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 upandcoming star takes down her idol, Venus Williams. Now the allamerican showdown 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
Hurricane irma. 20 people confirmed dead from irma so far. Devastation on many fronts, Mother Nature showing her impact embracing over the weekend in florida. It is almost our part of the world is being attacked by Mother Nature. First harvey and irma and katia in the gulf. Here in the bay area we cant complain which is the heat wave which is nothing. Lets start with the newest story we are talking it is that massive earthquake. It has left at least 32 people. Magnitude 8. 1. An update on the damage to mexico and parts of Central America. That earthquake hit just before midnight off the Southern Coast of mexico. Hundreds of buildings were damaged and collapsed. We have been monitoring out of mexico, guatemala, and el salvador. Now that quake centered in the Pacific Ocean south of the state of chiapas. Hundreds of buildings have been collapsed or damaged. More than 600 miles away buildings were knocked out. Translator i had never lived through anything like that. I never heard the walls
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
Zones in a rush to replenish supplies. Most of the gas stations weve been to all day have no gas. Reporter airports crowded with evacuees rushing to catch the last flights out of south florida including tourists forcing to leave their beach front hotel. Everybody has to go. At this point are you planning to ride the storm at the airport . If need be. This is where ill be. Reporter after seeing the devastating impact of irma in the caribbean most recently impacting cuba, bahamas and u. S. Virgin islands, floridans on both coasts are heeding the warnings to get to safety lining up outside of shelters. We move here to get away from Hurricane Harvey but now were here and Hurricane Irma is coming. Reporter at least five of those shelters already at capacity. I dont know where were going to go. Reporter many of those are coming up from the keys that will start feeling the first effects of irma tomorrow morning. Tourists been evacuate everyone on the low lying areas are under orders to leave.