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Thousands of people across this very long line have already evacuated. tens of thousands of tourists were taken off the islands behind me from the hotels there, the beaches and taken to other parts of the island or to airports where they can fly home early to cut their vacations short. other cubans have gone to stay with relatives, have actually gone up into caves in the mountains. so, everybody who is going to evacuate probably at this point has done so. other people here in this town where i a...

Suspect, throughout the evening and tomorrow morning, we will get more moments like this where it just comes at you in a wave and there is very little you can do to defend yourself against it. the power of mother nature is really an incredible, but also very scary thing. >> certainly is, patrick. be careful over there. good luck to you. good luck to all the folks in cuba. louie uccellini, the national weather service director, is with us. explain what you just saw. this hurricane is moving north...

Hurricanes. theyve never faced a hurricane quite like this one, even if it just has a glancing blow along this northern coast. it could lead to devastating impacts for cuba. >> absolutely. all right. we know youll be following it for us in the hours and days ahead. patrick oppmann in cuba. thank you. irma moving over the bahamas at this hour. part of other islands in the atlantic already left in ruins. hurricanes jose and katia also gaining strength. were live in the bahamas next. we just got ...

This was the scene only moments ago in cuba. watch this, hurricane irma beginning to hit cuba. thats our correspondent patrick oppmann. been reporting in sunshine till a little while ago. then all of a sudden he was caught in the wind and rain. this shows you how quickly the bands of rain and wind can hit. patrick now is safe. hes under cover, but there he is. you saw what was going on. were going to check back with patrick shortly. there is a new forecast thats just been released extending hu...

You can buy at the moment. they are heading north. not only facing huge lines of traffic but traffic to get petrol, to get gas. thats a huge problem. that is why the police have been brought in to patrol the huge gas tanks, to facilitate and mitigate the problem so we can get people heading north much quicker, away from the eye of the storm. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much for that. stay safe. 36 hours until landfall. were expecting before the storm reaches florida, the last chanc...

Half an hour ago there were almost clear skies. weve seen this come in and now its blowing the trees. i can no longer see the water out there. it is a very much changed situation and it happened in the space of a few minutes, wolf. >> a few minutes. stand by, patrick. louie uccellini the national director of the weather service is seeing this. this is just the beginning for the cuban people. >> thats correct. its just the beginning. and theyre on the south side of the storm. so, it will be the n...

Early as 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. hurricane force winds could arrive as early as 6:00 a.m. on sunday morning. total rainfall, about 6 to 8 inches possible over the coming days. naples could be looking at tropical storm force winds to arrive around midnight tonight. and hurricane force winds, wolf, could be expected as early as 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. and this is going to be a long thing for a lot of these cities where youre going to be dealing with those intense winds and heavy rain for hours as ...

Guantanamo bay, qugitmo, they he troops and prisoners there as well. >> reporter: absolutely. they are hunkering down. the storm is going to miss them. im on the central coast. the cuban government has said every bit of the coast line, the northern coast line was going to be affected. the whole length he said up to havana, probably perhaps was going to get some sort of weather. u.s. diplomats the first time since ive lived here, six years now, evacuated. they were allowed to evacuate. they didnt...

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