this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from miami beach. good evening. from along the iconic miami beach on a late summer evening as florida braces for impact with hurricane irma. at this point a bit over 36 hours until the storm s landfall here in the u.s., a small westward shift in irma s track may make little difference at this point. the reality is florida has no place to hide. here s why. the storm is far wider than this long, narrow state, so virtually everyone is likely to feel irma s punch albeit at varying intensities. and so it is also gut check time for those who have held off evacuating. road traffic is heavy and flights out are canceled or booked solid. every new image and casualty figure coming out of the battered caribbean underscores why this powerful storm is so feared. as we start to feel the first winds ahead of the approaching storm we want to get the latest from our team on the ground. starting with kerry sanders. kerry, good even
winds up to 160 miles an hour. the storm surge could rise up to 10 feet. some areas are no longer habitable in the caribbean. hurricane level winds could reach across the entire state tonight. many are stranded. i don t want to stay for a whole week without electricity, internet, food, especially when you have a baby. it s harsh. ten minutes before boarding time i they jaus canceled the flight without giving us any explanation whatsoever. they toll us, give yourself a shelter. we ended up having to pay $1,000 to go to dallas and then on to l.a. it s been awful. we knew as soon as we landed that we should never have gotten on the plane in england. you could hear officials asking us why you ve got to florida. why to come to florida and how to get out of florida. those were the questions folks were addressing a the airport. meanwhile, let s look at the path of the storm. bonnie schneider is back with us. ari, the storm center of irma, category five hurricane is int
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