Hamering Cuba News Today

The hurricane business for our entire lives never take one point in the cone of uncertainty too seriously. this storm will spend the next day dragging its eye wall akros the coast of cuba. it was not forecasted to do that. so were not sure what shape it will come out. we know the waters between cuba and the florida straits between cuba and the keys are warm. they are feeding grounds for a powerful hurricane to regain strength no matter what happens there. we know the storm will make a right hand...

A category five. its so large in size and strong. right now its pummelling cuba. were seeing the eye very close to the northern tier of the country. still the eye wall winds and the fierce winds really hamering cuba. its been doing that for hours. where exactly is irma at this hour? 275 miles south-southeast of miami. and the storm is moving at a decent clip. west at 12. eventually expecting it to move faster when it makes the turn to the northwest. which is will tomorrow. lets look at some of t...

>> got to love what you do. thank you so much. >> red cross working so hard. in the harvey now with irma. well touch base with you later. thank you. >> a hurricane researcher at colorado state university joins us. were looking at -- i was discussing it here. about how things have shifted. irma going further west. the latest information how are you thinking about this. >> yes, were looking at how the models have been shifting to the west. the big change has been the strength of the subtropical hi...

Expected number of inches of water to be dumped by hurricane irma. thats now up to 10 to 15 inches. in the southern bahamas and cuba. in the florida keys, more than that. eight to 15 inches in with up to 20 inches in some areas. so those are big numbers in term of what were watching. those will change as we get another update from the national hurricane center. in about an hour. irma already striking the caribbean. with some deadly force. in the st. martin, french and dutch territory. ten people...

To pass through. lets look at the latest statistics. i mention the location. max winds 160 miles per hour. its a category five. its interalkting with cuba, because its so large its not weakening. the movement it to the west at 12. they extend up the coast to jacksonville now. a hurricane watch. along the coast there. and of course a hurricane warning. and for the bahamas as well. dealing with strong winds. lets take a look at the track. that shifted. things have changed a lot in the past 24 hour...

People. elsewhere in the caribbean. these are pictures of cuba here. from today. and you can get a sense of how theyre getting battered. a week ago it was beautiful there. a week later, it looks like this. thousands of folks left now homeless. if there is even a home to go back to. the hurricane now expected to hit florida early sunday morning. the latest information in from noah about an hour and a half ago. already making itself felt. 50 miles per hour winds in some places. knocking out power....

A while. of course the big year we got from the normal alphabet. hurricane center used. the greek alphabet was 205. 12 years ago. so its been a while since we have seen a season like this one. id like to see how the rest of the season shapes up. there looks like another. the origin of the storms is off of africa. the hurricane center is beginning to monitor that. well see what ta looks like in the coming weeks. >> hopefully we do not even make it to y or z. in the next months. thank you, sir. gr...

All right. so the latest from the national hurricane center, shows now hurricane irma now tacking further west. these are the latest pictures based on that data. coming from the national hurricane center. irma is expected to move near the north coast of cuba. as we speak. then will take a turn towards the northwest later today. the eye of the hurricane hitting florida. over the next day. and at the moment irma still packing winds up to 160 miles per hour. as a category five hurricane. that chang...

Youre right, not too many sandbags on the ground. for the most part people are, theyre gone. and theyre smart for it. >> gone is good. in a situation like this. its strange to stand out in the street. your pictures that you and the photo journalist are giving us a look. its good its quiet there. joining us now. meteorologist. and it seems like its quieted down. that happens. the fingers of the storm kind of work their way through the city. >> it hasnt even really gotten that koes. its 275 miles ...

And how its interacting with cuba. >> staying near the keys its in an area where theres low -- normal land fall for going into the u.s. mainland. and drawing energy off the warm ocean waters. some of the water in the area is close to 85 fahrenheit. which is really warm. and plenty for a storm to reintensify. which is what we saw with harvey. this has kept the storm from experiencing wind sheer. how the wind changes with height in the atmosphere. and that usually takes the storms apart. we saw th...