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Of times over the course of the past hour. We lost power three times with the street lights have gone out and lights from the store fronts have gone out. Everything has been complete blackness. Thats when you feel most vulnerable and like something could come barrelling out of the darkness. Now we are starting to see some of that debrae. Palms, branches, other things that could be picked up and used as projectiles in these winds. Were told by our own Weather Center that they are expected to peak...

They say in a matter of hours there will be life threatening conditions here. They may not be able to reach everyone. We have that warning from the weather service, very graphic terms of what can come. Were seeing some of that now. It does, i tell you, raise the hairs in the back of my neck. Good evening everyone snoochlt thank you for being here for our special coverage of Hurricane Irma which is already reeking havoc on parts of florida. The National Weather Service Warns we are hours away fro...

Chance and when they heard this thing was coming, people left collier county, people left naples, and its an amazing thing. We have in the city of naples about 19,000 people, and i will tell you that so many of them left, and we were very, very thankful for that, that they took the warning seriously. Well, im afraid that northern eyewall has your name on it. Were watching it bear down on you. David frohlich, good luck to you. Brian, i want to mention unfortunately we expect high tide coming up i...

Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. The breaking news tonight, Hurricane Irma racing toward florida and leaving a trail of death and widespread devastation across the caribbean. A new forecast has just been released extending the hurricane warnings and watches north on both florida coasts. Right now, irma is packing winds of 155 miles an hour. It is on track to make a direct hit on south florida early sunday. The storm surge is forecast to be as high as 12 feet, pot...

Wind, rain, flooding all being unleashed as this storm moves north. Reporter its really i mean, its really picked up. Because its windy. Was this squall line part of your forecast earlier tonight . Reporter oh, yes, yes. Were just getting into this. Reporter this is the rain thats wow. Reporter hitting me. Wow. Okay, why dont you get under the overhang. Yeah, wow, i have to say, this is the strongest. In fact, im going to take a knee for a second because its exhausting to stand there for a littl...

Across southern central and eastern portions of the state are also keeping officials on alert. I just spoke to the mayor of Fort Lauderdale who said the debris and tornados are the concern. Lets start with nbcs report. Steve, show us what youve got, what were looking at right now. Weve got the 10 00 update. Getting every hour. 93 Miles Per Hour measured near key largo weve seen the live shots with gadi. We now have confirmation of a 93 miles an hour gust. Pressure 9. 29. Still a very strong stor...

In the carolinas. Ill be back tomorrow. Our coverage will continue with my colleague george howl. Take it away. Thank you again. Several hours of coverage today. So much involved in the storm. We will continue to cover it live here from wilmington, North Carolina. The wind here is hitting strong and the rain coming down. Keeping in mind right now this storm its been downgraded from a 2 to kate goir 1. Lt eye of the storm sill on track towards wilmington, North Carolina. 50 miles from where we ar...

With florence moving slowly and stalling the surge will be a bigger problem than normal. Because as one expert put it the water just keeps piling up. We have reporters in places up and down the coast. The winds keep coming and the rain keeps falling and millions continue to brace for the worse. Hello, everyone its 3 00 on the east coast. We have a busy hour ahead. We start with the situation in North Carolina. Brad johnson in wilmington. They started getting hit with Hurricane Force winds just a...

And we need your help. Are you ready for it . Ari as ready as you can be for this one. Melissa we better get to it because theres a lot to do. Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee Asking chairman grassley to delay a scheduled vote thursday on Supreme Court cut nominee Brett Kavanaugh to launch an investigation after a woman goes public with accusations of Sexual Assault when they were in high school. Some republicans echoing calls to delay the vote. Christine blakely ford, now 51 years ol...

Lifethreatening storm surges. Neighborhoods are under several feet of water and tens of thousands of people are without power. That number could climb into the millions in the days ahead. In the coming hour well take you live to some of the places in the direct line of the hurricane. Its not the category, it is the epic amounts of flooding we are going to have. Jon lets check in with adam live in the fox extreme weather center. He has the latest on this category 1 storm. We got our 2 00 a. M. Up...