you back. shepard: interesting. mexico has the storm on the southeastern coast. yeah. they re going in this area. shepard: cancun. yeah. some ships are just headed to safety. shepard: think of the logistics, getting the people out, the planes and then return everyone when it s over. thanks. ahead, the latest on the evacuation efforts. we ll get an update from the miami area and up the coast. first, a look at the hurricane from the international space station. 250 miles above earth. cuba on the left there and irma on the right. right behind irma is jose. and by the way, jose now category four. and non-24 can make me show up too early. or too late. or make me feel like i m not really there.
the virgin islands in st. bart and st. maarten. witnesses saw the damage first hand. the storm destroyed homes, schools and businesses. it ripped rooftops off of houses as families huddled inside. a television station said i feel like i m on the moon. there s not a single tree standing anymore. forecasters say the storm is extremely dangerous. maximum sustained winds are at 155 miles an hour down from 185 at the peak. still a powerful category four hurricane. the winds are widespread, extending 70 miles from the center. if it goes up the center of the state, hurricane force winds could be felt by everybody in the peninsula. we know by know whichever way
peninsula of florida is dealing with this storm, probably experiencing hurricane force winds. it s a danger. we have covered these. the center does make an impact at least for the worst of the storm surge. but that also gives the indication that the others don t need to worry. that s not the case. everybody probably for the lower past of florida will experience major hurricane force winds, which will blow all kinds of trees down, all kinds of power outages across a wide swath. this is the radar. right there, over towards the bahamas. we ve seen the bands get closer and closer. a couple things, the latest advisory that just came out at 2:00. it s not the complete advisory but the intermediate ones. they raised the winds. they ve been at 150. the pressure has come down. they re bad signs that we could she a strengthening storm. it s also though moving a little more to the west instead of to the northwest. that may be has some implications for us. here s the official track. most of sout
i have no idea. this will be my first hurricane. i don t have idea. you sure picked a good one. yeah. as of about 8 minutes ago, the last plane outside of miami international airport took off heading northbound. we expect over the next several days perhaps longer depending on the destruction, no more inbound planes will be coming either. thanks, phil. and the mayor has ordered 650,000 people to evacuate. the mayor will join us live to tell us how they re preparing for a catastrophic storm. that s coming up from the fox news deck on this friday afternoon. prudential asked these couples: how much money do you think you ll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we ll keep oooooohhh! you stopped! you re gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short,
patient when dealing with crowded highways. he says more troopers are on the road to help with the flow of the traffic. he says the state has sent school buses to get residents out of dangerous areas. some gas stations have long lines. others have no fuel at all. governor scott says the entire state, more than 20 million people should be ready to leave, if necessary. this storm is wider than our entire state. it s expected to cause major and life threatening impacts from coast-to-coast. remember hurricane andrew is one of the worst storms in the history of florida. irma is more devastating on its current path. shepard: irma has left a trail of destruction in the caribbean. the death toll is 23. thousands of others homeless. the storm battering the turks and caicos islands this morning with waves as high as 20 feet across that island. thousands of tourists trapped on