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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 bracin...

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...

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 florid...

Irma is the strongest hurricane on record to move over the turks and caicos. what are the conditions like where you are now? >> we are experiencing hurricane force winds. we are a multi island destination. winds have really picked up very strong at the moment. >> is it just the beginning? are you expecting a whole lot worse over the next few hours? >> yes. the winds will likely intensify in the next few hours and will last into tonight and early tomorrow morning. >> what preparations have you made on your island? >> we had an evacuation order to evacuate and we activated our national emergency...

Direct hit in the miami area. stand by. i know you are getting more information. we will get right back to you with an enormous evacuation underway. florida's fuel supplies are running dangerously low. officials are scrambling to get more gas. let's go to our national correspondent in miami for us. the governor of florida rick scott says more evacuation orders are now certain. >> reporter: yeah. more evacuations and more need for gas than ever. this is just one line here in south miami. an enormous line. two police officers helping out getting people in as fast as possible. takes about an hour...