, its been a benchmark for the long time but now looks like irma will be the replacement for it. Shepard for me as far as destruction, there was Hurricane Hugo in the carolinas. That just snapped millions of trees and turned them to projectiles. And then Hurricane Andrew. With the very tight eye and small area that it crossed. When it went through cutler ridge, homestead, levelled everything. But it wasnt that big around. This thing though, its got a little bit of everything to
hate. Yeah, it does. Its a massive storm. The big thing here, Everybody Listening right now, just really Pay Attention to the authorities and civil defense. Dont take this storm lightly. I rode out andrew in louisiana when it came across the gulf as it hit florida and wiped those guys out. Dont get complacent. The other thing is dont have this false sense of security. Just because you made it through andrew, no big deal. That is the level is there for andrew, its higher for irma. Heed the warnings. Shepard we talk about how successful the evacuation has been. It has been. If 10 of the people you asked to evacuate dont leave, that leaves tens of thousands of people behind on that coast. That is frightening. That is frightening. Our guys and gals in the Hurricane Hunters and the Emergency Responders are working
hard to help people. Its really important that everybody leaves. If we can save everybody, thats awesome. Shepard Lieutenant Colonel cross, have you seen anything at all that would suggest outside of a overrun of the mountains in cuba, anything that might make it diminish in size. We dont really get in forecasting. Its been over open water. You can see the eye. Its really tight. Almost like a Textbook Example of the most powerful hurricane. Really incredible. Theres things out there that will interact with it, but i cant say whether or not i think theres anything that will effect it. Shepard Lieutenant Colonel sean cross, all the best. Thanks a lot. Good luck to everybody. Shepard thank you. People getting out by land, air and by sea. A lot of boats. Cruise ships that just dropped people off in miami and now they had to scramble. Some are going to shelters. And then people leaving by boat. Yes, some people on cruise ships came back early. They werent able to get out of miami. So one cruise ship, norwegian do you have a live map of cruise ships . Yes. You can see this big empty space where the hurricane is and all of these tanker ships. The reds are tankers and the blue are passenger ships. Pinks are the pleasure yachts. This one, the norwegian escape, which is an appropriate name, they said they were going west. They have about 4,000 passengers on board that Couldnt Get Out of miami. They said we dont know when well be back or where were going. Looks like theyre going to mexico. The captain said get on board. Well get you to safety. We dont know when well bring
you back. Shepard interesting. Mexico has the storm on the southeastern coast. Yeah. Theyre going in this area. Shepard cancun. Yeah. Some ships are just headed to safety. Shepard think of the logistics, getting the people out, the planes and then return everyone when its over. Thanks. Ahead, the latest on the evacuation efforts. Well get an update from the miami area and up the coast. First, a look at the hurricane from the International Space station. 250 miles above earth. Cuba on the left there and irma on the right. Right behind irma is jose. And by the way, jose now category four. And non24 can make me show up too early. Or too late. Or make me feel like im not really there. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442342424. Whoo testis this thing on . huh . Cmon your turn mmmm. Where do pencils go on vacation . loud speaker pencilvania pencilvania laughing frosted just right. Crunch in every bite. Kelloggs frosted miniwheats. What was the worst thing dont you get lonely . Have you ever killed anybody . What did you think when i asked you these questions . I had never met anybody from the navy thats why i was, like, asking you all kinds of questions. Yeah. I honestly didnt know what the marines did. Everybodys experience is unique. You got musicians, you have cooks, you have admin people. I just think people should be more open minded. Just get to know the person. Im lea gabrielle. Hackers may have stolen personal information of up to 143 million americans from equifax. Company Officials Say the hack exposed names, addresses, Social Security numbers, Drivers License Numbers and more than 200,000 credit card numbers. Equifax set up a website to see if youre a risk. Go to equifaxsecurity2017. Com. You can enroll for Identity Theft protection there. California congressman ted lou tweeting why did equifax wait six weeks before letting the public know about the Security Breach . Seems unreasonable. Bloomberg reports some Top Executive sold off Company Shares before the breach announced. The company says they were unaware of the hack. Shep will be right back. Hed be stopping for more pills right now. Only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Aleve. All day strong. Mom,on my Car Insurance of money by switching to geico. I should take a closer look at geico. You know, geico can help you save money on your Homeowners Insurance too . Great geico can help insure our Mountain Chalet how long have we been sawing this log . Um, One Hundred And Fourteen years. Man i thought my arm would be a lot more jacked by now. Im not even sure this is real wood. Theres no butter in this churn. Do my tris look okay . Take a closer look at geico. Great savings. And a whole lot more. Hundreds of thousands of them on the move. Hitting the road as Hurricane Irma heads their general direction. Traffic going north is in some places above the lake a nightmare. A reporter with the Palm Beach Post newspaper says the drive that normally takes two hours took him eight hours. At 1 30 a. M. Thats traffic northbound. Thats traffic southbound obviously. Top speed on Floridas Turnpike at that time, 1 30 a. M. , 5 miles an hour. The line to get into a rest stop for gas, at least a half mile. The reporter says families driving minivans and uhauls and rvs packed with as much as they could hold. Gas stations are out of gas in many stations. This is a fairly familiar scene. People trying to fill sand bags and board up their homes and board up their homes and businesses before getting out, going to a shelter or trying to ride out the storm system where. Steve harrigan is one to do that hes in miami shores in South Florida. Hello, steve. Shepard, a little wind kicking up. Gusts 20 miles an hour. More and more, its getting to be like a ghost town, a different mood here. People are afraid. People who have been here, been through a lot of hurricanes, theyre afraid. Theyre afraid of what theyve seen. The death toll 23 and continuing to rise. Just the devastation on so many islands in the caribbean. Complete destruction. It has people here afraid. When you talk to them, listen to them, you can see the fear in their faces, eyes and jaws. Shepard . Shepard i heard mayor jimenez said they had some crowdiness in the shelters. Many are filling up,
especially shelters that take pets. A real concern for people. A woman across the street from me says i have three dogs. The shelters were the pets are full. You have a tough choice. Do you get on highway and go 5 miles for 24 hours or stay put in a home that could be destroyed . Miamidade has more than 40 shelters and house 100,000 people and already filling up, shepard. Shepard steve harrigan, miami shores. Thanks. On the coast i should say on the coast just north of miami, the mayor of ft. Lauderdale says his city is ready for Hurricane Irma. Parts of Broward County under Evacuation Orders. Major jack siler is on the phone with us. Good afternoon. Thanks, shep. Shepard how are things around ft. Lauderdale . Were ready. Gearing up for three or four days now, this is one of the biggest and baddest storms across the atlantic in a long
time. Weve been ready. Started evacuations on the Barrier Island and most people are compliant with it. The issues youre talking about with miami shores, same issues up here in ft. Lauderdale. I just had to open a second shelter for pet owners because the one shelter that was for owners with pets and their pets filled up already. They opened a second one west of ft. Lauderdale. Shepard i know a lot of young people, some not so young say i dont want to go. Im on the 20th floor. Ill be fine. Have you made an impression on the seniors . Weve made an impression through an active campaign. Our public of Affairs Staff has done a lot of work. What has made a bigger impression, watching your tv storm and when they see a picture of the storm, it makes a heck of an impression. Its big and broad and were very concerned about these storms surges. Thats the major factor here in ft. Lauderdale. We feel we can handle the rain, we can handle the winds. The storm surge could create a problem for people on a Barrier Island. You might be on the 20th floor. If your first floor elevator stops working and fills up with water and all of a sudden, the electrical and the utilities go out, im not sure what good it is if you cant get in and out of the building. Were making sure theyre educated so its not just about where you are, its about First Responders getting in and out and its about the residents getting in and out. Shepard i was wondering about your flood areas. I realize on the beach along and over to u. S. 1, is that all a major flood area . Not all of u. S. 1 east. We have lowlying areas. You know ft. Lauderdale well. We have close to 200 miles of waterways and our nickname is the venice of america. We have a lot of lowlying areas east of Federal Highway, predominantly the Barrier Island. Other areas east of Federal Highway are Higher Ground and were not watching them as closely as the lowlying areas as weve been dealing with for the seasonal high tides. Remember, this time of year, our seasonal high tides are none as king tides. You tie that in with a full moon, tie that in with an east wind and a storm surge, the recipe is there to have flooding in those lowlying areas. Shepard had it skirted the way they talked about, you would have had a real, real wind problem. I wonder if the vast majority isnt going to be surge and flooding as far north as you are. I agree with you, shep. I think a couple days ago we were focused on the wind factor. That has shifted. Now were looking at a storm surge of 510 feet. They can change depending on the precipitation with the storm. Our real fear right now is the storm surge. Every time it takes a jog one way or the other, the storm surge alters itself a foot or two. And also the timing. If it continues to slow down and comes in with a high tide, thats a bigger problem than if it comes in under a low tide. These are all things that Mother Nature just playing games with our preparations. Look, were ready. Weve been doing this 100 plus years in ft. Lauderdale. We feel were ready. I believe you. Mayor jack siler. Hope to see you soon. Thanks, shep. Shepard folks in volusia county, up the coast, which includes Daytona Beach, east of orlando, Ordering Evacuations for people in high risk areas. Thats set to go in effect 5 00 east florida time. The order includes beaches, lowlying areas and mobile homes. Again, thats the Daytona Beach area. Volusia county. Officials say shelters will open there tomorrow morning. If youre in volusia or brevard or any counties along the coast, your local stations in orlando will have all the specifics for you, this map shows when forecasters at the National Hurricane center expect not Hurricane Force winds, this is when they think the Tropical Storm force winds will hit different areas of florida. So just around the keys tomorrow morning around sunrise, in the lower keys. By 8 00 around Everglades City and then be 8 00 tomorrow night, Everything South of the lake from the Lake Okeechobee south should have at least Tropical Storm force winds. Thats from coasttocoast. So lee county, collier county, down into the keys, miamidade, broward and The Palm Beaches all
with Tropical Storm force winds by 8 00 tomorrow saturday night. Then by sunday morning, Tropical Storm force winds are well north of tampa approaching the orlando area. And then by sunday at 8 00 p. M. , Day After Tomorrow night, by 8 00, the entire peninsula all the way over to tallahassee, almost to Panama City Beach area, Tropical Storm force winds have now reached the entire state of florida. Speaking of Daytona Beach, the home of the 500 and a great spring break back in the day, Rick Leventhal is there. What a ghost town. Thats nuts, rick. Yeah, its pretty quiet here on north beach street. Most of the businesses have boarded up, theyre closed. Some of them have decorated the fly wood on the front of the stores. Not clear how many people are heeding the mandatory evacuation order. County Officials Say if youre going to get out, get out by 5 00. If not, you should pack your
stuff and shelter in place or go to one of the 21 shelters that will open tomorrow morning. We have seen people boarding up in the lowlying areas, boarding up their homes, boarding up their businesses. Major sandbagging going on, including south Daytona Beach where we were earlier today. There were 21 truck loads of sand delivered to the one location. They were backing it up as quick as it could be delivered. People were taking up to 25 bags each. Some of them were helping each other out. Not just helping family and friends but helping strangers as well. This morning, got off work. Filled up sand bags for my grandfather. All kinds of people helping. Just kind of helping the community. Today was the last day for sandbags. If they dont have them by now, they wont get them. Thanks, rick. While thousands in florida try to get out of irmas way, power crews from across the nation are
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up from canada. Officials in florida say they expect millions of people to lose power for weeks if not longer in some areas. Trace gallagher has this news. How do they organize these power crews from everywhere . Most of the power crews, shep, will be arriving in florida some time today and mobilize in lake city, florida, which is in Columbia County near the georgia border. That is considered inland county and thought to be wellprotected. Separately, Florida Power and light has set up 22 Staging Areas across the state. Thousands of fpl crews and the crews from visiting states will be disbursed to the areas with the greatest needs. If you consider that 90 of Florida Power and lights customers live or work in coastal areas, which are more exposed to high winds and storm surge, you get a better idea of why they are predicting that millions of people will be without power for several weeks. Most of the power crews from
other states have agreed to stay for at least 30 days, if longer, if needed, shep. Shepard trace, many of these outofstate Power Company workers have helped with Hurricane Repairs over and over. They have. And florida would draw from southern states. But many of those are in texas. Which is why florida requested crews from canada, michigan and other states. Theres crews from indiana that have helped turn the power back on in florida after every hurricane since andrew. Florida power and light has a mutual aid agreement with some Companies Like Pacific Gas And Electric in can can and one pg e worker says he can help. Shepard thanks, trace. Officials in miami say they dont have time to move more than 20 Construction Cranes that
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but when we could live to. Lets plan for income that lasts all our years in retirement. Prudential. Bring your challenges. People sit along the beach. Theres a restaurant and watch big planes land. They have sunset beach bar its called. Dutch officials tweeted this picture out. They say theyre getting the airport back up and running. Its a high priority for delivery of supplies to get the economy back moving. So far its not yet. This is a house in puerto rico. Didnt get a direct hit there. The owner says starting a generator. A Million People lost power there. This is st. Thomas and the u. S. Virgin islands, this is system to the mass. Flooding there from Hurricane Irma. The damage there is nothing short of catastrophic. More than 20 Construction Cranes that tower over miami arent no coming down because of the hurricane. Thats from city officials. People that live nearby are told to leave their homes. The deal is it can take two
weeks to dismantle them and get them on the ground. Now its too late. Cant tie them down. The cranes way 20 to 30,000 pounds each. City Officials Say they can withstand gusts up to 145 miles an hour. Hurricane coverage continues after this. Patrick woke up with back pain
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