montego bay, jamaica, miami and jacksonville, florida. but as you said, we were able to talk to some lucky passengers who arrived here in philly from tampa. this was what they had to say. >> when we took off, everybody kind of applauded on the plane. they knew we were, like, the last flight out. that was kind of -- a little scary. >> supposed to be in cuba for two days. stayed for one day. said we were going back. a day early. >> reporter: some vacations had to be cut short. everybody was just trying to get out of irma's path. and there was a sense of relief to touch down here in philadelphia as the board indicates with all of these canceled flights. folk who have not left florida, for example, there's no chance that they're going to get on a flight now. reporting live from philadelphia's international airport, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. >>> take a look at this. hundreds of people lined up outside this shelter in lee county, florida. many people brought their belongings and their pets. saying they stood in line for hours to get in

three storm related now in florida. more than 1 million people were without power in florida, crews are headed down south to help get the lights back on >>> chris sowers, irma not over yet >> just beginning, let's take one last look on the infrasatellite shot. looks like marco island seeing the worst now as the hurricane wall starting to get closer and closer, seeing winds of 130 miles per hour, gusting as much as 160 miles per hour, that will continue on its journey to the northwest hugging the west coast of the state of florida of later tonight is when tampa gets poundeded. for us back home, 74, mostly sunny today, monday 78 with a combination of sun and clouds, and there could be remnant rains coming in tuesday into wednesday, but nothing heavy right now >> we now join gma's coverage of irma >> for gray hall, chris sowers and the entire action news team, i'm nydia han have a great sunday. not get too comfortable with this idea that flooding isn't an issue because you are seeing the water go away right now. the water

, but all around florida. ? bonnie, quickly, when you're talking about double landfall here, for those people out there that don't necessarily know, what does that mean? i happen it means in two places, but does that mean it makes landfall in the keys and goes back out to water and makes landfall again? >> the storm is very large. even if the storm center passes through key west, it will be felt in south florida, as well. and landfall has a technical definition. it's when the center of the eye of the hurricane passes over any land. so it could be a small barrier island, just a tiny piece of lapped, but that's when we would officially call landfall. but this is the area we're concentrating on for the most dangerous wind and storm surge. >> and we're going to go live back to southern florida just after this commercial break. everyone stay with us. >>> welcome back been 7:41 europe time palm beach, florida, with daybreak we're getting a better look at the storm surge. it is the proverb i can't tellal calm before th

the florida keys, lake okeechobee and florida bay. a hurricane watch is in effect for north of jupiter inlet to sebastian inlet north of bonita beach to ana marie island. rainfall is forecast to be 8 to 12 inches with isolated areas receiving up to 20 inches of rain. based on what we now know the majority of florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and life-threatening winds. we can expect this along the entire east cost and the entire west coast. the florida keys should be prepared to start feeling the effects of this storm tomorrow morning. evacuations. i've offered school bus to aid in evacuations statewide. multiple counties have accepted these buses. any counties with the need to buses to evacuate residents request buses right now. we will quickly run out of good weather to evacuate. if you're told to evacuate, leave, get out quickly. the roads will fill up quickly so you need to go. i'm a dad and i'm a grandfather. i love my family. i can't imagine life without them. do not put yourself or your fam lice

it is already hitting the florida keys in fa ct. already hitting the florida keys in fact. nt more on hurricane irma on our website. lots of information and particular whether an analysis about the trajectory of hurricane irma and jose, another hurricane. we will pause now and let's take a look at the sport. chris froome is set to win cycling's vuelta a espana for the first time this afternoon and with it become only the third rider to win that and the tour de france in the same year. today's stage is largely a procession into madrid. having finished as runner—up on three occasions, froome called victory an incredible feeling. it is obviously moments like this now that makes all the sacrifices, all the time away from home, from my family, it is moments like these that make it all worth it. obviously it is emotional. it is such an incredible feeling. manchester city and manchester united are level on points at the top of the premier league. city's 5—0 thrashing of liverpool helped their goal difference but united remain above them despite the fact they could only draw 2�

here in florida. and i'm in miami. we've just heard from the governor, rick scott, once again over the last couple of hours, delivering this dire warning for people, if you live in south florida, in an evacuation zone, time is running out for you. we've got the latest tracking for hurricane irma, which continues to charge toward the sunshine state as a category 3 hurricane but let's not let that determination fool you. it's been downgraded but irma could still gain strength before it strikes the u.s. coming up in just a few hours, here in miami, we're already starting to see weather conditions sthat have deteriorated over the past hours as outer bands of rain have moved in. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so, irma's devastating force flattened several caribbean islands, killing 23 people. the destructive high winds and the storm surge pounding cuba today and of course the state of florida is now stranger to hurricanes. 40% of hurricanes hitting the u.s. between 1851 and 2010, they slammed into florida's coast. that's

our correspondent ed lavandera is on the road in south florida. ed, update us on where you are, and what the conditions are like. >> reporter: hi, wolf. we wanted to check out the evacuation routes through various parts of southern florida. just to kind of see and get a better sense how many people were hitting the road and listening to these warnings, and quite frankly, what we've seen at least down here from dade county where we are now on the southern edge of dade county, looking out on to the roads here this afternoon, from here through broward county and into palm beach county, the areas we've focused on, and the roads, at least the major thoroughfares looked like this. these are the evac routes essentially. the highways you take to go from the very southern points of south florida all the way north to get away from the impact zone and the worst of hurricane irma. that is the area that we've seen traffic running rather smoothly. we are approaching those final hours where people are urged if you're going to move, now is the time to move. i don

striking the southeastern portion of florida, the homestead area in florida. so what we're basically going to be watching from here on out is the forecast become a cat 5 before striking the florida keys across the florida keys. that would be saturday night and sunday morning. if it does intensify, it would be in a rare group of storms. we're looking at 8 to 10 inches of rain, a storm surge that's going to be a whole lot of cities and homes under a little bit of water. it's going to be a mess out there. and 0 mile an hour winds as it makes landfall. it doesn't look like it's losing steam at all. somewhere around 340 to 344 miles for miami, but at this point, expected to curve in and go right on up the tip of florida. maybe even around the southwest side towards naples and into that area. look at the spaghetti models right up the middle of florida. that cone has shifted westward. a few of them take it further out. here's the big bend area or into the panhandle a at this point. nonetheless, the entire florida peninsula is in play. here is the european model. the

see the cloud canopy expanding into florida, into florida. it's been raking in the coastline of northern cuba all night long and now about to make that northerly turn and getting into key west. let's go through the track now. you see that distinct eye, about 30 miles wide and as it approaches key west it will likely be a strong category 4 or 5 and then just west of naples, ft. myers, sarasota, tampa, late tomorrow night, that will be scary in the middle of the night a major storm and getting into georgia as a tropical storm. here's the zoom in. we'll expect tropical storm-force winds in key west and hurricane-force winds gets there certainly tonight be abreast of naples and into tampa by tomorrow night in through sarasota and st. petersburg, as well. look at the watches and warnings we have, hurricane watch/warnings for most of the state and surge warnings 5 to 12 these that is going to be dangerously high on the west coast especially in there starting now to see the eye of the hurricane on our u.s. radars and those bands of rain already rota

tornadoes are possible in south florida this evening and central florida tomorrow. hurricane conditions will be felt across the west coast beginning sunday morning. for tropical storm conditions will be felt across the warning area. millions of floridans will begin seeing the impacts with life-threatening winds tonight. tonight. this is a serious threat of significant -- there is a serious threat of significant storm surge along the entire west coast of florida and this is increased to 15 feet of impact above ground level. in southwest florida. tampa will see a surge of five to eight feet. big bend, three to six feet. we also see an increase in flooding of rivers throughout the peninsula. this is clearly a life-threatening situation. remember, in southwest florida the storm surge comes after the strongest winds. do not think the storm is over when the wind slows down. local officials will let you know when it is safe. the storm surge will rush in and it could kill you. it's going to -- when it happens, the storm, the water just rushes in and rushes out. with the sto

part of florida. of course, we have reporters covering the state south all the way up to north, even into georgia. so we will have all of the angles covered for you. of course, if you want to help victims of hurricane irma or harvey, we have some of the web sites that we're going to list up on your screen now. we'll have the red cross, obviously, the salvation army. there are many ways you can donate. we also heard of ways you can help rescue pets too, so there's many facets that you can help. leland: yeah. and right now as we have heard, especially for folks florida south and those in key west, bill nelson telling us there's about 10,000 people still in the florida keys. it's too late, and now people down there need our thoughts and our prayers as irma bears down. as irma leaves cuba and heads north, could very easily intensify in the straits of florida with that warm gulf water. and even as we heard from the national hurricane center, they don't know yet, does irma make those two landfalls, or does

>> when i was at the state of florida and that continues today both at florida and fema is to make very detailed plans. and most of this will be done by helicopters, florida national guard has the lead on this but we actually had planned out where everybody lived and how we would resupply and gets team into populated areas. we can't do that until the wend get low enough that helicopters can safely fly. or plans are getting up armored humvees to drive and find out where the bridges are broken. many ways -- it's a pretty detailed plan, we've just never had to implement it. it could it this will be our furst test. >> let's look to when the storm is offer and recovery is just beginning. >> he is request to the president will be additional assistance to families, particularly those that have lost everything, those who have flood insurance, working on getting them their assistance. really it's going to be supporting the logistical needs of the state. with a will the of power outages, it's going to be a lot of mass care, distribution of supplies and fema will support governor scott and his tea

pineapples left hawaii, tom, can florida's orange, the symbol of florida, it could leave florida, do you think? ultimately leave the state like pineapples left hawaii? >> i don't think so. the greening is the issue. healthy, robust citrus industry like ours can take a hurricane every now and then, it can take a freeze. it's the green disease that raises that question you asked. we think there's a couple therapies coming up in the next year or two, maybe genetic improvements. we just can't predict hurricanes before they hit. liz: no chance you would give up and sell your land off? >> you know, no one wants to say that, but the reality is that financially there's no earnings and there's little equity. so money really drives us like any other business, and if you're out, you're out of money. liz: tom, please, hang in there. everybody, all of our viewers, buy orange juice, eat oranges and make sure it's stamped with florida. >> don't forget the fresh grapefruit. liz: love the grapefruit with a little sugar on top. good luck to you tom, thank you very much. >> thank you. liz: tom jerkins,

just disastrous for south florida. that center will likely cross over the central part of the keys. near march than. that would put all the upper keys in the stroing rouse part of the storm. and then also key west, also a storm surge from the other side, the gulf of mexico side as well. and the wind will be 190 miles an hour, stronger than any wind speed i have ever experienced in 20 years of storm chasing. >> it is incredible. when you think about miami and all the construction cranes, they're built to withstand winds of 145. we're talking about gusts of 190. if that were to happen in miami, i think people can imagine the horrific destruction. you have been inside hurricanes, the biggest and strongest that have happened in history here. you have been in eye walls with 140 miles an hour winds. why is irma different, do you think, reed? >> well, all of these storms are unique. but irma is like all these storms but much stronger. stronger wind speeds, winds gusting to 190 miles an hour. it is a sustained category five st

florida vegetables, there will be no florida vegetables, fresh vegetables in november. those green beans that many of you are eating on thanksgiving will not come from florida this year. we'll have to make up the gap from foreign producers because that crop is gone entirely. so i don't mean to leave any of them out. i'm just telling you the hit to agriculture was extraordinary, and unfortunately for agriculture -- and it's not mean-spirited why this happens, but there is not a lot of agriculture near major metropolitan centers, meaning there is not as much media coverage. i'm not here to beat up the media. in fact, i thank the media and i have done so because a lot of the work they did on the national networks and the local news is what got so many people motivated to get up and go out of harm's way. but there aren't a lot of camera crews stationed live from a citrus grove, so the power gets back on and the schools reopen and people forget that these farmers, most of whom, by the way, are not wealthy landowners from the movies. some of these are fourth generation grower

it looks like the entire florida, entire state of florida is going to be hit at some point, so it's just right now trying to figure out where to go, trying to watch weather reports, trying to get updates so people can know their best plan because at this point, everybody feels that they are not safe, the storm surges are going to be one of the biggest problems in miami beach. we are expecting storm surges 5 to 10 feet even worst in state of florida. i know you can see behind me palm beach swanning, it's definitely getting windy at this point. we haven't seen any rain. i know a storm band went through and we are expecting to see more. i will tell you, way off the coast, we are starting to see some lighting out there in the distance and we will keep you updated on the situation. abby: i saw you posting on social media, beautiful videos of miami beach, amazing how much it changes in just a matter of hours, i can't imagine what tomorrow will look like. >> thank you, julian, stay safe. pete: this is histor nick the size of evacuation, size of storm, the florida state has seen a lot of this ov

southward around the florida peninsula and including the florida keys and florida bay. okie choky. give us those areas. >> okay. it's pretty much filling in the same location as the watch. and if i can get back into our models, we'll get a better look at what this is doing. forgive me if we can figure this out. if you're hearing me in the weather center, could you back this up. take me a minute just to filter through our graphics. >> don't pressure yourself. when you talk about a warning, i'm wondering how this compares to andrew? >> we can do that. i don't have the graphics. but we can explain that, don. andrew 25 years ago came in from the east and slammed into the southern part of florida. devastating homestead florida. 65 fatalities. it was a much smaller storm. you could fit two andrews inside of irma here. it's what we called an annualer hurricane but they're like canon balls as they move through. it reconfigured how we build homes. no longer using staples on your shingles. you have to use four nails. we have certain tress on our roofs. when you have a storm of th

evacuate is running out in southwest florida. the bottom line is you have to get out of those zones and into a facility they can withstand the winds and hopefully people are doing that. the other expectation that we have to set is that because of the logistical nature of being able to access southwest florida or southern florida, you know, it's going to take some time before search and rescue crews can get into those in monroe county and some of those portions of florida, we are asking people to get out if you still can. julie: and there's still time. brunt is not suppose today hit until tomorrow morning and there are areas that have been told, if you don't evacuate. if the winds exceed 45 miles per hour, emergency crews are not going to come get you, this thing can blow through 36 hours, 36 hours being stranded somewhere with no help. i want to talk about you about the destructive potential of historic po portions that we are facing, without alarming authority at the same time we need to talk about reality here. okay, so irma, i

the rest of florida, we gather it is already hitting the florida keys and we have just heard one person has died in a pick—up truck crash caused by the hurricane in florida keys so obviously they are taking the brunt of it right now. yes, and it's moving north so conditions willjust get worse for us in north miami beach. we are about three and a half hours from key west and as the storm moves north, it will bring with it some ferocious winds and we are expecting a lot of trees down and power lines down, about 20 minutes ago, we had a massive power loss. the emergency operations centre, that was, that was very concerning but we are back up and running on generators right now. we are taking it minute by minute as everyone else should be and everyone should be hunted down listing to whatever source of news they have. as you we re source of news they have. as you were saying, once the winds reached a certain strength, it is not safe for your officers to go out on the streets, even though they might want help people. one of the worst things that can happen for police officers, for them to

the florida straits. eventually somewhere close to south florida if not into south florida directly. the latest track from the hurricane center at 5:00 shifted a little bit west. because of the hurricane warnings across the bahamas, the hurricane watch south florida and storm surge in interior florida. storm surge watch for possible surges five to ten feet. this is tough stuff possible. the big question is where will it go. nobody has the exact answer. the closer we get the more likely it is we will see the answer focus somewhere right near the southern tip of florida. the latest advisory has it shifted more to the west than earlier. don't follow the center line. the en

but again, the time over florida. andrew only spent four hours over florida. we expect irma to spend over 30. that's likely to cause some significant damage just that point alone. >> amazing how big it is. looks like the perfect storm. >>> category 4 track as it continues to florida. stay with us. super-cool notebooks, done. that's mom taking care of business. and with the "25 cent event", office depot officemax takes care of mom! now, all this just 25 cents each! ♪ taking care of business iso being cool comes naturally. on car insurance, hmm. i can't decide if this place is swag or bling. it's pretzels. word. ladies, you know when you switch, you get my bomb-diggity discounts automatically. ♪ no duh, right? [ chuckles ] sir, you forgot -- keep it. you're gonna need it when i make it precipitate. what, what? what? the unpredictability of a flaree may weigh on your mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go, and how to work around your uc. that's how i thought it had to be. but then i talked to my doctor about humira, and learned humira can help get an

moving toward florida. still a category 4. i wouldn't be surprised if we see an update to that at 11:00. maximum winds 130 miles per hour as of the 8:00 a.m. advisory and moving toward the west-northwest around 12 miles per hour. let's take a look at the latest track again the keys in the eye of the storm as you head into the overnight into sunday morning, maybe regaining strength here. the waters are still very warm. even though the hurricane is weakening now it may regain some of that intensity and then this is the big change to the track that westward shift potential landfall somewhere from ft. myers, naples up towards tampa, that would be tomorrow afternoon, or sunday night even into monday, and then eventually weakening as it moves to the southeast as a tropical storm, picking up outer bands moving into south florida, torrential downpours, marathon winds gusting over 30 miles per hour and the keys feeling the effects in terms of the winds. this say large hurricane, we've talked about the massive size.

florida is less than 24 hours away from hurricane irma's expected landfall. today the rush is on to get out of its path. >>> irma lashed cuba overnight. the wind and drenching rain are a sign of what is to come when the killer hurricane comes calling on the u.s. mainland. >>> deadly crash. we're learning more about a helicopter that went down in burlington county killing a pilot and a country singer. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm rosemary connors. it's 5:00. we have a lot to get to including hurricane irma. but first we are following breaking news out of the lehigh valley. a police officer is in the hospital after being shot in whitehall town shin. th individu we're working to learn more about how it all unfolded.shin. we're working to learn more about how it all unfolded. we have a crew on the way. >>> and now more on the latest path of hurricane irma. krystal klei is tracking the storm this weekend and also our weather. >> yeah, and we're very lucky to have some quiet calm weather this weekend, so we'll start with hurricane irma. the update to the track

the florida keys. key west has had gusts of 66 miles an hour and you're quite a distance away from the storm. national hurricane center put out their 5:00 update. very healthy storm, 55-mile-an-hour winds. officially a cat 4. let's keep the number thing in perspective here. cat 4 at 155 it's nooufi imovin it's slowed down in forward progress. we would rather have it come in and get out as quick a possible. slowing down, 144 miles from miami. million dollar question, where does it go? we can't tell you exactly. this does look to be more of a west coast florida event than east coast florida event. had landfall along the northern coast of cuba, yet at this point in time, all hail the european model because they have been on top of this the entire time. they're the only one that called for that landfall. there's your track, curving to the north some time late tonight and then we think overnight, sunday, maybe 2:00 a.m. making landfall around the florida keys and pushing up the west coast of florida. again,

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 interacting with the northern coast of cuba. but look at the size and the massiveness of this storm. in fact, you can even see some of those clouds getting closer to the border of florida. the storm is still a few hundred miles away. let's take a closer look at the eye and the eye wall. we watched eye wall replacement cycles. that allowed it to weaken and strengthen a bit. but right now, that eye is certainly interacting with the land across cuba. depending on how much interaction we see could really make a difference in terms of intensity, but fortunately not by much. i think we're still going to see a powerful hurricane as it works its way towards florida. the northerly turn is expected to happen tomorrow. right now it's about 300 miles to the southeast of miami florida. certainly

it's a multi-billion dollar industry in florida, and florida supplies more than 50% of the u.s. supply in oranges people will be watching sugar cane as well. >> we'll continue to watch that. dow and s&p near session highs and the nasdaq up 1% that's it for "squawk alley" and now back to headquarters and "the half. >> and welcome to "the halftime report." i'm scott wapner top trade off and running. why stocks are surging today and whether calls for a coming correction are overblown with us for the hour today, joe terranova and the brothers najarian we do begin with stocks in rally mode each of the major averages up sharpl

and many other places in florida as well. in miami for us, thank you. >>> standing by to join us, the governor of florida, rick scott. he's telling we'll who refuse to leave. my interview with the governor coming up. >>> plus cnn is live right in the middle of the traffic gridlock that's developed as lots of folks in florida are racing to escape. >>> and a stunning picture showing how much bigger irma is compared to the devastating andrew 25 years ago. you're going to hear from the first responders who are staying behind as their families leave. >> when you have to leave them -- what do you say to them? >> obviously, the most difficult part. hmm. you tell them you love them and hope you make a back. 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. these make cleaning between myi love easy.sy. gum brand for healthy gums. soft picks

related deaths already in florida. one man died when his truck stormed into a tree in marathon near the florida keys. strong winds thrashed boats around violently in miami like they were children's toys. >>> stephanie ramos in miami with the latest on irma. >> reporter: hurricane irma is roaring into florida. we're seeing some side way rain, you can see behind me the trees being pushed and slammed by very strong and intense winds and this is just the beginning. the day florida has been anticipating is here. >> my gosh. wow. >> reporter: in south florida, trees are down, streets are flooding. >> you can really start to feel the wind and rain coming down. i'm getting blown away here. you know what? we're going to send it back to you, it's getting a little dangerous >> the state put on notice. >> this is not a storm to mess with. >> i can hear the how long, i can just he imagine the amount devastation that's taking place. >> reporter: the storm tearing itself away from northern coast and head towards key west before movin

it's now heading to florida. >> marci gonzalez in new smyrna beach florida for us with the very latest. >> reporter: traffic backed up for miles. >> going to jersey. >> reporter: with more than a million people in florida ordered to evacuate ahead of hurricane irma. >> this storm is wider than our entire state. it is expected to cause major and life-threatening impacts from coast to coast. >> reporter: in west miami lines for gas wrapping around city blocks even as far north as gainsville gas buddy reporting nearly 60 percent of gas stations are sold out. florida highway patrol escorting fuel tankers into evacuation zones in a rush to replenish supplies. >> most of the gas stations we've been to all day have no gas. >> reporter: airports crowded with evacuees rushing to catch the last flights out of south florida including tourists forced to leave their beach front hotels. >> everybody is evacuating. everybody has to go. >> reporter: are you planning to ride the storm out at the airport. >> if need be. this is where i'll be. >> reporter: after seeing the devastating impact of irma in t

la florida ha entrado en el ojo de huracÁn irma. el sistema, primero tocÓ tierra como categorÍa 4 en los cayos con vientos de 130 mph, el huracÁn que descarga su furia, parece imparable, tras dejar atrÁs cayos, tocÓ en isla marco, impactando naples y fort ma ayers. (hablan en inglÉs). el gobernador advertÍa que esto continuarÍa por horas porque todavÍa trae consigo tormentas y marejada de 15 pies que han semi vl sembrado devastaciÓn y esto incluye miami, que ha visto inundaciones y caÍda de grÚas en centro de la ciudad, en sur de la florida hay millones que estÁn sin electricidad. irma cambio de rumbo y tomÓ desprevenida a la zona de tampa. en una carrera contra el relÓj residentes hacÍan lo posible por prepararse. >>> nos sentimos un poco asustados, porque ha tomado un cambio que nos hace andar codo wre corre. >>> solo con paso de las horas se conocerÁ hasta donde llegara, el presidente trump ha prometido apoyo de gobierno federal que pronto visitarÁ el estado, y los seis millones de personas evacuados esperan que

it's clear in florida, clear in southwest florida down along naples and fort myers. once you get about ocala, a lot of people fondling onto that thing and all heading north. the good news is there's a little bit more time before it makes landfall. yesterday, 60 miles an hour. last night and this morning, 40 miles per hour. now the storm has slowed to 12 miles an hour. it's about to make its turn to the north. stay with fox news channel for continuing updates. a quick commercial breaks, and "special report with bret baier "special report with bret baier. " bill assumed his mayo was the best choice. assume nothing. just like the leading brand, kraft real mayo is made with high quality ingredients at a price you can feel good about no wonder kraft is so good. you for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends, three jobs... you're like nothing can replace brad. then liberty mutual calls... and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement™, we'll pay

that's putting the florida keys directly in its crosshairs. wesg winds. governor of florida sayi. nearly 6 million people are thn orders. overnight irma did come ashore n hour. already more than a dozen people across the caribbean have been killed by this monster a storm. have reporters across th state of florida well as the caribbean, covering all the angles of the story, from the evacuations the damage already done. begin with mariani beach. what's the latest? >> reporter: you just saw hopefully a patrol car behind morning long in every corner trying to tell people to evacuate. we've also seen people that are barrier island, this coastal i evacuation order for its 100,000 residents. been here since 6:00e morning. weather took a turn fo worse in the last half hour. is avenue, a street that usually would be bustling with tourists, people walking their dogs, headed to the beach. a ghost do. we've seen those people who have decided to evacuate. tell us th home. said i have booze at homel time. that's what officers around her. that's they're urging residents to do. want to show ye bo

southwest florida could see the most flooding. in just six inches of water, a car engine stalls, two feet and the car is floating, three to six feet, life threatening, in part because of everything floating in the current. at nine feet the water is above the first floor. despite the dangers, some residents staying put like richard chris her who made sure to secure all the boats at his marina club. >> i have a gut feeling i haven't had before. this one is really scary. >> reporter: some of the most vulnerable, the residents in trailer parks who cannot afford to leave. >> this is going to be, oh, wiped out. >> reporter: authorities detaining the homeless to protect them against the storm. throughout the day last-minute shopping for crucial supplies. police helping to manage out of control lines at this home depot. one man about to buy the last generator at this store giving it up to a woman for her sick father's medical needs. >> an angel from god is what he is. >> reporter: another urgent threat, the dike on lake okeechobee, reside

extreme concern tonight for the florida keys, miami, and all of south florida. nearly 2 million racing to safety. traffic jams. cars running out of fuel abandoned. and miami now bracing for a devastating storm surge. florida's governor rick scott is right here tonight. his warning. >>> the deadly path already. irma steamrolling turks and caicos and the bahamas. new images coming in from st. martin. and we are just now seeing the devastation in the british virgin islands.

back here-- many florida evacuees are taking refuge where ever the back here-- back here-- many florida evacuees are taking refuge where ever the can. some-- arriving in the dmv last night. we spoke with evacuees who arrived at reagan national airport last night. they say the journey was a lot longer than normal, but they they knew they have to get out. at least 25 flights are expected to at least 25 flights are expected to arrive from florida today. many airlines added additional flights today, becuase miami international airport will shut down as the storm gets close. this morning, we're getting a first glimpse - at some of irma's tiniest evacuees. "last chance animal shelter" in waldorf -- received 45 carriers worth of cats and kittens... from miami-dade animal control. more are expected looking for people to adopt - or foster - those kittens. the shelter is also expecting another 1-hundred dogs from texas this weekend. remember- we have breaking hurricane updates around the clock at wjla.com- and sign up for breaking news texts at wjla.com slash text. 5:xx i'm sam sweeney at the liv

or north of florida are in the clear. officials say at the end of the day, this is still a hurricane. and once winds reach a sustained wind power 406 miles per hour in this barrier island community, all the bridges will close. what does that mean? that means no access to major hospitals. and that is very important. we spoke to the police chief about that, michelle cook. >> our closest about 15, 20 miles away, so we don't have any hospitals close by, which is another concern because we're on an island and the hospitals are so far away. >> so what will people do? >> that's going to be a tough decision. you know, it's -- that's what concerns me about people not evacuating. because if we have high winds and somebody's injured and it's not safe for public safety to get to them or get over a bridge, what do we do? that's going have to be a decision that's made at that moment based upon the totality of the circumstances. you know, it's tough. i don't want to have to give a death notice to your family because you chose to stay. >

florida. that makes it difficult for people who are trying to evacuate because where do you evacuate to. tampa could get hit by it, jacksonville gets hit like this. the calls they make about evacuations are not done lightly and done to try to save people's lives and i think that having seen harvey and the devastation that happened, i think most floridans are not taking any chances with this storm and i think that they are airing on the side of caution which wasn't necessarily the case last year with matthew because it had been a long time since florida had been hit by hurricane and we had millions of people in our state who had never experienced a hurricane. having seen what happened with harvey, people did not want to take chances with this thing, it's a big storm, as you know, it has slowed down a little bit but it's still powerful at a category 4. lauren: congressman, we are running against the clock here, many people just want to get out of the state of florida, what do you do, you go to a

of miami, florida. winds 155 miles per hour. we'll see that turn today i think towards the north. let's take a look at the rain that's coming. heavy downpours through the florida keys and just towards miami. strong winds in marathon, up to 38 miles per hour. and in the bahamas, winds are churning at 36 miles per hour. if you're just joining us, we have a hurricane watch as far west as tallahassee, florida, as far west as jacksonville, florida. pretty much all of florida is under some sort of advisory right now. not vicing when you have a category 4 major hurricane getting close to florida. things have changed with the track since yesterday morning. hugging more of the west coast of florida, so a double landfall is possible along the florida keys perhaps early sunday morning and then again sunday afternoon near naples. sth a possibility in terms of exactly where it will pinpoint and we'll see the eye pass over. the national hurricane center mentioned one of the reasons that the forecast is difficult to m

florida. we've seen some changes. previously, we were looking at this being a category 4 going over some warm water, perhaps jumping up to a category 5. our latest model says it stays account 4. still, a massive storm when you run along the ground. here we are, even the latest model is shifting this a little bit farther off to the west. we are looking at this being a western side of florida running up the gulf coast instead of the east coast. when will it be making landfall? sunday morning. i think conditions are going to start to deteriorate as early as tomorrow morning. you should start to notice that tomorrow, even though it won't make landfall until sunday morning. you see the storm throughout the entire day sunday and into early monday running up to the state of florida into georgia 40 monday afternoon. things will be all clear. notice -- if it stays a categorr some warm water in this is a very powerful system, the sum of those wins still around 150 miles an hour. when you get that much w

florida governor rick scott estimates 25,000 people have been evacuated from the florida keys. mandatory evacuations. do you suspect that everyone will be able to get out in time? >> we do. we actually do. we look at the images and the videos of what the affected islands are going through and the thought that we might be going through that in a few days a outright scary and concerning. as you mentioned, we have one road in and one road out. keys residents are very connected to the weather and know when to take things serious. they've been taking this very serious for the last three days. i just drove down from the emergency operations center in marathon to key west, about a 50 mile drive and there is nobody in the keys. there is a very little amount of people in the keys. i drove around key west because i knew i was going to be on your show, to give you a good update report, probably 90% of the bars and restaurants are closed. there's still a few stragglers. but i think the folks are taking this serious and i'm glad to report that. >> i'm glad you said that. that one roadway in

when we tell you this storm is headed to florida in a stronger level any storm has hit florida, i need you to pay attention and you can survive the storm, pay attention to where you are during the storm. >> thank you so much. sam champion. listen to this man. >> he knows of what he speaks. >> let's go to bahamas where irma is passing over. at one point it passed by one of the islands with winds up to 150 miles per hour. nbc's rehema ellis is live in naus saw. the islands could see 25 feet storm surge. can you hear us? >> i'm afraid -- >> we'll get that mixed up. this happens in storm, we lose the connection once in a while. >> if you think about this, when you look at the images of miami, this storm is going to rake over florida and georgia and caroli e carolina. it's not like you can say let's head north -- >> in south florida, here's new time lapse video just in in key largo showing the drive along u.s. 1. roads are mostly empty. you never see this on the drive north because everybody who has gotten out of here has largely left. irma is crawling towards miami. the latest update we ju

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, estero, florida. >>> this is kerry sanders in naples, florida. today alligator alley the main road connecting west to east in florida with a rush towards miami, many on the west coast who thought they were safe now scrambling to get out. >> we really don't know what to do. it carr lives in ft. myers. >> i'm praying because i don't think this house will hold up. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott warning the water could reach the tops of homes. >> this is a life-threatening situation. do not think the storm is over when the wind slows down. >> reporter: everglades village could find itself swamped by a 12-foot storm surge, same flooding threat on marco. michael callahan decided not to evacuate. >> we're prepared for a storm surge unless it gets up to the third floor. >> reporter: today, lowering hurricane shutters, confident they will protect his family. 13 years ago hurricane charley, a category 4, leveled several west coast communities, the damage extended 26 miles inland to arcadia, where today residents prepared for another hit. >> i've

keys and south florida. the eye of the storm is making landfall in southern keys. powerful category 4 storm has top within of nearly 130 miles per hour. it will turn and barrel up the state's west coast. tornado warnings have been issued for a large swath of south florida. jeff glor is just outside of the mouth of tampa bay. expected to take a direct hit from the storm overnight. jeff, good morning, again. >> reporter: charlie, good morning to you. actually we just got a tornado warning just to the east of tampa. we expect to see more of those as the morning goes on and as this storm goes on. we're in tampa-st.pete. we're at tampa-st.pete beach along the gulf of mexico. city of tampa is to our northeast. clear water to the north. sarasota to our south. when we pulled in here last night not a lot of buildings were boarded up and that's because this shifted, this storm has shifted to the west now and as you said is expected to potentially hit us head on here in the tampa bay area, an area that has not seen a m

florida and hurricane irma now closing in. 35 million in its path from florida to tennessee, the mad rush to escape. overnight, people sleeping on cots at airports and thousands of americans stuck in one of the hardest hit islands trying to evacuate as the u.s. military rescues critically injured patients. david muir and amy robach are on the ground as the category 4 storm targets the southeast. >>> the biggest earthquake in a century hits mexico. buildings collapse as the deadly 8.1 magnitude quake sparks a tsunami warning. >>> massive hack. more than 140 million americans at risk of having their social security numbers, credit card information and identities stolen.

desde miami, florida. galo arellano, "univisiÓn". arantxa: el sur de miami donde hace 25 aÑos el poderoso huracÁn andrew devastÓ la regiÓn es ahora una vez mÁs suena vulnerable para recibir a irma. la mayorÍa de las contrucciones son nuevas en nÚmero de pobladores ha aumentado notablemente. desde allÍ le decimos cÓmo estÁ la situaciÓn. reportero: tras la devastadora trayectoria de andrew en 1992 los graves daÑos fueron reconstruidos con el paso del tiempo, pero estas imÁgenes que en su momento le den otra vuelta al mundo jamÁs desaparecieron de la mente de quienes enfrentaron la furia de su recorrido al sur de miami. >> fue un dÍa tan difícil porque hubo un momento donde todo estaba cayÉndose, destruyendo. reportero: los aterradores momentos que viviÓ junto a su esposa y sus tres hijos, quienes eran unos niÑos muy pequeÑos regresaron con la amenaza de que irma vuelva y ponga a prueba los cimientos de la casa que enfrentÓ ya una vez a un enorme huracÁn. >> hemos puesto las maderas cubriendo las ventanas. hemos co

florida coast line could see surges reaching up to 15 feet. more than 400 shelters open across the state. more than 280,000 people don't have power right now. that number is expected to rise. in just a few minutes we will get an update from power officials in florida. let's bring back wnbc meteorologist steve sosa. we were talking about the potential with storm surges have increased. >> three items here. it's the size, the intensity and the path and all three of them are really coming together for the worst case scenario. the news not better now with the hurricane being a category 4 overnight. so any weakening trends were temporary. it's now a category 4 storm, not expected to weaken too much over the next couple of hours. i'm going to show you what the biggest threat is. unlike harvey where flooding rains were the biggest threat, this will have flooding rains. it's the innone dajs of seawater. it's called storm surge. while the numbers might not seem too impressive, five to eight feet, these are very impressive. in central and southwestern fl

we know many of you are in florida or have friends, family in florida. we have our koornts well positioned to keep you informed throughout the day, so keep it here on msnbc. ♪ >>> 6:48 here on the east coast. unfortunately we're seeing most people have hunkered down. we're not seeing people out and about in the streets in the areas already being affected by irma, except, of course, for our correspondents including marianna who has been in miami beach where we have really seen the winds pick up. i understand that you just saw an official and were able to talk to him. what were you able to find out? >> reporter: chris, i just spoke to people from emergency management, the last patrol car that we've seen out here in miami beach. the conditions continue to worsen as this storm is barrelling towards florida right now. they told me that first responders are hunkered down. th absolutely cannot be out on the streets right now trying to save people who are still out here there aresome people walking around and that absolutely everyone should hunker down and be

florida governor rick scott, thank you for joining us. what can you tell us about the mandatory evacuations that are already under way in at least part es of your state. >> i was just in the keys this morning, we have mandatory evacuations there, if you look at this as a major storm, it's way bigger than hurricane andrew, which was 25 years ago, it's got more wind, more rain and more storm surge, and down in the keys, people are leaving, we're also doing preparations in miami-dade, we're opening up shelters around the state. we're making sure everybody gets their food and their water. i want everybody to be prepared. i always tell people, we can rebuild your house, we can't rebuilt your house, take the time to prepare today, don't wait until tomorrow. >> what about those millions of people that live in dade county,or broward county, where ft. lauderdale is, or palm beach county, should they get in their cars and start driving, should they get on planes, i don't think there's many flights available any longer, what do they do? >> the bigge

battering south florida. the powerful storm has shifted and is now set to sweep up the state's west coast. irma knifed through the caribbean leaving death and destruction. many of the islands reduced to rubble. hurricane hunters scening us brand-new video of the eye of the storm from high in the air. >> announcer: news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> i want to show you a live look at south florida this evening. this is usually sunny isles beach. you can see the conditions are worsening as irma moves closer to the area. good evening, i'm erika gonzalez. we have two live reporters following irma's path in culver. we want to start with a closer look at irma's shift. a new track has come out as of 5:00, samara, is there any further shift in that or what are you seeing now with this? >> reporter: no major changes. however, i will say it's just shifted a few to the west meaning this could be more of a direct hit for areas like tampa and st. petersburg. show you where the storm is located. folks, the eyewall of t

that can be a threat to florida. also talking evacuation saying the storm is here now, but to the north, there are still parts of florida under evacuation orders. far to the north areas that should be moving back. let's go back to governor scott. back in english again. >> thank you, governor. the florida national guard has been activated with 500 shelters. more than 700 more guardsmen are preparing to set up food and distribution sites as soon as the storm passes. we're working alongside fwc as soon as it's safe. we're working with our counterparts with national guard and other active duties. more than 10,000 national guard troops are on their way into the state of florida from 14 different states for deployment after the storm. help is coming by air, land and sea. we're grateful for the outpo outpouring of support and assistance from our brothers and sisters in the army, air force, navy, marines. coast guard and the entire guard nation. and we're ready to do all we can to help our fellow floridians. and we'll be her