Make a direct hit on south florida. Lets go to maggie she s p live with the latest on the damage done so far and how florida residents are preparing. Reporter rick and sara, the National Hurricane center calling irma potentially cat trough. What we have seen so far out of the caribbean has baseball devastating. Hurricane irma tearing through the caribbean as a powerful category five and showing no signs of slowing down. Saint barts, guadeloupe, caught up in the devastating path and bearing down on saint martins, battering the tourist hot spots with winds of 185 winds and gusts even higher. We are literally inside three doorways in and this is what you can hear. The u. S. Now bracing for impact. Puerto rico is preparing for a catastrophe vent with 700 people already in shelters. No one is every ready for a category five hurricane. And florida is sitting directly in the path. This is serious and we cannot take chances. The florida keys under mandatory evacuations. If you are told to evac
Challenge yet big sister venus, ready to go big just three wins away from making history. And good morning, america. Happy labor day. Hope youre squeezing out one last day of summer break. I dont know if this is a gift of a burden, but its just you and the guys today. Were talking about the scorching temperatures in new york. Im feeling it right here. Yeah, a burden. Rob, youre going to start us off with all the weather. Lots to talk about. Heat and flooding. Here. This is north of lacrosse, wisconsin, where heavy rain led to this. And, south of that, in parts of iowa, the heaviest ray south of des moines. Strong wording. Night. This is a slowmoving front. Flash flood watches up through today, some places tomorrow. Oklahoma city to the northeast. Recordbreaking. We touched a record yesterday in burlington, vermont. Tomorrow, we add in humidity. The last unofficial weekend of summer going out. A lot of people heading to the beaches. That. The race for president now. Your voice, your vot