The storm. Were doing whatever we can to help. Shepard lets get to it. Good friday afternoon from the Fox News Deck. Were tracking Hurricane Irma. Floridas governor says the window to escape the path of the storm is closing. With each updated forecast, the chance of a direct hit on some part of South Florida and then up the peninsula of florida are increasing. This as the head of fema says i dont know anybody in florida has experienced what were about to get. The florida says we should expect life threatening conditions from coasttocoast. He says this is a catastrophic storm like our state has never seen. Over 500,000 people there from mandatory Evacuation Orders, including miami, miami beach, the keys. Rick scott telling people to be
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
temperatures will continue to rise. phoenix, look at your numbers. over 100 degrees. in some cases over 110 degrees. that s the forecast here as we progress all the way into the upcoming workweek. look at our average, should be around 107 degrees. we re pushing 116 by the time we roll into friday and saturday. florida, that heat advisory still in effect from the palm beaches down into the florida keys. you factor in dew points of 70 plus. it feels ridiculous. fred and i have been talking about. our temperatures are in the 90s, which is above normal and records are a possibility rolling into next week as that ridge continues to build. but feels like 103 degrees in places like ft. myers and naples. 104, miami 102. so we have quite a bit of heat going on out there, fred. oh my gosh. and then poor florida, florida, florida. there s something else to talk about as it pertains to florida. what up with this is a hairen
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palm beach county has one of the lower vaccination rates in the state at 63%. are you seeing already these rising cases are affecting your industry and visitors? well, chris, thank you for having me. certainly we have seen, according to forecasters, that there s been a dampening of travel intentions up to about 25% of folks are postponing trips, but the good news is that only 10% are cancelling. for us here in florida, and particular in the palm beaches, we re looking to buck the trend and receive as many visitors as we proudly had in 2019, which was a record year. that has to do with the wonderful attributes that we have in the palm beaches with less congestion, smaller cities, lots of open spaces, and great parks and beaches to spread out and be safe from activity.