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Evacuated the florida keys. forecast showed irma could near the states coast by sunday. if all of that was not enough. irma is now one of three active hurricanes in the atlantic basin. this is the first time something like that has happened in seven years, we are tracking the storm from haiti up to florida and beyond. lets begin with chad myers. what does the modeling tell you this morning? >> reporter: not much different than where we were yesterday. in fact the models have been very consistent...

>> shep: a lot to go through there. again, a number of changes with this storm. if the storm was heading west, northwest at 60 miles an hour this time yesterday, this morning, it was heading west northwest at 12 miles an hour. now is heading to west -- i shouldve sent 14. now its heading west at 12 miles per our. what does this mean like mike is going to make landfall in florida a little later. because of the change in the movement they are now projecting, sounding as if this is a storm that sti...

Happening. everybody here across parts of florida, we also need to be watching in georgia and south carolina. >> everybody in the entire peninsula of florida, everyone in the peninsula is still in the cone of uncertainty. figure yes, its very possible this storm takes a little bit of a western term. what we know is going to happen is that the storm is going to make a right-hand turn. where it happens is difficult to say. that means it could be going over the keys heading over lake okeechobee, or...

Center adjust the cone a little bit toward the west. the point is, when you see one run like that, dont like to see it. it could jog back again. bottom line, everybody in south florida, you got to watch this. if this ended up happening we would probably watch hurricane-force winds extend the length of the peninsula. force force winds extend out 70 miles from center, both sides. thats about 140 miles. this right here is 90-100 miles wide in south florida, probably splitting it with hurricane-forc...

Progression which means it doesnt sit and spin for a long time. is the forward progress expected to continue? >> i think we will see a similar forward pace. the thing that caused the problems with harvey was because the storm just stopped moving and it dropped all that rain. this isnt one of those storms. this is going to be an incredible wind maker and storm surge issued for wherever it makes landfall. i then rain. because the storm is moving faster, we wont be looking, i dont think, i know we ...

Category one or two. a million people without power on the island. heres the update. still amazing. now a two-day straight here of category five strike. typically the storms only maintain category five status for maybe one day, two days. the record is three days. the next big one will be 11:00 a.m. this morning. it does take it clear of the mountains. its no longer -- it doesnt look like any chance at all that the mountains of cuba or of the dominican republic in haiti will weaken. turks and cai...

Crosses the florida straits, its going to intensify once again and could see it get even stronger, 150-mile-per-hour winds when the storm makes landfall in the florida keys. also the potential of a second landfall somewhere in the vicinity of southwest florida. watching this closely, the cone of uncertainty shows -- we can see the track shift a little bit. now were concentrating on the west part of florida, the west coast. notice the winds are picking up, the winds are getting stronger. with all...

May turn north to georgia and the carolinas. we are tracking all the developments. lets begin with our chad myers. what can you tell us, chad? >> into some very warm water near the bahamas. thats why they are evacuating the islands. here is the latest cone. ill get a new cone in 55 minutes or so. the cone has land fall in south florida. this is the problem. theres a chance it goes on this side of the cone, 5% over here. theres a 5% chance its on this side of the cone. there is a 60% chance we ar...

Came in from the west and sliced across the southern part of florida we are now looking at a storm system coming from the south and most likely making its way across the entire state into the southeast and next week in kentucky. its not just about impact. it is how many states will be impacted with flooding. yesterday we had a shift about 60 to 70 miles towards the east. today at 5:00 p.m. a new track deviates it back to the west a little bit. we will continue to see that. there is no doubt. tha...

After hour after hour. but yet here it is. were going into hour 40 here. the eye continues to be well defined. its been undergoing restructuring, and it looks like weve got good news without a major landfall just yet, until we start to see some really big storm surge in the turks and caicos. the radar pulling away from san juan, really sparing the northern coast. 4 or 5-foot storm surge. most of the heavy rain bands stayed offshore because it was undergoing what we call an eye wall replacement c...