One arena waiting for hours to get in. We dont have anymore space. Others hunkering down wherever they can. This is the worst. Trying to ride out this storm. I wont lie. Its definitely frightening. Our david muir and amy robach on the ground in florida leading our Team Coverage with all you need to know. This is a special edition of good morning america, Hurricane Irma, monster storm. Good sunday morning everyone. Hurricane irma is making a flow and terrifying treacherous march up the west coast of florida as a massive category 4 storm calling this the big one. This monster storm just made landfall a short while ago in the florida keys. We have fresh images of key west already seeing heavy flooding overnight irma gained strength. It is now packing 130 mile an hour winds, rain and catastrophic storm surge and on top of all of that tornados. We have learned we can call it a killer, at least three deaths blamed on irma. More than 6 million floridians have been told to evacuate. 124,000 pe
Up the coast and when it gets here, ginger said the biggest concern is the storm surge, thats the case here. I talked to the mayor earlier. He told me the same thing. 10 to 15 feet storm surge well inland. 10 to 15 feet of salt water moving at incredible force both in the beginning of the hurricane and sweeping back behind it. The winds picking up already. We saw a giant tree go down next to us and debris everywhere and once the winds reach about 100 Miles Per Hour, gusts up to 125 as we just saw in that map t model that just came out. Thats going to be sustained for quite some time and theyre expecting considerable damage. I want to head back to amy robach in south florida in miami. Amy, you had 100 mile per hour winds in south florida as well . Reporter we are in the worst of it right now. It is certainly strong winds here, up to 82 Miles Per Hour gusting now. Hurricane forced winds here in downtown miami. I wanted to point out that the streets are starting to flood. I heard ginger m
Storms on record and so big it is going to swallow the state from coasttocoast. Now, consider this, it dwarfs what was previously the states worst storm. Hurricane andrew hit in 92. Right now, irma is hitting cuba. This is what happened to the r turks and caicos. We have the direct hit that came to barbuda where every building has been damaged or destroyed. Thats what the Prime Minister said. Widespread damage. One woman describes the terrifying experience they lived through. The winds, i cant begin to tell you the zinging. That sound. It was just all encompassing. It really became, at one point, a question of whether we would live to see through it. Thats literally how it felt. My goodness. Thats there. Now, in florida, ahead of this weekends land fall Evacuation Orders growing by the hour. Millions are hitting the road as the fuel shortage grips the state. Officials in south florida, especially the keys, if you decide to stay, soon, they wont be able to help you. You might as well le
Where Hurricane Irma made landfall, where that eye did the most punishment in this part of america, 120mileanhour sustained winds. Thats what happened here. Weve picked a scene for thank you morning of the good news this is the good news. Tremendous property damage. The people who stayed here are alive in that home. Their home is still standing. Being someone who made it through and still having a home, those are rare commodities down here. We will show you. Because now we know the truth of the situation. The current standing of irma is no longer a hurricane. Shes not being tracked as that anymore. The death count, five people have lost their lives in the United States because of this storm. At most recent count. Again, we are still in the discovery phase. 36 lost their lives throughout the caribbean. In terms of power outage, that is the big blow from this storm in our country. 7 million customers throughout the southeast. Now, remember, customer is a household. Its not people. Okay .
It left behind. The extent of the devastation still largely unknown because the only road that connects the island change remains closed. Jacksonville, florida has surpassed historic flood levels and the National Weather service says those levels will keep rising. In southwest florida irma damaged thousands of homes and downed many power lines. Millions of people are without power and may be for some time. George, i think the number now is around 7 Million People without power. And that could last for weeks in some places. 1. 4 Million People here in the state of georgia alone, michael. I mentioned the rain still coming down here. Were feeling the effects, nothing like what we felt earlier in the day. We felt strong winds saw some flooding in different parts of the region, you talk about savannah, georgia, charleston, South Carolina you talk about a flash flood emergency situation. That just came across, we understand the death toll from the storm in this part of the united states, thr