Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170906:19:41:00
Will deteriorate throughout the evening and overnight. the virgin islands took a direct hit. we're expecting catastrophic damage especially in the british virgin islands. we're just starting to see irma pull away. conditions will gradually improve. we're talking about categories alot. this is the saf fer simpson scale. it's category 1 through 5. for example, harvey when it made landfall was a category 4 hurricane. it was a low end category 4. we've been talking about our category 5 storm irma. the winds at a cat 5 storm start at 157 miles per hour. we're at 185. we're so far in to the category...