Big Time Winds News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

I want everyone as we have been saying for days, everyone in the entire state of florida prepared for all aspects of this storm. this storm will hit the state. we just don't know exactly which tip of the state will get the worst. we'll all be facing big time rain, big time winds and damage. power outages. you name it. >> weather contributor there. with what he's watching. helping those in need. that's a big demand right now. we'll talk to a representative from the red cross about how folks can help people in florida. this as hurricane irma bears down.

Coming up on 5:45 in the morning. 2:45 at los angeles international airport. where the winds in southern california have been up to 100 miles per hour last couple of days. let's check in weather from todd santos. what's going on? >> what we're setting up with there again, santa ana event, winds have settled down for the overnight hours, again today we'll see them pick up and late into saturday we'll see another chance for another santa ana event this one a little bit uncommon. a few areas have a few rain showers down through southern california. some of the big-time winds and some of the ridge...

thing. cnn newsroom continues right now with randi kaye. >> hi there, suzanne. thank you. well, three major stories on the radar this hour. starting with a major hurricane. category 3 irene batters the bahamas and eyes the carolinas. chad myers is watching that. a hostage ordeal is over in tripoli, but the fighting goes on, and moammar gadhafi still out of sight. and washington surveys the damage from the earthquake that shook the east coast almost 24 hours ago. i want to start with a huge and still growing hurricane irene. chad myers is watching it all for us. what's it doing ...

Just movered through birmingham and huntsville with vigor. this cell moving south of an ston. look at the video coming out of polk and citrus county. they got hit hard. tornadoes hit and damage was done. these homes obviously unlivable. about 5,000 people without power due to the storms. today, not quite as severe. but certainly a fair amount of rain as you see from tampa. and then sliding down to west palm beach. it will strengthen, and big time winds will go across the tri-state area, and not only the strong winds but the heavy rain and interior sections. the heavy rain will be on top of a s...