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The hurricane business for our entire lives never take one point in the cone of uncertainty too seriously. this storm will spend the next day dragging its eye wall akros the coast of cuba. it was not forecasted to do that. so we're not sure what shape it will come out. we know the waters between cuba and the florida straits between cuba and the keys are warm. they are feeding grounds for a powerful hurricane to regain strength no matter what happens there. we know the storm will make a right hand turn. we know the storm is 300 and something miles wide. every city in the state of florida needs ...

A category five. it's so large in size and strong. right now it's pummelling cuba. we're seeing the eye very close to the northern tier of the country. still the eye wall winds and the fierce winds really hamering cuba. it's been doing that for hours. where exactly is irma at this hour? 275 miles south-southeast of miami. and the storm is moving at a decent clip. west at 12. eventually expecting it to move faster when it makes the turn to the northwest. which is will tomorrow. let's look at some of the advisories. we have hurricane warnings that are far up the coast. and even hurricane watch e...

>> got to love what you do. thank you so much. >> red cross working so hard. in the harvey now with irma. we'll touch base with you later. thank you. >> a hurricane researcher at colorado state university joins us. we're looking at -- i was discussing it here. about how things have shifted. irma going further west. the latest information how are you thinking about this. >> yes, we're looking at how the models have been shifting to the west. the big change has been the strength of the subtropical high which is keeping the storm close to cuba keys. and having it slide along there. it's been inte...

Expected number of inches of water to be dumped by hurricane irma. that's now up to 10 to 15 inches. in the southern bahamas and cuba. in the florida keys, more than that. eight to 15 inches in with up to 20 inches in some areas. so those are big numbers in term of what we're watching. those will change as we get another update from the national hurricane center. in about an hour. irma already striking the caribbean. with some deadly force. in the st. martin, french and dutch territory. ten people killed. widespread flooding. uprooting trees and damaged property remains on both sides of the is...

To pass through. let's look at the latest statistics. i mention the location. max winds 160 miles per hour. it's a category five. it's interalkting with cuba, because it's so large it's not weakening. the movement it to the west at 12. they extend up the coast to jacksonville now. a hurricane watch. along the coast there. and of course a hurricane warning. and for the bahamas as well. dealing with strong winds. let's take a look at the track. that shifted. things have changed a lot in the past 24 hours. the track shifted further to the west. keep in mind the line this red line is not an exact ...