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No mountains to begin to shred this storm or weaken it, it powers on with hurricane force winds extending 50 miles from the center, the winds get up to 185 miles an hour sustained gusting up to 225. then you have tropical storm force winds on either side, out ward 160 miles. keep in mind the state of florida is about 160 miles wide. so, this is going to affect those areas. the path of the storm, by, again, the time we -- >> roughly. >> turn into the end of the week is going to role through turks...

Flying in propeller driven aircraft, in some cases planes that are older than some of those on board. but they work, they get the job done, they result in this, the extraordinary view of the eye of irma, 25 miles across, the aircraft takes constant readings flying into and out of the eye of this storm. right through the eye wall of the clouds, in a storm that has generated gusts of 225 miles an hour. because of gps transponders, we can follow their path through these storms. on board, its work i...

And kaicos directly in the storm and south eastern and bahamas. the good thing of people of puerto rico is storms stay offshore. with no either action with land and no mountains to begin with sweep the storm or weakening. it continues to power on with hurricane force winds ex pending 50 mirples per hour. sustained gusting up to 225 then you have tropical storm force winds on either side. out 160 miles. keep in mind the state of florida is about 160 miles wide. so this is going to affect those ch...

Legislation recently but well be keeping an eye on that. thank you, maam. we appreciate it. and next, hurricane irma is already battering the caribbean. its 185-mile-per-hour winds right now, sustained winds, gusting up to 225 miles per hour as people in florida are scrambling to secure their homes and stock up on supplies or get out of the state altogether. we are going to be live in miami in just a moment. how do we say that this fall, our guests can earn a free night when they book at choic...

Difference. the majority of the 585 fatalities came from haiti but they werent all there. we did have other fatalities with that and storm surge for this one was 26 feet. so again, these are not irma. but there are similarities between the two. but the thing to note is that this is a category 5 storm. this is incredibly strong. which is why we have hurricane warnings out for areas like puerto rico, dominican republic, and the turks and caicos and areas like the bahamas and cuba are looking at hu...

185 miles per hour with gusts to 225 miles per hour moving west, northwest at 16 miles per hour right now. next, his paniola, not making landfall. rolling through and over the turks and cokos islands. keeping its strengthen. the big question is when does it make its turn, how does it effect the coastline of florida, and when does that turn happen? we continue to watch a lot of variables, and this may not wind up being determined until the very last minutes. now back to "hardball." welcome back...

Gusting up to 225 miles per hour very powerful storm. satellite and radar in san juan. you are beginning to see outer bands and reaches so far the radar. you are beginning to see outer bands of very heavy rain moving closer and clovesser. that rain is going to pick up in that area closer today. the storm moving through tonight, wednesday night for san juan, okay, you are watching this track, wednesday 180 miles per hour. the winds do begin to calm down especially as you run over the bahamas. you...

Leyla? >> reporter: were certainly feeling the winds pick up, the water, the waves come in a little more aggressively here in puerto rico. irma right now at this hour, 225 miles southeast of where we are. and yet, as we drove around this morning, i could also tell that people are getting ready. people went to sleep last night not knowing what we would wake up to today, i have been in touch with the governors office, they tell me theyre wrapping up a meeting right now to get the latest with all t...

Hour. gusting to 225 miles per hour. movement is west northwest at about 16 miles per hour, taking it just now to the north of puerto rico. again, theyve already been experiencing heavy rainfall due to some of those outer bands and thats likely to intensify in the coming hours. now, in the short-term, we know the track is going to continue taking it west over places like the the turks and caicos all of the models really keep it at a pretty consistent track. its during the right-hand turn where t...

David, let me take you straight to it. this is 100 miles east of antigua, moving west, the gusts at 225 miles per hour. saint martin, and caicos could see 15 to 20-foot storms and allow the islands 10 to even 20 inches of rain, and we expand the track. once it gets beyond puerto rico, it kisses northern cuba. its a category 4, and we close in saturday night through sunday is the timing when effects would start to be felt in the keys or south florida, and that cone now includes everyone south of ...