Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a special edition of today on monday morning. Were coming olt an the air t early. We want to bring you the latest from overnight. It has weakened to category 1, still 75mileanhour winds. This storm causing a Record Number of power outages. Right now nearly 5 Million People are in the dark. Warning customers this wont take days, this will take weeks before things are fully restored. A major concern a storm surge of over 10 feet was recorded in the lowlying florida keys. In names late last night, a federal tide gauge reported 7 foot rise in water levels in just 90 minutes. Here are some of the other things we know. President trump has now approved a disaster declaration for florida clearing the way for federal aid for victims of the storm. We mentioned our correspondents spread out across the state. Well check in with lester holt and al roker but lets start with dylan dreyer. Shes in gainesville. Dylan, what are the conditions there . Good morning,
Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, breaking news. That hurt. Irma barrels toward northern florida leaving a path of destruction in its wake. Torrential rains and heavy winds whipping the southern part of the state. Trees uprooted. Homes destroyed. This morning millions of people without power. Thousands packed into shelters. Uncertain of the damage theyll return to. We dont know what, you know, the next few days is going to bring. Today september 11, 2017. All right. Were back now. Special edition here on a monday morning. Matt lauer with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Irma is no longer a hurricane. We just got an update from the National Hurricane center. Its been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. Take a look at the radar. Impacts still being felt. Atlanta was under a Tropical Storm warning earlier. Weve got complete coverage for you. Thats right. We were looking over our shoulder here because weve got something happening here with Kerry Sanders on marco island. Kerry cant hear me, but he i
Is a special edition of today Hurricane Irma with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Yes, welcome to this special edition of today on a monday morning. Were going to be with you for several hours this morning trying to figure out whats happening with this storm, where shes going, and what shes left behind. Its been a long night, long weekend for our friends in florida. Lets get to where things stand with Hurricane Irma. Its a category 1 storm now packing 75 mileanhour winds still. We are waiting an updating from the National Hurricane center. Theyll give a sense of where its headed. We were talking 140 miles an hour yesterday down to 75 today. It can still do damage. Nearly 5 Million People without power this morning. Record Power Outages for the state of florida. People could be in the dark for awhile. Florida power and light is warning customers this is not going to take just a couple of days to restore. This will tak