swift boats, all ready to move in and begin to go door-to-door when it is clear enough to be able to do so. power outages have slammed half a million. that is the latest number that we have over the course of this hour that we re now in. floridians on the ground as ian barrels towards their homes, their businesses. we have people all across the state with updates about different sections of the state, what it feels like, what s going on there. fox team coverage with all of our great weather team out there spread across the state as well. we begin with katie burn who is in orlando. katie, what can you tell us from where you are? all right. let s go to max gordon first. max is in tampa bay. max, tell us what you re seeing where you are. hi, martha. so we ve been hearing a lot about the storm surge concerns in the fort myers area. but up here where we are on the north end of the storm, we ve seen an erie sight along old tampa bay. we ve seen what is known as reverse storm surg
Tony blair calls for tougher immigration rules numbers without the need for brexit. Sir mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma currently a category four storm has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds up to 130 mph. The hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. It engulfed villages, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The eye of the storm has now reached the florida keys, bringing extreme winds that are expected to last for the next few hours. All residents had been ordered to leave amid fears that a storm surge reaching 15 feet could hit the islands, most of which are only a few feet above sea level. One person has been confirmed dead in the florida keys. As the storm is expected to move north to mainland florida, more than a million homes and businesses are without power
Tony blair calls for tougher immigration rules as a way to cut numbers, without the need for brexit. Sir mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma currently a category four storm has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds of up to 130 miles per hour. The hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. It engulfed villages, causing widespread damage and leaving whole communities homeless. The eye of the storm has now reached florida keys, bringing extreme winds that are expected to last for the next few hours. All residents had been ordered to leave amid fears that a storm surge reaching 15 feet could hit the islands, most of which are only a few feet above sea level. One person has been confirmed dead in the florida keys. As the storm is expected to move north to mainland florida, more than a million homes and b
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Formerly invest 97. We just got confirmation that this is now Tropical Storm matthew. The m storm on the list. Hurricane hunters have been flying in the system this morning. At flight level, they found a closed area of circulation. Heres the latest track from the Hurricane Center. This is expected to continue through the southern caribbean and becoming a category one hurricane as early as fr the make a hard right turn, start heading to the north, Pope Benedict materially approaching jamaica by sunday and monday as potentially a strong hurricane, a category two storm. And from there, a lot of uncertainty as to where this goes. At this point, we need to watch the system closely. Right now, the winds are at 60 Miles Per Hour so its a potent Tropical Storm. More about matthew coming up in a bit. And also, showers and mainly just shower activity. Weve had this onshore flow. Its been giving us the morning showers here and cloudiness as well. Rain chances will continue as we go into the after