Rico right now. And tonight this is just one of three hurricanes in the atlantic. Now at 11 00 one of the most powerful hurricanes in history is pounding puerto rico. Tonight this is just one of three hurricanes in the atlantic. Good evening. Im veronica de la cruz. Im ken bastida. Lets get right over to kpix5s betty yu for the very latest on this. Hurricane irma which is about 450 miles wide is now the most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. Irma is blamed for at least three deaths so far in the caribbean and tonight florida, georgia and South Carolina are all bracing for potential devastation. Puerto rico took a being from irma beating from irma wednesday. It is home to more than 3 million people. Wind gusts whipped across the u. S. Territory knocking out power and toppling trees. Irma flooded and battered the French West Indies with st. Maarten taking a direct hit. The rain and high winds were so strong they almost completely obscure the camera lens. Millions of flo
Most powerful storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. Irma is blamed for at least three deaths so far in the caribbean and tonight florida, georgia and South Carolina are all bracing for potential devastation. Puerto rico took a being from irma beating from irma wednesday. It is home to more than 3 million people. Wind gusts whipped across the u. S. Territory knocking out power and toppling trees. Irma flooded and battered the French West Indies with st. Maarten taking a direct hit. The rain and high winds were so strong they almost completely obscure the camera lens. Millions of floridians are in irmas path. It will likely hit somewhere in florida saturday or sunday. The governor is sounding the alarm. This is not a storm you can sit and wait through. Reporter residents of the florida keys were ordered out. Im scared, category 5, never been through one. Reporter the major concern here is storm surge. The islands average about 6 feet above sea level. The surge from irma has the pote
Maria trump said that francis trip to mexico shows that he is a political future political figure. And claims that mexico was using him. Another gop challenger was asked if the pope to him as well. Vatican city controls what comes in. As a result, the u. S. Has a right to do that as well. Maria john kasich has much kinder word about pope francis. Guy. Maria a new National Poll shows the donald trump now in a virtual tie with ted cruz. Appeal. Sen. Cruz donald trump is in second place with 26 . I expect a storm of tweets any minute now. Concerning the zika virus. When asked if abortion or Birth Control could be considered a lesser evil when dealing with a crisis, the pope said he would be willing to relax the church s opposition to artificial contraception. Also breaking news at home, live sky 5 over boston, where you can see workers trying to fix a big glitch that continues to lead the Commuter Rail in disarray at this hour. Commuters being told to about south station right now. This i
John we want to show you video from down the platform. Just a few minutes ago, one of the first trains came in. It was absolute chaos as hundreds of people flooded to the platform, trying to get on their train home tonight. They are absolutely packed. We were upstairs, everyone here waiting for a train to come through the tunnel. Obviously we are talking about fewer trains. And you see all of these people here tonight. Ed there is a list of alternative stations. You can find them on our wcvb app. They can certainly help you along the way. Heather donald trump in aged in a war of words with the pope. Ed newscenter 5 s Maria Stephanos is live in the newsroom with the comments getting such a reaction. Maria and this happened fresh off of the pope s trip to mexico. He is waiting in on the issue of immigration in the west he says that anybody wants to u. S. Mexico border is not a christian. Donald trump has posed to build a wall stretching from texas to california. That is something he says
New at 5 30, federal investigators are determining that a tent in this summer s fatal collapse was not properly built. Jc newscenter 5 s ed harding has the story. Ed jc, federal safety officials are proposing more than 30,000 in fines in the collapse that killed two and injured dozens more in lancaster. Osha s inspection found that the tent operator, Walker International events, failed to heed repeated severe thunderstorm warnings the day of the collapse. Tent s stakes were not properly anchored in the ground. With warnings of 60 mileperhour winds, the tent should have come down. We need to understand Going Forward how they will prevent this kind of incident from occurring in the future. Ed osha will meet with Company Officials next week to discuss a settlement. Jc right now, one of two men charged with stealing bones from a graveyard in worcester is being held on 100,000 bail. Felix delgado jr. Pleaded not Police Arrested him earlier this month during a drug investigation in bridgepor