Now, the deadly storm is inching closer to florida. Tonight the race against time to evacuate. Now at 11 00, Hurricane Irma regaining strength as a category 5 hurricane. Now the deadly storm inching closer to florida. Tonight the race against time to evacuate. Good evening im veronica de la cruz. And im ken bastida. Kenneth craig is live in miami with more. Reporter well, when i saw you an hour ago it had just started raining. This is just the very beginning. The outer bands of irma. A massive hurricane headed straight for florida. nat sot weve got water, food for a couple of days, snacks, beef jerky stuff like that. narr2 more shelters opened friday 5pointsix mi shelters in florida are filling up, and traffic is clogging roads leading out of the danger zones before irmas degreed arrival. Get dreaded arrival. Got water, food, snacks. Reporter more shelters opened friday evening to help accommodate the 5. 6 Million People asked to evacuate. This is the safest place to be. Reporter the g
Did you see anybody earlier in the evening telling you were not leafing, were going to ride it out . Going leaving, were going to ride it out . Going against what theyre telling folks . Reporter yes, a lot of people sort of taking their last walks, the calm before the storm. Thats what it was. And a lot of people telling me look, we decided not to evacuate. Well ride this out in our homes. We feel were safe and its sturdy. A number of them were here for hurricane andrew 25 years ago, and they feel if they can survive that they can survive anything, including hurricane irma, but thats not advised. Yeah, gambling tonight with their lives unfortunately. All right, Kenneth Craig live in miami tonight, thank you. And here paul deanno with the latest on irmas path. Its tracking all the way from haiti on one side to homestead, florida on the other side. Nearly 600 miles in size. Heres the storm, now back up to category 5 strength despite the fact that its interacting with land in cuba. Heres