The damage so far and where the storm is right now. Were tracking it all. And a good friday morning to you all. Im diane macedo. And im nick watt in for kendis gibson. New advisories overnight have more of south florida under a hurricane warning. The storm is currently passing between the bahamas and cuba on a direct path for miami. Irmas winds have diminished a little, but at 155 Miles Per Hour it is still a category 5 or category 4 hurricane. The red on the map shows areas under a hurricane warning including all of the metro miami and the keys. The hurricane watches stretch all the way up to vero beach. Mandatory evacuation orders cover at least 1. 2 Million People in florida. All Public Schools and colleges are closed today and monday due to the storm. Now, airlines are flying larger planes in to try to get more people out, but it is still very difficult to get a flight. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is in miami and joins us now with the latest. Stephanie, good morning. What are you seeing .
And shocker on center court. The moment an up and coming star takes down her idol, Venus Williams. Coming to the finals. We do say good morning, america. As you can imagine it is a very busy friday morning. Hurricane irma continues on the move targeting the entire state of florida. It is being called a worst case scenario. Take a look at the storm hitting turks and caicos overnight. So much destruction across the caribbean already and its not the only hurricane in the atlantic basin. There are now three for the first time in seven years, irma, jose and katia. Were taking you inside the hurricane talking to a Hurricane Hunter as he flies through the giant storm. Incredible footage as you can see right there. Heres what we know. This is the latest. Irma is a powerful category 4 storm with winds up to 155 miles an hour. The storm is being blamed for 13 deaths so far. The eye of the storm is expected to move right over florida, more than a Million People there are under those mandatory eva
Families. They can check in online or directly with the consulate. You can go directly to the web page in the internet from the Civil Protection system. And also you can get into the [ nonenglish language ] web page and, of course, the Mexican Consulate is here to help you. This devastating earthquake comes as mexican emergency officials are already preparing for hurricane katia. The cat2 storm is expected to make landfall along the gulf coast of mexico tomorrow. People had a short time to get to safety in mexico. It has an earthquake Warning System and this latest quake proves it works. So why doesnt california have one . Ktvus tom vacar joins us now with why were behind places like mexico and japan in Early Warning detection systems. Tom. Reporter its a nationwide system in mexico. Even a few seconds can help people avoid panic, get out of harms way, and function with some warning. Earthquake alarms in mexico city sounded more than a minute before the shaking from a massive 8. 2 magn
Three disasters in two weeks. We are checking Hurricane Irma in the caribbean as aftershocks from a major earthquake rattled mexico. Texas tries to dry out after harvey. Those disasters have killed more than 150 people. That evening. We start with Hurricane Irma. It should reach the florida keys about 1 am sunday. Tonight more than 5 1 2 Million People have been told to evacuate. The largest evacuation in the states history. It has strengthened to a category 5 hurricane. The projected path shifting to the west. Florida is anticipating a direct hit. The head of power in light expects the storm to knock out power to as many as 9 million customers. It could last for weeks. The death toll from irma in the caribbean is 22. Another power for hurricane powerful hurricane josi is moving in. Chief meteorologist with the ship to the west and the forecast track. Certainly a big change. It is back to a credit core 5. It is brushing against cuba. Category 5. That i wall touching could help to weake
At the coast. Tonight, an urgent lastminute plea for 6 Million People in the evacuation zone to get out. A look at irmas path right now which has shifted west in the past few hours, forcing people who thought they might be safe to take action. Drivers scrambling to get on the freeways and evacuation shelters are filling up fast. Long lines of people waiting to get into the shelters. 150,000 homes and businesses now without power. That number is expected to increase over the next 24 hours or so. We have Live Team Coverage from the bay area to florida. Lets begin in mirromar. We are here now because we were originally in ft. Lauderdale near the water but its at that point the conditions got too unsafe for us. We decided to leave the area and were closer to the hotel. You can see that further inland the conditions are not as bad. We are still seeing the whipping winds. This is what it looked like in ft. Lauderdale. Heavy downpours, whipping winds and cars patrolling the bridges and lotioc