completely submerging buildings. full extent of the damage will be measured in the coming days and weeks maybe beyond. but we were told overnight that they are getting a sense that the community has been decimated. the hurricane is cutting it devastating path through central florida at this hour. the national weather service warning of widespread catastrophic flooding. orlando really beginning to feel the storms power overnight. standing by throughout florida ready to give us live updates on the storms impact. turning now to tampa where hurricane ian was originally forecast to hit the city head on. the storms powerful winds drained massive amounts of water from tampa bay causing rivers storm surge. from this we bring in alison barber who is on the ground right there. alyssa, good morning, give us a sense, do residents feel the they ve dodged the worst of the storm now? francis there were some very scary moments in the days, hours moments leading up to hurricane ian maki
house. an historic threat to the united states. we dealt with charlie, francis, wilma. this is like none of those. i m jim rosenfield, and this is what matthew looks like right now on radar. a monster storm just off the coast of florida right now, and conditions are getting worse by the minute. take a live look at the situation in west palm beach. we ve seen trees swaying in heavy winds there. the storm has killed at least 280 people in the caribbean, and that number could rise. president obama declared a state of emergency in florida and south carolina today. 2 million americans are under evacuation warnings, and analysts say matthew could cause $200 billion in damage in the u.s. tonight we have live team coverage on the storm and its impact. we begin with nbc10 s randy gyllenhaal live in stewart, florida, about two hours north of miami. what s it like where you are right now? reporter: jim, i can tell you in just the past nine minutes or so, we officially lost power
feeling effects. hermine is said to be roaring from the gulf coast with 80-mile an hour wind and heavy rain, forecasters say hurricane could produce life threatening storms as well as major flooding. sue, is this the same storm that is going to mess up our weekend, our who will take weekend. yes. you will recall monday and tuesday we were talking about perfect weather for the holiday weekend. that is not going to be the case, it looks like, the thing is about this storm, and, hi, here we go, hi, the thing about this storm is it is still down in florida and it needs to get a little closer before we can tell you, more certainty what it will do with you we can tell you we have tropical will california storm watches for our coastal counties, we re talking sussex, cape may, atlantic, half of burlington and ocean counties in new jersey. here s a look at not a tropical storm but now hermine and it is all of the rain that is something on northern florida, all the way down to tamp
california afternoon the country. reporter: 13-year-old lopez was killed by a deputy. the teen was holding a replica assault weapon and he was shot. we are saying we aren t going to let our children and our friends and sons, our students because i also work in a school, that we don t want to see anymore of them killed just for being somewhere and looking the way they are and that is somebody thinks it is okay to kill them because of that reason. this little boy shot nine times by a weapon specialist because he was carrying a toy. it is fairly it is very transparent what happened in his case and it is important for us to stand up and make a lot of noise. the entire system that goes on, especially in the wake of the george zimmerman verdict. we understand that this is a problem that is happening nationally so there needs to be a moment behind it. why is it that this message and being taken by so many people. the case of andy lopez happens on a daily basis in so many
more than 100 palestinians have been killed. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he will not bow to international pressures. violence has surged in chicago. we have seen too much violence. they have access to guns and we need comprehensive gun legislation. if we can find the money, $4 billion. lebron james says he s going back to where it all started. the offer has hit. big with america. and of course the sports world seems to be taking over all of the united states. soccer was an immigrant sport. now that s changed. my boys will grow up knowing soccer is an american sport. we begin with the severe aerial offensive that has killed 120 people in gaza. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowed to press on with the attacks as long as hamas continued to send rockets into israel and signaled a ground invasion may be possible. we re preparing for all the possibilities. on friday the united nations human rights raised concerns of the offensive aga