Tornadic Winds News Today

Comfortable talking about abortion but want people to get help if they need it. >> texas state representative erin zweener, thank you so much for joining us bright and early on this saturday morning. we appreciate it. coming up in our 7:00 hour well be talking with alexis mcgill johnson. >> were going to be checking on recovery efforts. scientists are calling this weeks storm a once-in-a-500-year event. but the tornadic winds will be back. climate scientists explain. how delta fears are puttin...

It has been quite extraordinary here watching the winds and gusts come up 50-mile-an-hour. and the rain thats been hammering here. stephanie is here in tampa as well. give ussen sight on what youve seen. >> reporter: right now its sort of picking up a little bit here. as you can see it blew me off a little bit here. i was standing here to show you how much the wind and rain is coming through here. im not sure if youre familiar with tampa, you can see thats a road that runs right along the highwa...

Concrete wall just below me. we are standing on the first floor of the hilton hotel here. i have to tell you, michael, no one here was expecting the wind to be this strong. they were not forecasted to necessarily get this high. as the worst of it, were told we could get category 1 storm. and you think that those winds are low when you consider that it wasnt a 3 or 4 it may not. it is an incredibly amount of wind for a human being to stand up in. im a strong big lady and it is definitely hard to ...

Street at the moment, theyre worried about looting. theres a he was police presence rooming the street of miami because without electricity there arent any alarms to keep the bildtings safe. especially with the mandatory evacuation. there is no security personnel on sight and no people. also concerned -- we were talking about city financials about, theres potential temporary gas leaks here. that have been significant gas leaks if different locations and unfortunately they cant turn the electiric...

What sort of responses to the curfew? theres a curfew there and here, people have been told to stay in place until this is well over with. youre seeing it pretty quiet there i imagine. >> oh, yeah well there was a curfew enacted at 7:00 eastern time in orlando. everyone was asked to stay off the street. emergency vehicles were the only ones we were seeing but once the winds got to 65 miles per hour those emergency vehicles stopped responded to anything. thats when power outages were starting and...

Continuing coverage of hurricane irma, im isa soares and you are joining me in miami. im in the financial portion here of miami t not one point during the day when really the hurricane, when irma was pounding through here, the water was as high as pretty much 3 feet, up to your waste. as you can see its receded so much. many people here are thankful the damage hasnt been as bad as some were expected. the officials need to assess the damage. let me show you video of some of the worst damage we ha...

>> im about to show you something that has shaken me unlike anything i have seen in 25 years and eight other hurricanes. thursday night i stood right here and interviewed the owner after bar called snappers and a bunch of very festive key west residents who were debating whether to evacuate or stay. peter, that time, was determined to stay. hold up inside his bar. he changed his mind. good thing he did. because it is completely gone. look at this. gone. the entire bar. right here. where i sat an...

At some point that water is going to come back. even if its not as fast as we thought it was before it could be really rey dangerous especially with the winds ripping around. for the most part the street are clear, people are not out here. we talked to a few people who are staying in high-rises downtown and they knew they were going to ride it out. they knew they were going to be in for a stronger sway higher up but they did that. 28,000 people in this county, hillsboro county which tampa is in ...

Are some that were strong enough to have tornadic winds. it is an incredible scene as you look out on the beach, the water is coming up on the boardwalk that everybody loves here ndiaye toe that. we are told by cnn meteorologist department that the worst of it is yet to come. weve got a couple more hours before the worst of the storm hits us. michael. >> sarah, i cant see the pictures where i am here in tampa but it sounds like an extraordinary scene where you are. do take care. we will check in...

Wait a bit longer before you can return to your homes, before you can get that green light, thats still crucial because the winds are still strong. and of course with water still here in the main motor way it becomes very dangerous indeed. michael. >> it certainly does isa. thank for that. well get back to you in a moment. its interesting, isa talking to people without power. that number is now approaching 4 million without power in this state. an extraordinary number. its going to be days. ther...