Devastating impact on the carribean. The island of barbuda is in ruins. Stephanie ramos. Reporter there are people trying to make a mass exodus out of florida. Hurricane irma is inching closer and closer to south florida with winds 160 Miles Per Hour. The storm shifting significantly further west. The eye of the storm with the sights on the florida keys and tampa. The National Weather service tweeting this is as real as it gets. Nowhere in the florida keys is safe. Youre running out of time, the storm is almost here. If youre in an evacuation zone you need to go now. 5. 6 Million People have been asked to activate many living in lowlying coastal areas. As time runs out, people are still trying to escape the storm. Traffic so bad on the streets in south florida some have abandoned their cars because they have run out of gas. Those trying to get out by air stuck, for Fort Lauderdale airpt closed. Miami International Spending all flights. Those hoping to get a last minute ticket stranded,
Resort island of barbuda is in ruins. Stephanie ramos live in florida with the latest. Reporter this morning there are people trying to make a mass exodus out of florida as the monster storm raging closer to the coast and grows stronger. Irma is inching closer to south florida with winds 160 Miles Per Hour. The storm shifting farther west the eye of the storm on keys in florida. Nowhere in the florida keys will be safe. Were running out of time, the storm is almost here, if youre in an evacuation zone you need to go now. Reporter more than 5. 6 Million People have been asked to evacuate, many living in lowlying coastal areas. As time runs out, people are trying to escape the storm. Traffic so bad on the three main routes out of south florida, some people abandoned their cars because they have run out of gas. Those trying to get out by air finding themselves stuck, Fort Lauderdale airport closed. Miami International Spending all flights. Those trying to get in hoping to get a last minut
Makes landfall on the u. S. Mainland. Some hunkering down ready to ride out this storm at home. It is very serious. Is the miami skyline in jeopardy . And floridas southwest coast bracing for what could be a catastrophic storm surge. The frightening projections, plus, states of emergency all the way up to virginia. Our david muir and amy robach on the ground leading our Team Coverage with all you need to know. And good morning, everybody. Lets get right to the breaking news. Hurricane irma bearing down on florida. Theyre calling it the big one. Look at the satellite imagery. It is a massive, massive category 4. It is extremely powerful and extremely dangerous. Now, that view is the true from space but this is the the view from an air force reserve plane that flew right over the eye of the storm. As we come on the air, things are changing furiously including where its headed. Here are the major headlines. The track shifted significantly further west. The eye wall is now forecast to hit
Impact of Hurricane Irma expected to make landfall sometime tomorrow morning. Abcs Stephanie Ram mows live with the latest on the system. Reporter so many iconic miami spots are ghost towns, no traffic or people, so many homes boarded up as the deadly storm rages toward the coast. Hurricane irma is inching closer and closer to south florida with winds with 106 Miles Per Hour. The storm shifting further west. The eye of the storm with its sights on the florida keys and tampa. The National Weather service tweeting this is as real as it gets. Nowhere in the florida keys is safe. We are running out of time. The storm is almost here. If youre in an evacuation zone you need to go now. More than 5. 6 Million People have been asked to evacuate. Many in low lying coastal areas. Cars for miles. Reporter as time runs out people are trying to escape the storm. Traffic so bad on the three routes out of the of south florida, some abandoned their cars. Those trying to get out by air finding themselve
Reporter out of firefighters on scene, one firefighter suffered a minor injury and will be okay. The arson squad is here looking in to a cause of the fire. The only thing they could tell us at this point that they believe it started on the first florida were live in brooklyn channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Lets turn to the weather and a part of our area could see that wintery mix overnight. All part of the system that brought blizzard conditions on tornadoes in the nations midsection here in our area as we would take a live look outside at the department of sanitation that just issued their first snow alert of the season. Bill evans is in the weather center. Lets take a look at that shall we . We have sunshine at noontime. These are the temperatures on board at this time of the year, so here we are with the cold air and the warm moisture cold air. So we were going to be looking at a mix of rain and sleet. As we go in to the nighttime tonight is when they will take hold. That is n