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Several years before moving to cnn. some of my friends here have made that long drive to atlanta to get out of florida. governor rick scott is now telling people if you have not gotten on to the roads up to midnight, which is almost six hours ago now, is this not the time to get on to the roads. go to a shelter if you're on the evacuation area. this is the time to make that decision to get out of these areas where there are mandatory evacuations. we know that shelters across this area are filling up. >> yes, they are. in fact, some are to capacity. thank you so much, victor, we're going to kee...

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...

>> like a war zone. everything is blown out. >> reporter: this is the wrath of irma, now on the move. irma has shown her strength. the reason so many fear what is headed to florida. leila santiago, cnn, barbuda. >> our thanks. let's bring in reed timmer, accuweather storm chaser. reed, good morning to you. i know you were on key largo, just a few hours ago. the advice from state officials and weather experts like yourself is that it will be difficult, maybe impossible, for some people along the keys to survive the storm with that strength. how many people are heeding that warning? >> i think m...

Officials say more than 10,000 people have already lost power this morning. we're expect be a new update on hurricane irma from the national hurricane center at any moment right now. it usually comes out at the top. hour. let's go to chad myers, in the cnn weather center. category 5, tell us where it's expected? >> yes, the storm is just leaving the coast of cuba. and cuba did take some stuffening out of the storm. bad news for cuba, but good news that the storm has weakened right now. i don't believe that the 5:00 advisory is out right now they're still tweaking it a little bit. this happens ...

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