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To make landfall in the florida keys sometime early sunday. the latest track puts the west coast of florida in line for much of what the worst of irma will bring. were talking from fort myers through sarasota, st. petersburg, tampa as well. floridas governor. the mayors across this state are pleading with people still in evacuation zones. those mandatory evacuation zones do get out and get out now. hundreds of people, thousands of people across the state are headed to county shelters. and some p...

Still very powerful, very dangerous. cuba is going to be recovering from this devastating storm for some time to come, victor. >> patrick, i know it may be difficult for you to hear me, so i just send that on to the audience. but is there any indication how many people decided to stay and not evacuate shady of irma? >> reporter: overall, countrywide, the cuban government said about a quarter of 1 million. maybe 11 million people. i think perhaps the biggest problem is, the people thought it was ...

Well see more of the damage its caused there. and hopefully, its nothing like we saw across the eastern section of the caribbean. patrick oppmann, again, thank you so much. lets go to meteorologist derek van dam in miami beach. with more on the specific threat from irma and what it poses to the keys. the last time i saw you, it was getting pretty dangerous out there on the beach. the wind really picking up there. what are the conditions like where you are now? >> reporter: well, they continue to...

Theyre now gone. just because of a little storm surge, who cares, its just boats, its just property. true, what im say something the storm surge, when it communicate to elevation of six feet up higher, that being gone that submerge becomes the bottom of buildings, the foundation of a place that people are taking shelter. now it has made a real difference and it will remain for hours, if not longer. so the senator was spot-on hopefully people are listening to whey says and not play politics. so t...

Hurricanes, with 5.5 million flo floridians ordered to evacuate, even the old-timers who swore theyd stick around are fleeing. plus, were now relying on storm mapping, why do they differ? and with thousands charged with price gouging officials warn they will prosecute. ill talk to one economist who says price gouging during emergencies, well, thats a good thing. were waiting on a press conference from florida governor rick scott. the latest trajectory of irma. weve got team coverage lined up, pa...

Regenerate. right now its down to 130, theres something to be said for that if it doesnt regenerate, thats a positive thing for the keys and for naples, but we know that theres been some devastation in cuba because of it. so you know its someone we knew, someone was going to get hit so far right now, it has been the cuban keys and the people of northern cuba have really been hit hard overnight. one of our reporters was there and we watched just in awe of him just trying to stay on the air. it wa...

Stay safe. be where you need to be to get through it. well deal with the reporting afterwards. thats patrick oppmann, he is in cuba, where irma had hit. now youll hear people say, the storm weakened there. i really dont like that word. because what is weak about these conditions that you just saw patrick oppmann dealing with. yes, statistically when a hurricane comes over land it doesnt get the same energy that it does from water. thats about science, not about the practicality of survival. and ...

Cnns continuing coverage of hurricane irma. sayings, expressions exist for a reason. learn from the past, otherwise are you doomed to repeat it. that applies very acutely to what were dealing with now. we have to look at where the storm has been. thats how well know what it could do where it goes next. that takes us to cuba, cnn is there. patrick oppmann is about a couple hundred miles east of the capital of havana in a place that boris sanchez tells me i pronounce it kai barien. tell us where y...

We would hope that it would sort of veer to the right and go out to sea. at one point, it became apparent this was our window of opportunity to move north. to go north. so, we drove north until just today. >> all right. hurricane irma, i want to show you what its doing to cuba here. i believe we have some pictures coming into us. of what is happening there. you see the trees blowing, patrick oppmann is there, he said it felt like a jet engine as the wind hit him making landfall on to the norther...

About ten miles per hour, 15 miles per hour difference in sustained winds. you can see the kind of destruction these kind of winds can cause. we should be very concerned for those areas where this eye will pass over on land fall. >> stand by for a minute. louie will be with us, louie uccellini, national director of the weather service. in cuba now, the storm is developing. patrick, be careful over there, but tell us what you can. >> reporter: you know, just since the last time we talked, wolf,...