For survivors in the rubble. [ applause ] but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Were live in mexico city and now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release san juan where mother natures Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Furry is taking a devastating toll. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Today wednesday, september 20th, every great why needs a great how. 2017. An epic flavor. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and its cranberry. Its pineapple. And theres no. Sugar. Added. Savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in cranberry pineapple 100 juice. Rockefeller plaza. The next big thing to hit the juice aisle. And good morning everyone, welcome to today on a cranberry pineapple 100 juice. Wednesday morning. We thank you for joining us. Ladies and gentleman this is a robbery. We have a lot of breaking news to get to. Two natural disasters unfolding as we speak. All right. This is the scene youre looking at right now in puerto rico what are you doing after this . Where Hurricane Maria roared ashore just a short time ago. And in mexico, police, soldiers, and volunteers are digging through debris right now, theyre looking for people potentially trapped by tuesdays devastating earthquake. Were going to have the latest in just a moment, but we wanted to begin with Hurricane Maria, category 4 storm. Winds of at least 155 miles an hour. This is the strongest hurricane to hit puerto rico in nearly a century. Ahead of the storms arrival, forecasters warned of catastrophic damage and life threatening flooding and the islands Public Safety commissioner did not mince real energy harnessed from the earth. Words. Telling people you have to evacuate otherwise youre going to die. And it appears that blunt warning had an impact. This morning thousands of residents and tourists streamed nature valley. Into shelters and riding out the storm as we speak. We have complete coverage allergies with find fast relief behind the counter with claritind. This morning in puerto ricos strut past that aisle for the steroid free governor will join us live in a couple of minutes. Allergy relief that starts working lets begin with Gabe Gutierrez, in as little as 30 minutes. Hes in san juan, gabe, whats and contains the best oral decongestant. Live claritin clear with claritind. It like . Reporter matt, savannah, the situation here in dire. We have been seeing pounding winds and howling rain throughout the morning. San juan is getting hammered by maria. Authorities have been practically begging people throughout the past few days to take shelter and to evacuate if youre anything like me, your todo list just keeps growing. Floodprone areas and wooden laughs desperately it never stops. Structures. We have sought shelter in a which is why the online financing application concrete structure, as you can see, this is a scene of utter at carmax. Com is so convenient. Chaos. Get some of that finance stuff out of the way now the time to evacuate is from wherever you are, at the doctors office, over. This is the strongest storm to karate practice or my favorite. Hit puerto rico in nearly a back at the doctors office. Century. Knowing before you go means more quality time sewing a costume for the school play after storming through the caribbean with a vengeance, this that is not going to look anything like a frog. Morning maria is a lifethreat just a little headsup, mrs. Davis. Ha ha ha, yay kids behemoth, slamming puerto rico. Tenth strongest atlantic hurricane ever recorded. I have a lump thinking about whats about to happen. And i am really worried about people not only getting injured, but losing their lives. Reporter the storm strengthening again before pounding st. Croix with winds of 1756 miles an hour. The largest escaped the wrath of hurricane irma, but now is struggling with similar devastation as other parts of the caribbean, maria also coming up on 8 00, good ripping through the remote morning, im tracy davidson. Islands. Well get to meteorologist bill dominika. She evacuated after irma tore henley with the most accurate through her home in st. John. Weather forecast. Were watching a rough surf now shes facing the horror all at the shore. So far were not seeing over again. Theres nothing i can do. Flooding, but were approaching high tide this morning. I have to just stay calm for my under a first alert for the family and i have to persevere. Jersey shore and delaware beaches through tomorrow morning. Jose is still off shore. High surf, rip current risk will reporter as san juan is be staying with us through boarded up, evacuees streamed tomorrow morning. The moderate coastal flooding into 500 shelters. We didnt even have a chance this morning more likely minor to rebuild yet. Flooding tonight and tomorrow reporter san juans mayor morning. Beach erosion will continue. For a message for the rest of otherwise, the weathers going the u. S. Remember that you are part of to be nice. Clouds are already thinning out. Were in the 60s and low 70s us, even if youre not here. Right now. Dont forget us. Warming into the 80s this afternoon. Up to 84 degrees for just dont forget us. Reporter maria expected to philadelphia. If youre heading out, lets check the roads. Slice through puerto rico with ferocious winds capable of nbc10s first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has destroying buildings, up to two you covered. Were starting off on the feet of rain in a storm surge of roosevelt boulevard now where up to nine feet, likely spawning theres a crash on the northbound side. Coming from the schuylkill expressway, you might see a massive flooding. Little delay there. I think the guests probably approaching fox street, again, dont have any idea of about whats to happen here. Thats northbound. Going away from the schuylkill i dont think anybody does, this expressway, youll run into is an unprecedented, historic delays because we have one lane getting by there. Were watching a disabled truck on the schuylkill expressway around belmont avenue. Hurricane. Reporter the storm near san fortunately not blocking any of the lanes. Were still seeing a slowdown by juan is intensifying and the the scene. Back to you. In montgomery county, 5,000 situation is deteriorating. Students in the Methacton School district are missing a Third Straight day of school today. You can see thesen rains teachers walked off the job pounding san juan and weve seen early monday. The school board wants the debris peeled off roofs. Teachers union to join them in were in a structure seeking arbitration to work out an shelters, authorities here fear agreement. In bucks county, the man power could be knocked out to found guilty of sex assaults on four to six months. Six girls gifted to him by their again, the governor here saying this could be a potentially parents will learn his sentence. Bucks county jurors convicted lee caplan earlier this year on catastrophic situation and the worst of it is just still hours 17 counts of child rape, away. Matt, savannah. Statutory rape, and other all right Gabe Gutierrez in offenses. In telecommunication city, the thick of it there. Today is the battle of the badges. Lets go right over, mr. Red firefighters and police teaming up with the red cross to find out which agency can recruit the oaker is mr. Roker is most people to donate blood. Firefighters won last years standing in the weather area. This is exactly what we did competition. Competitions are being accepted not want to happen. At the Atlantic City moose look number 216 on west end avenue it has now made land fall, our veterans have given us the rights category 4 storm, 30 miles southeast of san juan, puerto rico, 155 mile per hour winds, moving northwest at 10 Miles Per Hour. Heres what were looking for as far as the impacts on this thing. Were talking wind gusts over 150 Miles Per Hour. These are the current winds going on right now. The gusts out there, weve had gusts of 90. The storm surge is going to be catastrophic, six to nine feet, extreme damage to buildings and marinas and flooding. Rivers and highways flooding with lots of mudslides, upwards of 25 inches of rain before this is all over. Now, as far as the impacts and lets go over here, the impacts right now for maria, heres what were looking at, Dominican Republic tomorrow, 50 to 75 mile per hour winds. Four to six foot storm surge, rainfall four to six to eight feet. Turks and caicos on friday, 120 and freedoms that we have and we enjoy today. To 125 mile per hour winds. The surge is going to be ready. Aim. Fire. Incredible, and then the path continues along by monday, 2 00 and its important for us to let them know that we will never forget their service. A. M. , were looking at really a fire. Really a still a strong storm. It was steves idea to have this cemetery. This was supplied to the veterans, now here the models. Giving us a final resting place. This is the spaghetti plot that continues it on up to the north. We owe everything to steve for what he gave us here. And you can see, we cant rule out any land fall along the i wanted to make sure that we just didnt say thank you to veterans, southeastern atlantic coast. Were watching this. We had tangible things to show, now why do we think, hopefully, and i think weve accomplished that. It will stay offshore . [ taps playing ] well, weve got maria here, and then weve got jose up off the northeast coast. Now whats going to happen, we got two areas of High Pressure, we expect maria to make its way between those two areas of High Pressure, following jose. And even if that weakens, weve got another system coming this way, but all of these things have to come into play to keep maria offshore from the southeastern atlantic. Right now all eyes on puerto rico. Theyre not out of the woods, they have a full day of battering, damaging, and possibly devastating storm surge, wind, and rain. Its the nightmare scenario. Now we want to get more with puerto ricos governor. Governor, good morning, and we appreciate your time, sir. How are you fairing . What are the conditions youre witnessing . Well, the conditions are deteriorating rapidly. Its 8 00 on today and coming up, marias fury. The critical part over here the powerful category 4 storm right now is to make sure people lashing puerto rico with 155 are safe and we opened 500 mile per hour winds. Up to two feet of rain expected shelters. Were making sure we can with residents still reeling maintain communication with them from hurricane irma. This one scares me because we as long as possible. This is say clearly going to be didnt even have a chance to the most devastating storm in rebuild from the first one. Were live in san juan. The history of our island. And our main focus, our only queen of the court, billy focus right now is to make sure jean king opens up about the that people are out of harms movie made about that famous way, that they recognize that battle of the sexes match. She joins us live. This is just the beginning of the storm. And ten years of kardashian. That its going to take about another half a day to the worst i think we initially signed part of it hits in terms of the on and thought oh this will be a great season. Wind strength, but then were decade after introducing going to get a lot of rain, which of course is going to themselves to the world, the produce a lot of flooding. Kardashian clan is everywhere. So dangerous scenario, but media, entertainment, beauty, fashion, megyn sits down with obviously we have a lot of faith the family to talk about the that well be able to save lives wild ride. I think people forget a lot and then start replacing. Of the time that its not only that is replaceable. When were on the show that you talk about keeping people were being followed or safe and officials there whatever. Including you, you did not mince its every point of our lives and every second of the day. Words. You told people get out or the today wednesday, september results would be horrific. 20, 2017. Youve got all of those shelt s today we are shouting out shelters, you have all those people in those shelters, are friends and family, all over the those shelters all equipped to country. Who do you want to say hey to . Withstand of 150, 160 miles per happy birthday to my dad in colorado. Hour . Well, you know, it is a we have an international hello. Who do you want to say hello to . Critical question. We have a code of construction established right around 2011. Hunter and liam, good the infrastructure that was built right after that should morning. Withstand those winds. Of course, some of it did not back in california. We have people want who to say hi to someone. Went under those codes, but say hi to our parents and by really the critical component was we have a lot of houses over the way, were pregnant here that are wooden. That are flooded areas. And we welcome you back to those houses had no chance. Today on this wednesday morning. Thank you for joining us. Were going to get outside and essentially at the strength that say hi to them because you know these winds are coming in, you what, we need some handshakes and hugs on a morning like this. Know, the high levels of flooding were going to get. We really do, it is just so what we wanted to make sure was sad, weve got twin stories to put them in the best the going on right now. Safest possible way, place, breaking overnight. Theyre out of flooding areas. Two major disasters. Lets get right to your news at they are built in solid 8 00. Puerto rico facing a catastrophe concrete. So we expect them to withhold, as Hurricane Maria makes land fall this morning with historic of course, the tenth strongest fury. Were going to start with gaudy schwartz, good morning. Hurricane of its kind. Reporter good morning, savannah, good morning, matt. So, and its a slow storm as you were asking about the storm shelters, hurricane shelters well. So its going to be here in here. Were in one. Puerto rico for a while. Our hope is that it can this is a concrete structure. That is whats going on outside withstand. Of us. In fact if we can walk over to we know weve put them in a much here, you can see at the corner better position. Of that parking lot, the flood information of the waters are already starting to infrastructure, of the weak rise. And let me show you whats going infrastructure that we have its in the early onset of the storm, on in here. Its a little bit windy. Its been devastated. We are in a huge coliseum, these doors are flying open, flying so again our only focus closed, in fact, just down the throughout this preparation hallway, there were some police process was to make sure people officers trying to tie them up got out of harms way. With fire hoeses and the zip tis went either to their, you know, some of the shelters or family and the doors kept flying over. Homes that were safer. Over here, this is a governor, you have our thoughts and our prayers with you. Lessprotected side. These are going to be some tough you can see there are already hours and were wishing you the trees that have come down right down here. Very best sir, thank you. And were seeing debris flying were going thank you, thank you all and through in area. Thank you for your thoughts and and if we come through these prayers. Thank you. Were going to keep following doors, we have to be careful here, theyve been flying open this and have the latest from and theres some debris down puerto rico all throughout the there. Some of the ceiling panelling morning. Turn now to the other disaster thats playing out are starting to fall. Right now. Let me show you the shelter. That devastating earthquake in this thing is massive. Mexico. This morning the death toll this is a coliseum right here. There is skyrocketing, now in and earlier, last night, there the hundreds. Were people sleeping here about and rescuers are searching frantically for survivors under 3, 400 people sleeping down rubble of buildings that there. Then the roof started to leak, and if you look up, as the wind collapsed. The 7. 1 epicenter about 80 miles starts blowing, you can see the fabric of that roof start to the southeast of mexico city. Blowing. So the roof started to leak, they took a precaution, they miguel al ma gar is there, good moved everybody to the side wing. Morning to you. So a lot of the people are now under bleachers, but again, here reporter matt, good morning. This is the scene across mexico in san juan, here in puerto city, block after block, rico, you heard the governor earlier say that about 10,000, a building after building in ruins. Little bit more than 10,000 this is an Employment Center over my shoulder where dozens of people evacuated to shelters like this. People have been rescued and this is an island with 3. 4 million people. Matt and savannah. Where dozens more are still terrifying night, thank you believed to be buried underneath all of this debris. Very much. We want to know how long that at a nearby school, the bodies hurricanes going to stay there and where its headed, hey al. Of 20 children have been yeah, in fact were watching recovered. The death toll now officially right now. Stands at about 200. You can kind of watch the eye start to fill in a bit as it that number will rise. Gets inland. And it is just now to the southeast of san juan. It took only seconds to bring its 15 miles south, southwest this region to its knees. Of san juan. A devastating, earthaltering 150 mile per hour winds. Its moving northwest at ten 7. 1 magnitude quake tuesday. Miles per hour. And we put on some of the rattling mexico city. Current wind gusts here and building after build iing tumblg youll see that basically, were talking about some gusts right now of over 100 Miles Per Hour, to pieces. A wave of panic as thousands of you can see all over as you get further to the west, its a terrified people poured into the little bit less, but we are streets. Explosions rocked neighborhoods looking also at a storm surge that is going to be devastating, as natural gas filled the air. Six to nine feet generally a today, a growing sense of little bit less as you get into the northwest corner and the desperation. More than 20 children killed flooding is going to be a big problem with rain up to 25 when their Elementary School inches. Collapsed. Now, the impacts of this as it this morning, more bodies are being pulled from the rubble. Goes forward, Dominican Republic many are still missing. Storm, storm surge four to six feet. This man says, were trying to turks and caicos, friday, 125 clear the streets. Mile per hour winds, four to so ambulances and firefighters eight inches of rain or more. Then sunday, by monday morning, can get through. Its out into the atlant