good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. rain and wind has become blinding in the last hour, we have been in these conditions about 13 hours now, they continue to deteriorate. it is not just the pounding, steady rain flopping us in the face all night and all morning, it is also powerful winds overnight. we could hear debris flying through the air and some of the buildings. want to show you how deserted it is. pan the camera here. this is downtown florida city. you can see it's a ghost town. a short time ago thought we saw first responders coming down, it was a fire truck, spin the camera here to get a better picture so the rain is not hitting the lens, this is what we are dealing with. very high winds pulling down palm trees and froms flying across the street. power lines are beginning to sag, seen transformers explode in the last several hours. first responders are out here. we have seen a few members of the public driving cars out here. this city has not for the most part evacuated. most are hunkering down. we are only a f

good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah, good morning. rain and wind has become blinding in the last hour, we have been in these conditions about 13 hours now, they continue to deteriorate. it is not just the pounding, steady rain flopping us in the face all night and all morning, it is also powerful winds overnight. we could hear debris flying through the air and some of the buildings. want to show you how deserted it is. pan the camera here. this is downtown florida city. you can see it's a ghost town. a short time ago thought we saw first responders coming down, it was a fire truck, spin the camera here to get a better picture so the rain is not hitting the lens, this is what we are dealing with. very high winds pulling down palm trees and froms flying across the street. power lines are beginning to sag, seen transformers explode in the last several hours. first responders are out here. we have seen a few members of the public driving cars out here. this city has not for the most part evacuated. most are hunkering down. we are only a f

guys, good morning again. >> good morning, savannah. long time since this city was hit by a major hurricane. they're bracing, seeing what's coming. they have a little more time, they're farther north. al, in the forecast, we should put in perspective some of what you've been seeing. you saw video of storm chasers fighting the wind. if there's any benefit of that to the audience, it is to remind people what this is all about, these kinds of winds, what might it do to a home and floods, the surge as well. i want folks to know without getting into big discussion on what we are doing, we are not here to be reckless, we are here to get home at the end of this. >> these guys have been doing this, i have known justin and simon for years, they're professionals, they've been doing this. we have people here, folks that took time to find safe haven. >> we have fall back positions. >> we don't want people going out. it is not a case of do as i say, not as i do. >> when you look at that, think about buildings that aren't structurally sound, this is

savannah? >> all right, miguel, thank you very much. >>> we've got sam champion for us standing by in miami as he has been all morning long. sam, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, matt, savannah. we've actually had a pretty good last hour. we've been in a lull from a lot of the winds and rains. we've been watching these bands. we've got radar in lofront of m we're watching the band. we've got a significant amount of wind and rain coming up to us from the south. we had that crane topple, we had power outages here. the power outages went up with that big band of 90-mile-per-hour wind gusts. first responders told you you would be on your own. this is the time that you're on your own. as the eye continues to progress, it will become parallel with us later this afternoon. we stay in that hurricane-force wind gust field, tropical storm-force winds, for modified day. this is the time not to venture out. if you get into trouble right now, no one can come and get you. that's from here all the way

take a look at this photo posted by a twitter user named savannah. it shows a collapsed crane on top of a building. this was a great fear that many people had in the city of miami. officials saying those things can become missiles in some of these winds that we're seeing, as dave price told us 80 to 100-mile-per-hour gusts. one has gone down. at least two dozen cranes still standing. it takes too much time to get them down. it could be a week or more to dismantle one of those. the counterbalance on those can weigh up to 2,000 pounds that, too, very dangerous if the crane collapses in high winds. guys, these are 900 feet tall in some cases. there are more than 20 in the miami area. many people watching this anticipating this over the last week, were very worried about this exact scenario. and now, we do have one of the cranes collapsed on top of the high-rise in miami. >> not a good sign, willie. appreciate that. jo ling in ft. lauderdale. jo, we're been tracking you. how's the weather now? lost her microphone. we'll get word that she's not technicall

i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. lester holt and al roker are in tampa, florida, this morning, and are also anchoring our coverage. we'll get to them in just a moment. >> we're sitting here with our maps of florida in front of us, all the counties, trying to figure out who's going to into impact or have impact with this storm next. here's the latest on irma. packing quite a punch as it slammed southern florida, a dangerous category 4 storm. winds about 130 miles per hour. the eye wall hit the florida keys around 7:30 eastern time this morning. >> the number of power outages has been steadily going up all morning. three hours ago the total is about 200,000, but now more than 800,000 people are in the dark. >> by the way, the storm is massive. if you look at that satellite image, 350 to 400 miles from side to side. its reach is remarkable. of course southern florida is under hurricane warnings. well, just a short time ago, a tropical storm warning was issued for atlanta, georgia. that's some 600 miles to the north of w

savannah? >> gabe gutierrez in naples for us, thank you. >> you mentioned the mayor. the mayor of naples is bill barnett. good morning to you. >> caller: thank you. thank you for having me on the show. >> i have been doing reading on you. you have been in nape ls for years. you went through andrew. compare and contrast for me, if you will. >> caller: i would compare wilma because andrew came across. it's got, it went down homestead and did damage there, not much to us. comparing wilma to irma, it is -- i tell you, i thought wilma was bad, of course any hurricane is bad, but this one really, really made irma look kind of tame. i say that tongue in cheek, of course. i have never seen anything like this. our crews are going out this morning at sunrise. we had a skeleton crew out last night to do a little bit of damage assessment, but as was said earlier, we are going to find us a lot of damage, you know, water mains broken. nobody has any power, that i know of. 75% of all the county was out of power, so, we need to get them, you know, up and running. there's no food stor

matt and savannah. >> all right. thank you so much. we'll keep checking back in with you as the morning goes on. >> meanwhile irma's western shift spared miami from a direct hit but pounded with 100 plus-mile-an-hour winds. mariana in miami beach for us where she was all day yesterday. mariana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. i was here talking to you guys. here in miami beach the violent winds toppled trees and power lines. just look at the entrance to south point here. this the southernmost tip of miami beach with high-rise condos. you have big palm trees completely toppled over. as we made our way to downtown miami, we saw heavy flooding in the biscayne bay area and two high-rise cranes that collapsed because of the violent wind gust. as we made our way back into the beach this morning, we saw the bridges to the beach heavily patrol by police. as talking about in the southernmost tip of florida, the same threat of looting is happening at the beach. there's still a curfew in place as authoriti

take a look at this photo posted by a twitter user named savannah. it shows a collapsed crane on top of a building. this was a great fear that many people had in the city of miami. officials saying those things can become missiles in some of these winds that we're seeing, as dave price told us 80 to 100-mile-per-hour gusts. one has gone down. at least two dozen cranes still standing. them down. it could be a week or more to dismantle one of those. the counterbalance on those can weigh up to 2,000 pounds that, too, very dangerous if the crane collapses in high winds. guys, these are 900 feet tall in some cases. there are more than 20 in the miami area. many people watching this anticipating this over the last week, were very worried about this exact scenario. and now, we do have one of the cranes collapsed on top of the high-rise in miami. >> not a good sign, willie. appreciate that. jo ling in ft. lauderdale. jo, we're been tracking you. how's the weather now? lost her microphone. we'll get word that she's not technically being heard right now. we'll

i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. lester holt and al roker are in tampa, florida, this morning, and are also anchoring our coverage. we'll get to them in just a moment. >> we're sitting here with our maps of florida in front of us, all the counties, trying to figure out who's going to come into impact or have impact with this storm next. here's the latest on irma. packing quite a punch as it slammed southern florida, a dangerous category 4 storm. winds about 130 miles per hour. the eye wall hit the florida keys around 7:30 eastern time this morning. >> the number of power outages has been steadily going up all morning. three hours ago the total is about 200,000, but now more than 800,000 people are in the dark. >> by the way, the storm is massive. if you look at that satellite image, 350 to 400 miles from side to side. its reach is remarkable. of course southern florida is under hurricane warnings. well, just a short time ago, a tropical storm warning was issued for atlanta, georgia. that's some 600 miles to the north

miguel, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. believe it or not, we're actually 8 to 10 miles away from the coastline. the big concern is not the storm surge, it's not even the hammering rain that's blinding at times. it's that powerful wind that you can see is pushing me around a little bit here. it's knocked out power to so many people in this entire city. but not just this city. across the entire region here. first responders say it's too dangerous to actually go out and conduct any rescues. the mayor says most of the city is at home, did not evacuate, is hunkering down at home. but we don't know the state of the city right now, because it's too dangerous to venture much further down the road here. we're protected, our crew is und under an overhang. we're in a safe place. these roads here back here can be incredibly dangerous. they're wind tunnels, because the wind is coming right in this direction, blowing everything from trash cans to trees. even a newsstand we saw blow down from wind here. the conditions are expected to det

i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. lester holt and al roker are in tampa, florida, this morning, and are also anchoring our coverage. we'll get to them in just a moment. >> we're sitting here with our maps of florida in front of us, all the counties, trying to figure out who's going to come into impact or have impact with this storm next. here's the latest on irma. packing quite a punch as it slammed southern florida, a dangerous category 4 storm. winds about 130 miles per hour. the eye wall hit the florida keys around 7:30 eastern time this morning. >> the number of power outages has been steadily going up all morning. three hours ago the total is about 200,000, but now more than 800,000 people are in the dark. >> by the way, massive. if you look at that satellite image, 350 to 400 miles from side to side. its reach is remarkable. of course southern florida is under hurricane warnings. well, just a short time ago, a tropical storm warning was issued for atlanta, georgia. that's some 600 miles to the north of where irm

with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and lester holt live from florida. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to a special edition of "today" on sunday morning. lester and al are in tampa. if used just visiting us, it's going to a special day on the florida state. >> let's get the very latest now on the storm. it has been battering the florida keys all morning long. but its center just made official landfall there at 9:10 a.m. eastern time. >> utility officials in florida now say more than 1 million customers have lost power as irma has hammered that state. that number is expected to keep rising throughout what's going to be a long day down there. >> and to give you an idea how big the storm is, for atlanta, georgia. yes, that's 600 miles north of southern florida. it is inland and north of the storm. and yet that tropical storm warning for atlanta. >> we have correspondents all over florida beginning with nbc's gadi schwartz. he's made his ways to the keys this morning or at least the northern part or eastern part. ga

it's piling the water into areas savannah and the water is not allowed to escape. high tide two hours from now is causing all the problems, same thing happening in the jacksonville area. jacksonville's wind direction is no longer on shore. now the water is rubbing out of the st. john's river. it has to go through downtown jacksonville which is already at record flooding. that's why they had the new evacuations because that water is now being pushed in the direction that the river flows to the ocean. that's going to happen at high tide in the next hour. so that's the concern. huge concerns there around the jacksonville area. a foot of rain. storm surge four to five feet. high tide at 12:36 p.m. after the tide passes, the water should we begin to recede. i showed this map of the jacksonville area before. this is downtown jacksonville. the blue is obviously, that's the st. john's river. everyone in red and in the orange, the sheriff said get out now. evacuate while you can. so some of those people had been evacuated. if you hadn't done it, now with the situation, they

savannah? >> all right, miguel, thank you very much. >>> we've got sam champion for us standing by in miami as he has been all morning long. sam, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hey, matt, savannah. we've actually had a pretty good last hour. we've been in a lull from a lot of the winds and rains. we've been watching these bands. we've got radar in lofront of m we're watching the band. we've got a significant amount of wind and rain coming up to us from the south. we had that crane topple, we had power outages here. the power outages went up with that big band of 90-mile-per-hour wind gusts. first responders told you you would be on your own. this is the time that you're on your own. as the eye continues to progress, it will become parallel with us later this afternoon. we stay in that hurricane-force wind gust field, tropical storm-force winds, for modified day. this is the time not to venture out. if you get into trouble right now, no one can come and get you. that's from here all the way

savannah has been fortunate when it comes to major storms. only three have made a direct landing here in over 100 years. the governor has activate 5,000 national guards men, both to protect life and property, as well as assist in rescues. jeff. >> glor: don dahler in georgia. now let's go back to anthony mason in new york. >> mason: thanks, jeff. the senate overwhelmingly approved an aid package for victims of hurricane harvey today, about $15.3 billion tied to raising the nation's debt limit. toe house votes on this temporary shelters and hotel rooms in texas. at least 63 people were killed by harvey's winds and floodwaters. today, education secretary betsy devos announced big changes in how colleges should handle allegations of sexual assault on campus, rolling back obama-era policies. jan crawford spoke to devos. >> the truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students. >> reporter: education secretary betsy devos said her department would soon begin the process of undoing the obama-era guideline

i was talking with willie about this for savannah. last year when hurricane matthew went through, savannah hit 12 feet water height down towards the bay. they're now expecting 14 feet this afternoon. i just did a quick google image search. i wanted to remind myself. it calls up image also of apartment complexes and houses with water in them. i'm looking at those images. now i know it's going to be two feet higher than that. >> so we still have more of this storm and more of the misery it's going to bring. i know you'll be tracking it for us, bill karins. i want to go to joe friar now who is in tampa. the mayer who made all these preparations and said they were prepared to get punched in the face and they were relieved to only get a glancing blow. even though they may have dodgeled tdodged the worst, there is still some damage there. overall, how is the city looking in the daylight? >> right now the rain has let up a little which is nice. some cars are starting to venture out. officials aren't really fond of that right now. they've onl

. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. we continue to get pelted with sideways rain for the last 12-plus hours here. but i got to tell you, the big concern out here remains those powerful winds. we continue to get surges on and off, at times it is even difficult to stand outside. inside the city hall and police department they lost power several times. there were power surges. you could hear the building beginning to slowly come apart, for the most part though it remains intact. we have shutters over the windows. it is an eerie feeling being inside not being able to look outside but being able to hear what is the hurricane bearing down on this area. winds here continue to pick up this morning as we continue to get later on into the day. first responders tell us in these conditions, they simply will not go outside. it is much too dangerous for them. this is the rn about everything over. we've seen transformers explode here over the last several hours. in fact, behind me you'll see these trees are beginning to also bend over

savannah? >> all right, jo, thank you. and some parts of the state are looking at the damage while other parts of the state are still going through it. in fact, we've been telling you about major flooding being reported this hour in jacksonville. mayor charlie latham is the mayor of jacksonville beach. mr. mayor, good morning. it's good to talk to you. could you give us an update on the flooding that you're experiencing? >> yes, ma'am. good morning. we have some massive flooding in the jacksonville beach area. we received about 27 inches of rain in 24 hours. we've lost about 90% of our electrical services to our customers. and this is flooding that, i've lived here for 50 years, i've never seen anything like it before. >> how much of this is rain, how much of this is tidal, mr. mayor? >> good question, matt. we actually had, under matthew, we had lost a significant amount of dunes during the storm. fortunately, this time, the new dunes that we recently installed held for the most part. we had a

i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. when you look at what's happening with the storm now, it's a little bit like yesterday. it depends on what city you're in in terms of what conditions you're facing. >> yeah. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm, but we're finding already this morning it's still got some surprises in it. let's get you up-to-date on where things stand. >> flooding being reported in jacksonville and orlando. crews are going door-to-door to evacuate homeowners in one neighborhood there. people who thought they were safe from the storm now getting some of the impact. >> of course storm surge was a major concern ahead of irma. the storm surge of more than ten feet recorded in the florida keys on sunday. late last night, a tide gauge reported seven-foot rise in water levels in just 90 minutes. that was in naples, florida. >> we have complete coverage for you. let's start this hour with nbc's they've seen some rain this morning. and jacksonville getting some flooding. you've heard about that, i'm sure. >>

we have that story from savannah, georgia. >> got one more coming. >> reporter: thousands pack in buses headed inland. more than a half million people on the georgia coast under evacuation orders. >> mother nature got us. i'm out of here. >> reporter: locals understand the threat. many still rebuilding after a direct threat from hurricane matthew last year. >> it just destroyed the hardwood floors. it went all the way in like it was a swimming pool. >> colby and samson moved into their beach house last week. >> where you going? >> we don't know. we got to leave. >> emergency declarations as far west as alabama, bracing for an increasingly unpredictable irma. >> ready for a vacation? >> i hope when we come back from vacation, i hope we still got a house. >> jacob rascon, nbc news, savannah georgia. >> thanks to jacob for that support. i want to bring in james lascano. he and his wife have a newborn baby with health issues that has affected how they're dealing with preparations for the storm. first of all, james, thank you for staying up late to join us. tell me about how your familiar li

and then it will possibly head into savannah. let's start with the historical perspective. by pressure, this is the 10th lowest, and the lower the pressure, the higher the wind. in terms of wind, 185 miles per hour, ties for the second highest. the record for sustained 180 plus for 24 hours, that is a new record. and finally, category 5 for a record for 30 consecutive hours, that sauls a record in the atlantic basin. okay. let's show you the computer models again. everyone is pretty much on board for a while. we are only a day or two out. this is 5:00 on friday and then it goes through the bahamas and south florida and most of the models are trying to turn to the right. again, i understand why. but irma is so big. a ridge of high pressure to the north. i think the turn will be later, maybe to key west and then in the everglades and then also go florida is in a world of hurt. after that, we could see a second landfall around savannah or as far north as myrtle beach or milton head milt -- hilton head and after that it dies. it's not an ivan situation or an isabel situation. b

matt lauer with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. irma is no longer a hurricane. >> we just got an update from the national hurricane center. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm. take a look at the radar. impacts still being felt. atlanta was under a tropical storm warning earlier. we've got complete coverage for you. >> that's right. we were looking over our shoulder here because we've got something happening here with kerry sanders on marco island. kerry can't hear me, but he is the process along with another gentleman to rescue a baby dolphin that has washed ashore. let's go down to kerry. kerry, can you hear us? we've been watching this unfold for the last minute or so. they released the dolphin, got it into kind of knee deep water a second ago and then a wave came and brought it right back up. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we're on south marco island. amid all the human drama, we have a baby dolphin here that has washed ashore. mark and i have been trying to return it out into the gulf of mexico. but every time that we t

unfortunately, that is going to play out in savannah. our friends in charleston are looking at what it will be there. two feet below the all-time record. still major, but not record-breaking. >> this is kind of amazing, though. charleston and points north of that will be the east side of the heavy rain. and montgomery is going to be on the west side. >> and this is typical when we get storms over land. usually the dry air sucks in on the west side, weakens that, the flow still coming off the water, the easterly side, that's why we'll have the rainfall totals. around three to five inches. not anything that -- >> it's going to feel like a storm. >> not too big, but we're still watching from the center outwards of about 400 miles is till tropical storm force winds. >> bill, we'll stay in close touch with you about the places in danger. and we'll be talking throughout the course of the show about the places in southern florida that have been affected by this. but jacksonville is the story. i want to go over to say hi to by mbuddy, stephanie,

matt and savannah? >> all right, anne thompson, thank you. >>> let's go back to al, who is down in miami beach. al? >> hey, guys. let's show you what else is going on around the country. luckily, not too violent of weather around. in fact, we've got a great day in the mid atlantic states. wet weather making its way up through the northeast and on into northern new england. we're also expecting to see some flood watches through the southwest with some monsoonal moisture. a decent day in the pacific northwest. again, rain will start to develop later today down in the southern peninsula. the florida peninsula. plenty of sunshine through the central plains. central plains. we're going to get to your local ♪ central plains. we're going to get to your local ♪ ♪ so many americans struggle with finances. starting today, state farm is here to help. giving us all the chance to simply sit down and learn. visit letsstarttoday.com or talk to an agent. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist, erika martin. we have a

matt and savannah. >> all right, gabe. thank you very much. >> let's bring in florida's governor rick scott. good morning to you. >> morning. >> good morning. this is an unbelievable hurricane, big, 185 miles per hour. way bigger than hurricane andrew 25 years ago. we're going to see storm surge. i want to make sure everybody in florida understands the significance of this. it could impact either coast. the storm surge is going to be significant. we can get hurricane winds on both coasts. so everybody needs to listen to local officials about evacuation orders. make sure you have a plan. >> i was looking at the very latest track from the national weather service. they are basically saying that this after devastating the caribbean is going to make landfall somewhere on the southeastern coast of your state. that brings to mind the keys. that brings to mind the intense population center of miami. so how are preparations going there? >> well, we've been evacuating the keys since wednesday. so you can follow the traffic count. p

savannah is bracing for possible tornadoes, but as this storm pushes on, we are getting new images in of the devastation in florida. listen to this. more than 6 million people are without power. it is high tide in jacksonville, bringing in a record breaking storm surge that is taking over major roadways. our cnn cameras capturing some of the first video of the florida keys and just when you look at all these pictures and the devastation is stunning. my colleague john berman is joining me for the next two hours live there in miami amid boat debris. it looks like down in coconut grove, john berman. i know you are in the thick of it during the 100 mile an hour winds last night. tell me about where you are today. >> reporter: it goes without saying, brooke, it's not supposed to look like this. we are outside of coconut grove outside a bar named monty's and it was just hammered in the storm. look at all of the boats around me, sail boat, motor boats, tipped over and just pushed up on to the shore by the storm surge and it wasn't just the storm surge. it was one of the larger boats that bro

savannah has been fortunate when it comes to major storms. only three have made a direct landing here in over 100 years. the governor has activated 5,000 national guardsmen, both to protect life and property, as well as assist in rescues. jeff. >> glor: don dahler in georgia. now let's go back to anthony mason in new york. >> mason: thanks, jeff. the senate overwhelmingly approved an aid package for victims of hurricane harvey today, about $15.3 billion tied to raising the nation's debt limit. the house votes on this tomorrow. tens of thousands are living in temporary shelters and hotel rooms in texas. at least 63 people were killed by harvey's winds and floodwaters. today, education secretary betsy devos announced big changes in how colleges should handle allegations of sexual assault on campus, rolling back obama-era policies. jan crawford spoke to devos. >> the truth is that the system established by the prior administration has failed too many students. >> reporter: education secretary betsy devos said her department would soon begin the

they cancelled his flights and they drove to savannah and they did keep the flight from savannah. >> that is good. >> we'll show you where it is. it is 300 miles southeast of miami. this is the latest advisory, 3:45, winds are 155, so it is a tick away from being a category 5 we're looking at steady pressure over the last two advisories. we keep an eye on that. it slowed down a little bit moving west at 12 miles an hour. again, it is going to skirt the north coast of cuba tonight and then by the time we get to 2:00 a.m. on saturday, it is back to a 5, starting to make the right turn or turn to the north, if you will. this is 160 miles an hour winds. i still think, howard and i are going back and forth on this. if this makes landfall here, this is a better case for miami and homestead because this huge area right here, see those greens? that is the everglades, nobody lives there. after that it will affect the entire peninsula of florida. i mean, this is now monday at 3:00 in the morning. it is north of tampa, so, yes, the higher winds, more severe weather to the right of this track, b

we are stretching from wilmington to savannah, georgia. they will be damaging winds and potential for tornados throughout the region as the system moves north. we have an intense amount of shear in this location. that's helping to rip irma apart layer by layer. the downfall is that same shear is ratching up the threat for tornados for those states. >> thank you very much. we originally feared the worst for the southeastern part of florida. tens of thousands fled areas like miami and west palm beach expected to bear the brunt of the storm. john berman is live from miami. a few minutes ago, the mayor told me that they didn't just dodge a bullet. they dodged a cannon. is it a similar story in miami where you are? >> it certainly isn't as bad as it could have been. that doesn't mean there is no damage. we are standing at a marina and coconut grove. the boat for instance is supposed to be in the water. it was pushed up here onshore. that boat is supposed to be in the water and not tipped over. you can see that sail boat to the left. it broke fr

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savannah? >> jo, thank you very much. >>> a quick reminder about something you're going to see on tv tonight. the big networks are s are comi together. its intent is to raise money for the victims of hurricanes irma and harvey. that's tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern, and pacific. >>> talking about another hurricane. al is down in tampa. has his ey o good morning again. >> guys, we are at the peak of hurricane season. this is not that unusual, especially in a non -- a year like this, where you don't have a lot of shear. let's show you what we got going on right now. this is jose. category 1 hurricane. it's 45 miles per hour east of grand turk island. >>> good morning and this morning irma is impacting our weather. cloudy skies here. 64 degrees. we even have a few sprinkles around. mid up toer 50s. 56 gaithersburg. 59 leesburg. 61 degrees in quantity he could. there you see a few sprinkles around through the afternoon. we have a chance for some passing showers. here's all the rain down to our south. 7

savannah the highest level you've seen. last year in matthew, there was water in homes in savannah. we could do that again today. pictures from jacksonville where we're under the flood emergency the rest of the afternoon. there are water rescues taking place and they just expanded the flood emergency all the way down the st. john's river basin. you can leave the pictures up on half the screen and i'll show you this. there's the storm circulation. the reason we're an still dealing, the winds go 415 miles out into the atlantic. that is piling water on the coast. it's a huge circulation. even though the storm is heading into georgia, why we're still dealing with problems in the areas of the east. the areas in red flash flood warnings from charleston all the way into savannah including hilton head tluld new brunswick. this is the st. river's river where we have the highest river levels already recorded there. the city recorded its highest sim or 11 hours ago. they're supposed to go up another foot or two the rest of the afternoon. record flood and major flooding is taking place in areas

savannah? >> jo, thank you very much. >>> a quick reminder about something you're going to see on tv tonight. the big networks are s are comi together. its intent is to raise money for the victims of hurricanes irma and harvey. that's tonight, 8:00 p.m. eastern, and pacific. >>> talking about another hurricane. al is down in tampa. has his eyes on jose. good morning again. >> guys, we are at the peak of hurricane season. this is not that unusual, especially in a non -- a year like this, where you don't have a lot of shear. let's show you what we got going on right . >> this is jose category one hurricane. it's 435 miles north-northeast of grand turk island. 75-mile-per-hour winds, and it's east at 6 miles per hour. now, when you look at the track, this is very unusual for it to kind of do this loop, but by the time we get to friday, it's kind of looped back just south of where it started off, and then continues towards the southeast united states by sunday at 2:00 a.m. it's at 80 miles per hour

>> jada. >> matt or savannah? who wears the pants as the work couple. >> savannah, right? >> are you asking me? i think we share pants. >> you do? >> that's so wrong. you think matt wears the pants? he's a lot older than me. >> i didn't love that answer. >> why are we playing that answer? >> we distribute the pants equally. >> one pant leg, exactly. >> by the way, congrats on being number one on "the new york times" best seller list, twice in a row. >> are you going to do a click? >> we'll do it after. >>> jimmy is here. and he's here to talk about his musical, "escape to margaritaville" is going on tour and then to broadway. you know how big that deal is. it's that way, by the way. >> that's a good thing to know. >> thanks, matt. i mean, i get goose pimples now. it's been a long kind of process that actually makes this happen. >> it's a boy meets girl story? >> uh-huh. >> are you the boy? is this representing your life? or just being inspired by your music? >> like other things, there's portions that come from reality. and other parts are made up. >> wow. >> how long has

augustine to jacksonville to savannah to myrtle beach. i just saw the first thing on social media, my twitter account, i just saw the first house video that collapsed into the ocean. it was a house protected by dunes. the dunes got eaten up by the waves and the storm surge and the house is now down in the tide and in the waves getting ripped apart. that's the worst damage i've seen to any home outside of the keys in irma. that's in south of jacksonville near st. augustine. to put it into perspective of what's going on. the storm itself, the whole southern half has weakened. this is good. there are power crews streaming down i-95 and i-10 headed into the state. they're going to have some decent weather over the next couple of days to hopefully get as many people as fast as possible back up and going. now, as far as the wind gusts go, i was mentioning that wind field. we're still gusting to 53 in jacksonville. 44 in savannah. the coast not only dealing with storm surge but gusty. macon, georgia, gusted to 61. when it gusts that high, you'll

they cancelled his flights and they drove to savannah and they did keep the flight from savannah. >> that is good. >> we'll show you where it is. it is 300 miles southeast of miami. this is the latest advisory, 3:45, winds are 155, so it is a tick away from being a category 5

going up toward savannah. we will see measurements that are higher than what we saw yesterday and hurricane matthew, and in some cases the highest that we have seen for measurements here for water rights. his team towards charleston, get ready, the storm surge with the wind increasing throughout the day, we expect to see the storm surge peak later on today. we will go through a couple of high tide cycles. more rainfall trying to drain out into the ocean, and it cannot, because the ocean level is higher than the river that is trying to drain into it. it is making all the water rights. >> harris: it is a story about water once again. we will come back to you as the news warrants. we are beginning to get a glimpse now of all of the damage that irma has done to florida. millions of people not out of the woods as we have been telling you now as this thing bears down on jacksonville. the danger remains. including storm surges that rick was talking about and record levels at some parts of the states. we are live with

savannah is feeling the effects. charleston, south carolina, feeling the effects. atlanta, set to feel some effects as well. chad sticking with it. we will be back to this as this storm slowly marches forward, this monster called irma. coming up for us, thousands in florida looking to get out but miami international airport still completely shut down today after taking on some serious water damage. officials say they don't know yet when they will be able to reopen. huge questions as irma marches on. we'll have details on that ahead. patrick woke up with back pain. but he has work to do. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. mikboth served in the navy.s, i do outrank my husband, not just being in the military, but at home. she thinks she's the boss. she only had me by one grade. we bought our first home together in 2010. his family had used another insurance product but i was like well i've had usaa for a while, w

savannah guthrie. savannah, you joined actor adam scott. the two of them played this game called who wears the fancy pants in honor of her new book. let's take a look at her answers. >> what about will or jada? >> jada. >> jada. >> yeah, exactly. what about matt or savannah, who wears the pants as the work couple? >> savannah. right? >> oh, thank you. what are you asking me? i think we share pants. that sounds so wrong. you think matt wears the pants? he's, you know, a lot older than me. >> i do love that answer. love that. >> why are we playing that answer -- >> we wear the pants equally. >> yes, exactly. >> congrats on being number one on "new york times" best seller number two week in a row. >> thank you. >>> speaking of success stories. are you going to do a click. >> no, we're going to do that after. jimmy's here and jimmy is here to talk about his musical "escape to margaritaville" going on tour and then going to broadway. do you know how big of a deal that is? it's that way, by the way. >> that's a good thing to know. >> no, i get go

savannah. >> all right, al. thank you. coming up, growing complaints this morning of price gouging as millions race to get ready for hurricane irma. how amazon and airlines are dealing with that problem. >>> then where did that come from? how a tiger managed to get loose and terrorize an atlanta neighborhood. >>> first on thursday morning, coñ( >>> still to come, helping after harvey. jeff rossen in houston to deliver your donations to the victims of that storm. >> good morning, hoda. >> good morning, kids. a big milestone for young prince george. he's heading my challenge is to be in sync with my body, myself, my life. it all starts with a healthy routine. begin the activia two week probiotic challenge by enjoying activia yogurt with billions of probiotics everyday. take the activia probiotic challenge! allergies with by enjoying activia yogurt with bilfind fast relief behind they. counter with claritin-d. strut past that aisle for the steroid free allergy relief that starts working in as little as 30 minutes. and conta

much the same in h savannah and charltton as well. >> thank you. people were evacuating too jacksonville to get out of the way of the storm. >> we should be clear there are flash flood warnings under way right now in the coastal cities in south carolina. this is still a very much ongoing water situation. >> indeed. before hurricane irma made its way it caused wide dev station across the u.s. virgin islands including here in at any time thomas. look at that boat. at crown bay. devastation across those u.s. virgin islands, we're still learning what really happened there. tough to get information out of those islands at this point. meantime in cuba, the death toll now at 10. cleanup efforts under way after irma pummelled the island nation. we will check in with patrick oppmann who is through in just a bit. he rode out the storm. >> not to be lost in irma's devastation is the city of houston trying to bounce back from hurricane harvey. tens of thousands of school children returned to classroom the monday. 268 of the 280 schools reopening. many challeng

morning if not late saturday night and then you see it grazes right up what we think is 95 closer to savannah and charleston. they have to be unhappy seeing that coming sarah, because a few years is when hurricane hugo came into south carolina as category now right now it weakened to a 3 on the path we're seeing at this point. it's not the only hurricane out there. >> right jose right. >> right. >> what we're seeing now with irma fuel what is going on with jose, is it feeding off of it. >> it may follow in the path a little bit. hopefully water will get up well enough it doesn't become the kind of monster irma is. irma is grabbing all energy out front. when two hurricanes are a distant apart they can interact but these are too far apart to happen. unfortunately jose is taking a path somewhat similar. check this out. hurricane hunters have been working so hard, getting into this system. the most recent path this is so concerning continuing to find in center of hurricane irma wind speeds sustained miles an hour gusts to 200 and some damage pictures we've seen coming out of barbood and st. marti

the savannah civic center they're using as a staging area for evacuees. these are people who don't own vehicles or too elderly or infirm to drive themselves to higher ground. the buses are taking them away from the coast and people here taking evacuation notices very seriously. take a look at this video, today, the state highway authorities have reversed the eastbound lanes of i-16 for those wanting to leave the coast. emergency management have been calling for evacuations, over the causeways above sea level, that makes them accountable it weather conditions. >> with the high tide, water gets over the roadway, it's not safe to travel over the flooded roadways. we' have added a few extra hour in for everybody to get out in time. >> on the island, residents have been shoring up home and businesses, and many are leaving. a few business owners are remaining on the island to serve them. the founder of an atlanta-based company that consults people how to survive disaster, says that self-reliance is key. >> the government and first responders on the ground are g