31 now dead, 2 million evacuated , 124,000 homes destroyed. The cost ranges are ranging wild ly weve got one right now that seems reliable, 125 billion. Thats more than hurricane katrina. We are with you. The American People are with you we are here today. We will be here tomorrow and we will be here every day until this city and this state and this region rebuild bigger and better than ever before. [applause] liz and the white house confirming today President Trump plans to return to texas this saturday to visit other parts of the state still reeling in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and to another story two explosions shook a flooded Chemical Plant in crosby texas just outside houston. It shot a plume of black smoke into the air, triggered an intense fire and continued to burn. Now officials equated it to a gas o loan fire warning more explosions could occur. This as harvey damage caused toxic chemicals to pour out of refineries operated by exxon, shell and other companies. Houston now
West at about 9 Miles Per Hour. We can see the eye of irma on the radar from key west emerging off the coast, rain bands are beginning to are still moving across the florida keys and over much of south florida bringing Tropical Storm force gusts to the region. During the next 24 hours, we expect irma to turn north northwestward and move right along the coast of the florida peninsula, reaching the fort myers area around sunday evening, passing by the tampa bay area and moving up to north florida by monday morning and then weakening as it moves inland across southeastern georgia to a Tropical Storm and, finally, a tropical depression over the Tennessee Valley and southern appalachians by the middle of the week. Florida, much of the state of florida is under a hurricane warning, both coastses from the east coast all the way from the georgia border southward including the florida keys, were especially concerned about the west coast and southwest florida seeing the direct impacts of a major