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With them because there isn t the personnel to give them special needs care many need in the shelters. i am really worried about all of those elderly people. a lot of retirees are in florida where you are. thanks very much. let s get more on hurricane irma. joining us once again national weather service director and cnn contributor, former director of florida division of emergency management. no storm on record at least in reported history has maintained winds of 185 miles per hour for as long as irma. so give us some perspective. you have been in this business for a long time. how dangerous is the storm? this is incredibly dangerous storm. wind speed maximum being sustained over this period of time means this storm is carrying a lot of energy and water. it can help that surge along. and it looks like it is sustaining its strength and the ....
Caribbean islands overnight. the storm sustaining winds over 185 miles per hour for days. the roof is about to come. reporter: gusting up to 220 miles per hour. leaving widespread damage throughout the region. in puerto rico more than 1 million people are without power. the eye of the hurricane nearly knocked out all buildings in barbuda. roughly 90% of buildings damaged. i have never seen any such destruction. . reporter: late today irma s core moved over the dominican republic and haiti leaving behind flash flooding and mudslid mudslides. across florida tonight residents bracing for a direct hit. the storm on track to make landfall early sunday morning as a category 4 hurricane. the florida keys already under ....
As irma. how do you prepare when a hurricane is this intense? as you said, this is a really intense storm. we are concerned about wind. we are concerned about surge. and then the rainfall that will follow from it. and so what fema is doing is we have people on the ground in florida with the emergency managers there and really along the eastern seaboard. and we have staged a massive amount of commodities near florida and then again along the eastern seaboard. we are being prepared for anything that may happen. hurricane harvey s devastation in texas and louisiana was the level of the rain and the flooding that developed. how is hurricane irma going to be different? each storm is different. harvey was remarkable in the amount of rainfall that it dumped over consecutive days. set records there certainly. irma is setting records in terms of its intensity. different effects and different ....
Storm now, irma, is unbelievable. can t even be compared to andrew. this is a catastrophic storm on its own. irma is the size of texas right now. the outer winds and especially the center. this is something that we have never seen before. this is why we are emphasizing to people just don t focus on the track of the storm and where the center might be. the size of the storm and the effects of the winds extend 100 miles on either side of the eye as it is approaching florida. this has the potential of providing destruction over a large area even as it moves up along the east coast of florida. guys, we will get back to you. thank you very much. just ahead we will have much more on our breaking news. latest forecast is now in. we are tracking the path of hurricane irma. millions of people right now at ....
Mandatory evacuation notice could begin to feel the effects of the storm as early as friday night. this is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. reporter: over 30,000 people have left the keys and mandatory evacuationvise been ordered across southern and eastern florida counties including miami dade and broward. two nuclear power plants will be shut down until the storm passes. the size of the storm, it is wider than our entire state and could cause major and life threatening impacts from coast to coast. reporter: some in florida stocking up on food and water while others packing up and heading out. gas lines stretching for blocks. as more and more stations are running low on fuel tonight traffic on i-95 is backed up for miles. do not believe you can ride this storm out. you can rebuild your home and get possessions again. ....