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50 degrees in 60 seconds. just giving a brief taste of what's to come. this storm has a lot of open water to travel over. even though it's starting to show signs of disorganization as it moved across the northern parts of cuba, florida straits have water temperatures at least 86 to 88 degrees. that's bath water. that's jut fuel for hurricanes. that means the potential for strengthening still exists. with the delayed landfall with the westerly track, that means the potential for more storm surge. also stronger storm systems. as we talk about this storm surge across the eastern coastline, we hav...

But right now he lives in grassy key by marathon. it took him 20 hours to go from the keys to jacksonville. 20 hours because the traffic is so bad. right now, the traffic is clear. victor. >> all right, chad myers for us there in the center weather center. a bit of the wall taking a bit from cuba. let's go cnn meteorologist derek van dam in miami beach. tell us, what makes the storm so dangerous in the latest from the advisory of the national hurricane center, people really won't feel the difference in the drop of the wind on just that front edge. this is still a very dangerous storm. >> repor...

Patrick, thank you so much. stay safe. and, everyone, what 82 seeing right now in cuba is on its way in less than 24 hours to the keys, south florida and straight up the peninsula. christie, i'm going to send it back to you. >> thank you so much, victor. we appreciate it. we want to take a look at more power from the storm and show you the latest we're getting from barbuda after irma just crushed that island on tuesday. it's a category 5. it's amazing that only one person died on that island. but residents are preparing for a second hurricane. and that's in just four days. here's lela santiago...

Thankfully, i have a well stocked refrigerator. i have a huge ham i out in public. bought it out, it will last a week. >> let's hope -- the first four hours and a little more than that. hopefully, your power stays on, although the expectation from florida power and light is that up to 9 million people could be impacted by this storm. andy guerra-mondragon, thank you for spending some time on "new day." we'll check on you after the storm, all right. >> will do. >> andy, thank you so much. we'll continue cnn's live coverage of irma, now a very strong category 4, battering cuba, headed for sout...

Strong structure to be in for the next 48 hours or get to the east coast. that's 100 miles per hour or greater, fort myers, naples, sustained winds of 100 for maybe an hour or two, maybe three in some spots both sides of the eye wall, eventually on up to tampa, west of orlando, villages, and ocala, this is a dangerous storm for anybody still being there. i know, tampa, you weren't told to evacuate, but, i want you to watch out if they change that to e and "b." we haven't heard anything about that yet. if this storm turnings any farther to the left, we'll have to watch out for significant flood...