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Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, and lester holt, live from florida. Good morning, everybody, welcome back to this special edition of today on a sunday morning. Thats the scene in miami beach. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside matt lauer. Lester holt and al roker are in tampa, florida, this morning, and are also anchoring our coverage. Well get to them in just a moment. Were sitting here with our maps of florida in front of us, all the counties, trying to figure out whos going to into impac...

Tony blair calls for tougher immigration rules as a way to cut numbers, without the need for brexit. Sir mo farah becomes the first athlete to win the great north run four times in a row. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. After battering its way through the caribbean, Hurricane Irma currently a category four storm has slammed into the lower florida keys, lashing the island chain with winds of up to 130 miles per hour. The hurricane made landfall in cuba late on friday. It engulfed villages...

Flee across the border. Chris froome adds to his tc france and chris froome adds to his Tour De France success by winning spains biggest race. Good evening. The west coast of florida is braced to be in the eye of the storm, as Hurricane Irma makes its way from the caribbean into the united states. From the caribbean its already flooded the centre of miami, and left two million homes and businesses in southern florida without power. And businesses in southern it moved in after causing widespread ...

Sea wall that you can see at the end of the street there. Havanas streets. People talk about the wins that came through heroes if they we re that came through heroes if they were alive, as if it had come from another world. Five days after the hurricane struck, they are in desperate need of food, shelter and clean water. 0thers desperate need of food, shelter and clean water. Others are simply desperate to leave. A bbc investigation discovers that the bodies of more than 400 children could be bu...

I just had a briefing with the national hurrine center in all flida counties. Monroe county has reported that water is going over u. S. 1. Hurricane irma made landfall in the florida keys at 9 10 a. M. As a category 4 storm. The i of thipowerful storm is w 80 miles south of naples and approaching the naplesfour miles area and will in naplesfort myers area. Irma will continue to make its way up floridas west cst, impaing highly populated communities andeaving destruction in its wake. On the east ...

Hurricane irma, monster storm. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, welcome to the special edition of this week. All eyes now on the monster storm. As we said, Hurricane Irma has decimated islands across the caribbe caribbean. 24 hours of danger ahead. Right now, Hurricane Irma a category 4. Winds clocking in at 130 miles an hour. The eye wall is over the florida keys. You see the winds whipping right there. Those winds not the only danger. You have seen tornadoes reported...

Hurricane ever. Massive size. At least 24 hours of danger ahead. Right now Hurricane Irma officially a category 4 with winds clocking in at more than 130 miles an hour. That is the scene in miami. Where a construction crane was blown down by the storm. And those winds not the only danger. Already we have seen tornados reported across florida. That danger will continue throughout the day. The eye wall has passed over the florida keys now leaving dangerous flooding in its wake. You see that right ...

The surge could be the greatest danger. Multiple reports of tornados. Heres what we know right now. Category 4 storm. 130mileperhour winds. It was a weaker category 3 yesterday but gaining strength as it hits florida. More than a Million People are without power. 7 Million People in florida, georgia, South Carolina have been told to evacuate. Our Abc News Team is from the caribbean up and down florida. We begin with world news anchor david muir in naples, expecting a hard hit in just a few hours...

Up the coast and when it gets here, ginger said the biggest concern is the storm surge, thats the case here. I talked to the mayor earlier. He told me the same thing. 10 to 15 feet storm surge well inland. 10 to 15 feet of salt water moving at incredible force both in the beginning of the hurricane and sweeping back behind it. The winds picking up already. We saw a giant tree go down next to us and debris everywhere and once the winds reach about 100 Miles Per Hour, gusts up to 125 as we just sa...

People as barrelled through the caribbean and puerto rico. Were waiting for an update from the governor, rick scott and we will bring you as it begins. We know more than 6 Million People were evacuated from florida. It includes roughly 1 3rd of the states population. Not everyone was able to or chose to get out. Take a look how Hurricane Irma looks on radar, in some area, the rain and winds so strong, emergency crews are no longer able to respond to sfts calls. Were going to take you live. This ...