could still see the potential for damage with flash flooding as well. the yellow track irma, the red track, maria. maria will make a right-hand turn, at least we think so. we always wait for that turn, guys. right now we hope it s a gutter ball between bermuda and the u.s. 48. with all of the attention on maria, we seem to have forgotten for a second about hurricane jose. is that doing anything right now? yes, let me get to it. it s here on this graphic. hurricane jose, it will eventually die out in the atlantic, but right now a category 1, category 2, somewhere in there, and then dying to a category nothing in about 48 hours, but will take a long time. this is sunday. it s almost five days away now and it s still sitting in the same place making waves and wind. the waves and the rip currents across the northeast are tremendous today. stay out of the water, please. that s all you need to do. chad meyers, we will take your advance. thank you. puerto rico is bracing for a direct
good morning, it s wednesday, september 20th. we are following a number of stories. president trump was america first se u.n. and steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on health care reform. some gop governors aren t so sure about that. the russian investigation rolls on with new details on who s paying the president s legal bills but first, two natural disasters unfolding in real time. rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and hurricane maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. we ll go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storm s latest track. bill. power knocked out. roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. overnight, can you see the storm, 124-mile-per-hour winds in st. croix. now the storm is about to make
landfall. let s get into the zoomed in radar. you see san jua
burgdorf. while rescue efforts are still under way, mexican crews race to save people trapped beneath the crumblings. the u.s. geological survey said yesterday s quake was centered near the town of san juan roboso. officials have lowered the death toll to 217 after initially raising to over 250 overnight. dozens of buildings were reduced to rubble or severely damaged in densely populated parts of the city. the president says roughly 40% of the capital is without power. meanwhile officials say at least 25 children and adults after their school in mexico city has collapsed. 11 people have been rescued. still others unaccounted for. this is video from our colleagues at telemundo of their
office in mexico, shaking during that earthquake. you see them bracing themselves agency the tv monitors begin to sway. president trump tweeted his support. writing god bless the people of mexico city. we are with you and we will be there for you. steve, good to talk to you this morning. just an incr
Is over the houses. we are passing over for vehicles. to my left over here is the main street of this region and it is completely underwater . up ahead is the police station. you can t see that either. it is guesswork where things are and we are talking about ten-15 feet of floodwater. they had to evacuate people by school buses and there is fear that more could be coming. they have already evacuated more than 70000 people from two towns here using school buses to try to find higher ground. rick, back to you. rick: reporting from puerto rico. hurricane maria continues to roll northwood and adam is of the fox weather center with more on this. a very large storm and you re looking at a category three with winds up to 150 miles an hour and there is your orientation and us coast. we are now off to the north and east of the bahamas as this big
Rick: nearly the entire island of puerto rico is without power after getting by hurricanes irma and maria. there is a bigger issue. tens of thousands of people living downstream from a failing dam are now under evacuation orders. officials say the dam is on the verge of collapse unable to handle the weight of those heavy floodwaters. steve harrigan has the latest from puerto rico. reporter: here in the far northwest of puerto rico a very bad situation could get much worse soon. there are real concerns that the major dam could break. there is already 15-20 feet of flooding and they have evacuated 70000 people in fear that this could be a catastrophe. this is so flooded that you have to guess what is where. there are houses underneath the satellite dishes and the water