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The season. we're not done yet. irma weakening. still potential for heavy rain and wind gusts in excess of hurricane force along the path of this. tropical storm warning for atlanta, georgia for the first time ever in their history. the storm is going to continue to make a northwestward track eventually just being downgraded to remnant low. but we still have very gusty winds here. we have the potential for several inches of rain and the tornadoes threat. looks like we have a tornado warn storm north of jacksonville. we have seen tornado warnings along the northeast quad drant and damage report...

Right now? >> reporter: well, we're still seeing a bit of rain and wind gusts coming in from the north, come in from that way where irma is. and we're expecting that to continue through the night. but the people here, the people i'm hearing from in their homes, there's really a sigh of relief. breathe in a sigh of relief given that's not as bad as many expected it to be. that's what a lot of people here on the island are saying. you talk to emergency management, the governor himself, they're saying don't let that guard down just yet. we're going to have a lot of problems here as a result of th...

This is 55 miles per hour stronger than landfall with harvey in texas. 55 miles per hour. that, alone, will snap some power lines and down some trees. good news is, we're looking at the eye to stay north of san juan, but the wake it has left and the destruction, we are now watching, we talked about it, that the eye would swallow barbuda, which it did. st. martin, france's foreign minister said the tallest building had been completely destroyed. most of the buildings have been destroyed or partially. we haven't heard anything from anguilla. moved across the british virgin islands. minor floodin...

. as we sit at the top of the broadcast, the islands took a hit from irma. a home was spared but he tells cnn others were not fortunate. kwoe kwoe quote, from my ball kony alone i count other homes that have lost roofed and are destroyed. let's go to leyla santiago. what are the conditions like right now. >> reporter: we're still seeing a bit of rain and wind gusts coming in from the north, coming in from that way where irma is. we're expecting that to continue on through the night. for the people here, from the people i'm hearing from in my homes, there's really a sigh of

Obviously wish everyone the best in in florida. we continue to follow it. thanks very much, senator. for more on what lies ahead, let's go to tom sater in the weather center. let's talk about the most important things, the strength of this and what is the forecast is. >> well, it was the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the leeward islands. we know that for sure. still just 5 miles per hour in strength away from tying allen in 1980. but this has surpassed alan, anderson, now been churning for over 31 hours, winds 185 miles per hour or stronger. allen did do that. super typhoon haiy...