Page that shows the middle of the eye. And heres why. Imagine this. Were going to do a comparison. This is the category 5 hurricane with winds about 185 Miles Per Hour extending outward 50 miles from the center. Then they turn into lesser winds all the way outc to the site. So imagine youre right here and youre enduring that. Youre not doing it like a tornado. That would be an ef4. Maybe a weak ef5 if theres such a thing. That moves by very quickly. Its through. But imagine that you are now having to endure thoeds winds for 30 or 60 minutes as this slowly passes by. Now yacnot only get them coming but you get them going. Thats a comparison. As to the power of this and what you would have to fwo through standing in a tornado for 30 to 60 minutes. Thats pretty much what these folks have had to go through in parts of the islands and approaching puerto rico. Now right now, 185 mile an hour winds moving west to northwest at 16 Miles Per Hour. The pressure has dropped. Its 9 14 so its inten
A direct hit with the eye wall and after the turks and caicos as we get into the latter part of the week and weekend. Temperatures in the upper 80s in the bahamas, that is a core of warm air it will feed off of that not really allowing irma to weaken whatsoever. And in fact, as we look at the latest track here, it shows north of cuba on saturday morning a category four hurricane and yesterday that was over the keys and today its more likely over miami. But i do not want you to look just at the actual direct path because you need to look at the entire cone of uncertainty. Its a 225 mile wide zone this far out so the actual track once did gets close to florida it could be anywhere within the 225 miles needs to watch the cone. A dangerous storm no matter what. Well look at this as well as our local forecast. Thank you adamment of course Hurricane Irma, just as adam mentioned causing a lot of damage in the caribbean. The four considered the most structurally sound on the island of saint ma
Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Irma is one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever. Its 1 s 185mileanhour winds wreaked havoc in the caribbeans. One death was on the small island of barba. About 90 of buildings and cars there have been destroyed. Irma is unleashing winds and rain on puerto rico and could make landfall in florida this weekend. Cars are lined up on the highways as people heed the warnings to get out. This is a much stronger storm that we have anticipated. Its stronger than what we experienced in the past, and its better to be safe than sorry. Florida has begun activating its National Guard with 7,000 members being told to report for duty on friday. Tomorrow, 100 pg e employees are scheduled to leave the bay area to restore power to people impacted by Hurricane Irma. We have Live Team Coverage for you. Leeann melendez is at sfo where some flight to florida will likely be canceled. But first, lets get to Spencer Christian with where the st
In the afternoon. Then continuing on up into georgia. This is a new cone that is shifting further west. In my experience, with 48 hours out, the cone starts shifting west rarely does it adjust east. So this is very bad news for florida. It looks like it will be a direct hit. But we will keep you updated. Anywhere in this cone, lets hope. Just go to the weather page. You can open up the interactive radar there and click on the layers. Youre watching it there on your. Turn on the storm track or the tropical layers and you can see exactly the path that irma is expected to take. And where it is now. Were starting to see the pictures of the the damage that irma left behind in st. Martin. I want to show you exact ly whee were talking about. The hurricane is right about here. The person who took this picture says theres no power, no water, everything is destroyed. Im going to strocroll up a lit bit. Check out this lobby right here. It appears like a on to of damage in this shop. The walls are
Virgin islands. 1 Million People in puerto rico. Mandatory evacuations are being ordered across many parts of florida. The governor telling people in those areas to leave right now. If they dont rescuers wont be able to save them when the storm hits. The latest on those evacuation efforts. Reporter all across south Florida Communities are clearing out with places like miami beach and south beach already under mandatory evacuations. Regardless of what coast you live on the prepare to evacuate. Floridians on the west coast cannot be complacent. It can still move west. Reporter now a deadly monster storm moving closer to florida where it will hit this weekend. Hurricane watches have been issued for self order in the florida keys. Irma already slamming parts of the northern caribbean killing at least six destroying buildings and leaving thousands homeless. We are with everybody in florida. We are working very hard. The largest hurricane they have seen coming out the atlantic. Reporter to s