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the mother of two who mysteriously vanished just before hurricane harvey and now the investigation. did someone use the storm to cover up a crime? and reunited. thousands of pets displaced in houston, the families desperately trying to get them back. michael is there for an emotional reunion, how to keep your animal safe as hurricane irma approaches. we do say good morning, america, and a lot of news to get to on this wednesday morning. we re getting our first look at hurricane irma hitting the caribbean islands right now. one of the most powerful storms ever in the atlantic. and we want to show you the image of the hurricane from space right now. there it is, it shows the eye of this now category 5 storm. it is moving toward puerto rico right now then florida, states of emergency are already declared and some cities have ordered mandatory evacuations. officials call this a worst case scenario for the florida keys. as you can imagine the lines are growing in flo ....
harvey. they were on their way home when they got turned around and told to head to florida. initially started heading towards home and then things changed and we ended up getting turned around. we made it to new mexico, and now we got a phone call late last night. pg&e will start packing up this morning and then when they get to florida, they re going to help restore power outages that are expected from the next hurricane. we will be here when they start loading up. stay with us as we continue to cover this developing story. reporting live in hayward, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. thank you, amy. airlines are already canceling flights and offering passengers a chance to rebook free of charge. some have even added cheap flights to help the evacuation. some florida residents have already left their homes. we were at sfo where some arrived yesterday. sandbags, as much as i could possibly do. we took everything from outside, all the valuables, all the perishables i ....
the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, the lord of the harvest, we acknowledge that only by your might can we live productive lives. inspire our lawmakers in their daily work to labor for your glory. give them the desire to please you even with their motives, so that their thoughts, words, and deeds will honor you. keep them from avoiding irksome and unpleasant issues, as they arrange their priorities to accomplish your purposes. lord, guide them in the paths of justice and cooperation. as understanding and forebearance prevail among them. we pray in your great name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: ....
beach front hotels. everybody is evacuating. everybody has to go. reporter: are you planning to ride the storm out at the airport. if need be. this is where i ll be. reporter: after seeing the devastating impact of irma in the caribbean most recently impacting cube the bahamas and the u.s. virgin islands floridians on both coasts are heeding the warnings to get to safety. lining up outside of shelters. we moved in together away from hurricane harvey but now we re here and hurricane irma is coming. reporter: at least five of those shelters already at capacity. i don t know where we re going to go. reporter: many of those evacuees are coming up from the keys which will start feeling the first effects of irma tomorrow morning. in new smyrna beach florida marci gonzalez channel6 action news. we continue to monitor the track of irma. we have our own action news crew on the ground in florida. action news anchor brian taff is there right now leading o ....
irma as it exits wave along the gulf coast, living from the florida keys, hitting tampa, naples, near fort myer, and making its way to the center part of the state. live pictures courtesy of noaa, and a simulcast in miami. i had 200 mile an hour rains winds tested in my house and every went out. by 20 home was used people for shelter and the people taking shelter were able to stay sits in a closet and were not hurt. they tell him it was one of the scariest things they have experienced, and you can only imagine why by looking at the pictures. right now, we are joined in southwest miami-dade to get a sense of what they are experiencing there. we were just in our state house a little while ago because we were experiencing heavy rain and rain. we went over there and we just came out, and we are standing right near this power plant. .ou can see the flashing light it is almost like little sparks, like a firework. we will see a spark every now and then, so it is going cr ....